Accelerating seismic crustal deformation before the Izmit (NW Turkey) large mainshock of 1999 August 17 and the evolution of its aftershock sequence

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-110

  Karakaisis, G F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

b values; Earthquake prediction

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SEISMICITY;

TURKEY;

EID: 0037394646     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01883.x     Document Type: Article

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