The seismotectonics of the Marmara region (Turkey): Results from a microseismic experiment

Tectonophysics

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Gurbuz, C ^a   Aktar, M ^a,b   Eyidogan, H ^c   Cisternas, A ^d   Haessler, H ^d   Barka, A ^c   Ergin, M ^b   Turkelli N ^a   Polat, O ^d   Ucer S B ^a   Kuleli, S ^a   Baris, S ^a   Kaypak, B ^c   Bekler, T ^a   Zor, E ^a   Bicmen, F ^b   Yoruk, A ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Marmara Sea; Microseismicity; Neotectonics; North Anatolian fault; Stress regime

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MICROEARTHQUAKE; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD;

SEA OF MARMARA;

EID: 17144450369     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00253-X     Document Type: Article

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