Progressive failure on the North Anatolian fault since 1939 by earthquake stress triggering

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 594-604

  Stein, Ross S ^a   Barka, Aykut A ^b   Dieterich, James H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Seismic modelling; Seismic stress; Stress distribution

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMIC MODELLING; STRESS DISTRIBUTION;

TURKEY, NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT;

EID: 0030797184     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb05321.x     Document Type: Article

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