Relation between electrical resistivity and earthquake generation in the crust of West Anatolia, Turkey

Tectonophysics

Volumn 445, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 49-65

  Gürer, Aysan ^a   Bayrak, Murat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Fluids; Magnetotelluric; Seismicity; Strain concentration

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLUID; LOWER CRUST; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SEISMICITY; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER CRUST;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; THRACE; TURKEY;

EID: 36249022157     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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