A shallow fault-zone structure illuminated by trapped waves in the Karadere-Duzce branch of the North Anatolian Fault, western Turkey

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 699-717

  Ben Zion, Yehuda ^a   Peng, Zhigang ^a   Okaya, David ^a   Seeber, Leonardo ^b   Armbruster, John G ^b   Ozer, Naside ^c   Michael, Andrew J ^d   Baris, Serif ^e   Aktar, Mustafa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fault models; Guided waves; Inversion; Low velocity zone; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

TURKEY;

EID: 0037339089     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01870.x     Document Type: Article

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