Paleoseismology of the Palu-Lake Hazar segment of the East Anatolian Fault Zone, Turkey

Tectonophysics

Volumn 374, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 163-197

  Cetin, Hasan ^a   Güneyli, Hakan ^a   Mayer, Larry ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Earthquakes; East Anatolian fault; Paleoseismology; Transform fault; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT ZONE; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EAST ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE; TURKEY;

EID: 0142261391     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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