Event Z
Sbeinati et al. (2010) documented Event Z in
negative flower structures exposed in
Trenches A, B, and C at the al-Harif displaced aqueduct site, placing it between 960 and
1260 CE. Bayesian modeling of radiocarbon ages
narrowed this to 1010–1210 CE. Although analysis
of the
tufa cores
did not further reduce the window, their growth
interruptions support a 1010–1210 CE range.
Sbeinati et al. (2010) correlated this rupture
with the
29 June 1170 CE earthquake and estimated that
Events Y and Z together produced ~9.3 m of left-
lateral offset at the aqueduct.