Strike-slip motions in the Gulf of Siǧaçik (western Turkey): Properties of the 17 October 2005 earthquake seismic sequence

Tectonophysics

Volumn 426, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 263-279

  Benetatos, Christoforos ^a   Kiratzi, Anastasia ^a   Ganas, Athanassios ^b   Ziazia, Maria ^b   Plessa, Areti ^b   Drakatos, George ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Focal mechanisms; Seferihisar; Si a ik Gulf; Western Turkey

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOCAL MECHANISM; GRABEN; GROUND MOTION; RUPTURE; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AEGEAN SEA; ANATOLIA; EURASIA; GULF OF SIGACIK; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEFERIHISAR; TURKEY;

EID: 33750000322     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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