A conjugate strike-slip fault system within the extensional tectonics of Western Turkey

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1363-1375

  Aktar, Mustafa ^a   Karabulut, Hayrullah ^a   Özalaybey, Serdar ^b   Childs, Dean ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Aftershocks; Conjugatefaulting; Extensional tectonics; Focal mechanisms; Western Anatolia

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; NORMAL FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AEGEAN SEA; EURASIA; GULF OF SIGACIK; IZMIR [TURKEY]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 36348934583     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03598.x     Document Type: Article

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