Kanari et al. (2015) and Ash-Mor et al. (2017) identified a 7 cm thick Mass Transport Deposit designated Event C in R/V Mediterranean Explorer Canyon Core P27. They reported an unmodeled calibrated 14C date of 1067 ± 42 cal years 14C BP which is slightly younger than the event and corresponds to about 883 CE. Kanari et al. (2015) associated the deposit with the 1068 CE Earthquake. This may be the same event as Event E1 in Trench T3 of the nearby Elat Sabhka Trenches which Kanari et al. (2020) dated to between 897 and 992 CE and listed the 1068 CE Earthquake as a plausible candidate.
Kanari et al. (2020) also identified a dewatering structure (also called a liquefaction fluid escape structure) in Elat Sabhka Trench Trench T1 which they dated to before 1269–1389 CE and associated with either the 1068 CE or 1212 CE earthquakes.
Left - Fig. 1 - Location Map - Right - Figure 5 - 3D grain size distribution up to 2 mm (left) and radiocarbon dating results (right) along the canyon core MG10P27. Color bar represent % of grain size differential distribution by volume. Black dots represent the chronological age of the pelagic sediments, whereas diamonds represent the different color groups of LBF shells from within the MTDs. - click on either image to open in a new tab - left image from Kanari et al (2020) and right image from Ash-Mor et al (2017)
