The positive temperature anomaly as detected by Landsat TM data in the eastern Marmara Sea (Turkey): Possible link with the 1999 Izmit earthquake

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1205-1218

  Yurur M T ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKES; INFRARED IMAGING; MAPPING; TECTONICS; THERMAL PLUMES;

AFTERSHOCK ACTIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGE;

SEISMOLOGY;

KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 33744812202     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500212104     Document Type: Article

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