North Anatolian Fault in the Gulf of Izmit (Turkey): Rapid vertical motion in response to minor bends of a nonvertical continental transform

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Cormier, Marie Helene ^a   Seeber, Leonardo ^a   McHugh, Cecilia M G ^a   Polonia, Alina ^b   Çagatay, Namik ^c   Emre, Ömer ^d   Gasperini, Luca ^b   Görür, Naci ^c   Bortoluzzi, Giovanni ^b   Bonatti, Enrico ^b   Ryan, William B F ^a   Newman, Kori R ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL RISE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PLATE MOTION; SUBSIDENCE;

EURASIA; GULF OF IZMIT; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 33744941363     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003633     Document Type: Article

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