Present-day seismicity and seismotectonics of the Cilician basin: Eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 930-939

  Ergin, Mehmet ^a   Aktar, Mustafa ^b   Eyidoǧan, Haluk ^c  

^a SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMOTECTOTONICS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

CILICIAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 4243066384     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020153     Document Type: Article

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