A 2000-year-long paleoseismologic record of earthquakes along the Central North Anatolian Fault, from Trenches at Alayurt, Turkey

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1935-1954

  Hartleb, Ross D ^a   Dolan, James F ^a   Akyüz, H Serdar ^b   Yerli, Bariş ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EXCAVATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

PALEOSEISMOLOGIC DATA; SURFACE RUPTURE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; TRENCH;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 1042275482     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120010271     Document Type: Article

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