Using an elastic dislocation model to investigate static Coulomb stress change scenarios for earthquake ruptures in the eastern Marmara Sea region, Turkey

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 253, Issue , 2006, Pages 397-414

  Muller, Jordan R ^a,b   Aydin, Atilla ^a   Wright, Tim J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; STRESS CHANGE;

EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 33646430014     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.21     Document Type: Article

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