A multistory gigantic subaerial debris flow in an active fault scarp in NW Anatolia, Turkey: Anatomy, mechanism and timing

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 955-965

  Ocakoglu, F ^a   Acikalin, S ^a   Gokceoglu, C ^b   Karabacak, V ^a   Cherkinsky, A ^c  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Eski ehir Fault Zone; Late Pleistocene Holocene; NW Anatolia; Seismic triggering

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ANATOMY; DEBRIS FLOW; EARTHQUAKE; GRABEN; GROUND MOVEMENT; HOLOCENE; LITHOLOGY; NORMAL FAULT; PLEISTOCENE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 70349188670     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609336566     Document Type: Article

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