A 2500-yr-long paleoseismologic record of large, infrequent earthquakes on the North Anatolian fault at Çukurçimen, Turkey

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 823-840

  Hartleb, Ross D ^a,b   Dolan, James F ^a   Kozaci, Özgür ^a,c   Akyüs, H Serdar ^c   Seitz, Gordon G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Earthquake occurrence; North Anatolian fault; Paleoseismology; San Andreas fault

Indexed keywords

NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PALEOSEISMOLOGIC TRENCHES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; RUPTURE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; TRENCH;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33745963379     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25838.1     Document Type: Article

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