Event E3 earthquake (?) from Demirkopru Trench 1
Altunel et al. (2009) uncovered a
sand boil at the bottom of Trench 1,
which may have been produced by seismic activity.
A radiocarbon sample (D-8) obtained from within
the sand boil yielded an age of 3268 ± 52
BP, corresponding to a
2σ calibrated age range of 1641–1432 BCE.
However, they noted that the sample appeared to
be
reworked, as its age would imply an
unusually low
sedimentation rate for a setting within
the
flood plain of an actively
meandering river.
