Kinematics of the eastern part of the North Anatolian Fault Zone

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 141-150

  Ozener, Haluk ^a   Arpat, Esen ^a   Ergintav, Semih ^b   Dogru, Asli ^a   Cakmak, Rahsan ^b   Turgut, Bulent ^a   Dogan, Ugur ^c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^c YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

GPS; Kinematics; North Anatolian Fault Zone; Strain; Velocity field

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT ZONE; GPS; KINEMATICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRAIN RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

EURASIA;

EID: 76849108946     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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