Contribution to the seismotectonics of Eastern Turkey from moderate and small size events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Örgülü, Gonca ^a   Aktar, Mustafa ^a   Türkelli, Niyazi ^a   Sandvol, Eric ^b   Barazangi, Muawia ^c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MOTION CONTROL; TECTONICS; TENSORS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FAULT STRUCTURES;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 1642602338     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018258     Document Type: Article

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