Published studies on the Durupınar formation and Mount Ararat region — including pro-Ark research, skeptical geological interpretations, and symposium proceedings.
Subsurface imaging and direct field investigations of the Durupınar formation — Ground Penetrating Radar, Electrical Resistivity Tomography, LiDAR, and core drilling.
ToPa 3D / Bigman Geophysical
Thermal imaging survey of the Durupınar formation, examining surface temperature anomalies that may correlate with subsurface voids or differing material density.
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ToPa 3D
Full ToPa 3D 2019 GPR / radar survey report of the Durupınar formation, in Turkish with embedded English summaries. Notes linear subsurface structures and right angles down to ~7 meters.
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Salih Bayraktutan, John Baumgardner
GPR mapping and preliminary analysis of the Durupınar formation by Atatürk University and Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers, preceding the 1988 core drilling campaign.
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Bayraktutan, Baumgardner et al.
Documentation of the locations of the four 3½-inch core holes drilled between July 28 – August 7, 1988.
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Andrew Jones
Synthesis paper combining the 2019–2023 GPR campaigns, LiDAR scans, and surface mapping into a unified subsurface model of the formation. Presented at the 7th International Noah's Ark Symposium.
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Andrew Jones
Overview of the technologies — GPR, ERT, LiDAR, drone photogrammetry, and soil chemistry — being applied to the Durupınar site. Presented at the 6th International Mount Ararat & Noah's Ark Symposium.
View PDF(102 KB)Field research on the Turkish-Iranian border markers (64, 65, 66 and 67) and their inscriptions, building on Ron Wyatt's 1984 border explorations.
Andrew Jones
A book-length report documenting the 2014, 2019, and 2021 expeditions to the Turkey–Iran border to re-photograph the border-marker “inscriptions” first reported by Ron Wyatt in 1984. Using authorized drone flights, the team documented markers 64–67 and showed that cement repairs to marker 65 since 1984 have obscured portions of the original stonework. The report concludes that the markings Wyatt identified as ancient inscriptions were actually modern Farsi/Persian numbers on the border markers.
View PDF(2.5 MB)Collected papers and abstracts from the International Mount Ararat & Noah's Ark Symposia (Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University) held every 2-3 years.
Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University (eds.)
Full proceedings of the 4th International Mount Ararat & Noah's Ark Symposium.
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Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University (eds.)
Full proceedings of the 5th International Mount Ararat & Noah's Ark Symposium, including the famous 1961 Ara Güler photograph of the formation.
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Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University (eds.)
Abstract book of the 6th International Mount Ararat & Noah's Ark Symposium.
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Şırnak University (eds.)
Table of contents listing all papers presented at the 7th International Mount Ararat & Noah's Ark Symposium.
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Şırnak University (eds.)
Full abstract book from the 7th International Mount Ararat & Noah's Ark Symposium, hosted by Şırnak University.
View PDF(1.7 MB)Geological studies of the Doğubayazıt-Telçeker landslide region, including papers that interpret the formation as a natural geomorphological feature.
Lorence G. Collins, David F. Fasold
The most-cited skeptical paper, arguing the Durupınar formation is a natural geological structure. Notable for being co-authored by Fasold, who had earlier promoted the formation as Noah's Ark.
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Lorence G. Collins
Follow-up paper from Collins arguing the formation is a doubly-plunging syncline of natural origin.
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Lorence G. Collins
Updated geological assessment of the Durupınar formation by Collins.
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Murat Avcı
Paper proposing that the Durupınar formation was created by the Telçeker earthflow, a regional landslide event.
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Murat Avcı
Original Turkish-language version of the Telçeker earthflow study with full geological analysis.
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Eşref Atabey
Recent (June 2025) paper interpreting the Durupınar formation as a syncline shaped by landslide processes. English translation.
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Eşref Atabey
Original Turkish version of Atabey's 2025 syncline / landslide interpretation paper.
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Turkish General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA)
December 1986 government geological mapping of the Telçeker landslide region surrounding the Durupınar formation.
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Turkish General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA)
Companion December 1986 geophysics report on the Telçeker landslide region.
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MTA
1986 study analyzing whether the formation could be a feature of the regional landslide system.
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Salih Bayraktutan
Regional landslide hazard assessment focused on mass flow processes and seismotectonic context for the Doğubayazıt area.
View PDF(410 KB)Pioneering papers and reports from the 1970s–1990s that established the Durupınar site in scholarly and popular literature.
Ron Wyatt
Ron Wyatt's original self published booklet on his 1970s investigations of the Durupınar site.
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David F. Fasold
Book-length investigation of the Durupınar formation by marine salvage expert David Fasold, published before he later became a co-author of the 1996 skeptical paper.
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William H. Shea
Article from Ministry Magazine (May 1975) by archaeologist William Shea reviewing the search and the textual case for the Mountains of Ararat.
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William H. Shea
Early scholarly description of the Durupınar formation by Dr. Shea.
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William H. Shea
Updated 1981 paper from Shea following further site visits and analysis.
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William H. Shea
Dr. Shea's article in Bible and Spade, Vol. 1, No. 1, an early presentation of the Durupınar evidence to a popular audience.
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Clifford L. Burdick
Independent 1976 description of the Durupınar formation by geologist Clifford Burdick.
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Cem Sertesen
Documentary script / treatment from Turkish filmmaker Cem Sertesen on the Durupınar site.
View PDF(922 KB)Image collections, summaries, and tables of contents for the broader research record.
Discovered Media
Curated photo collection of the Durupınar site spanning historical and contemporary imagery.
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Noah's Ark Scans
Concise overview comparing the major scholarly positions — pro-Ark, geological-syncline, and landslide-feature interpretations.
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Noah's Ark Scans
Annotated table of geological viewpoints on the formation, with citations to the primary literature.
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Noah's Ark Scans
Master index of the research papers and reports collected on this site.
View PDF(102 KB)We are continually adding to this archive. If you have published research, raw data, or survey reports on the Durupınar formation or the Mount Ararat region — pro-Ark or skeptical — please reach out and we will include it.
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