Holocene slip rate of the North Anatolian Fault beneath the Sea of Marmara

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 411-426

  Polonia, Alina ^a   Gasperini, L ^a   Amorosi, A ^b   Bonatti, E ^a,c   Bortoluzzi, G ^a   Cagatay N ^d   Capotondi, L ^a   Cormier, M H ^c   Gorur, N ^d,e   McHugh, C ^c   Seeber, L ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gulf of Izmit; Marmara Sea; North Anatolian Fault; Seismic hazard; Slip rate; Submarine earthquake geology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION ACOUSTIC IMAGES; KINEMATIC MODELS; PALEOSHORELINES;

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SEISMOLOGY;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EARTHQUAKE; HOLOCENE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 7044222232     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.042     Document Type: Article

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