Late quaternary seismic stratigraphy and active faults of the Gulf of Izmit (NE Marmara Sea)

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-107

  Okyar, Mahmut ^a   Pinar, Ali ^b   Tezcan, Devrim ^c   Kamaci, Züheyr ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Holocene; Izmit Bay; Late quaternary; North Anatolian Fault; Shallow seismic; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS;

HOLOCENES; IZMIT BAY; LATE QUATERNARY; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SHALLOW SEISMIC;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; HOLOCENE; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORMAL FAULT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EURASIA; IZMIT BAY; KOCAELI [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 49249119043     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-008-9049-6     Document Type: Article

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