Bala (Ankara) earthquakes: Implications for shallow crustal deformation in central Anatolian section of the Anatolian Platelet (Turkey);Bala (Ankara) depremleri: Anadolu Levhasının orta Anadolu kesiminde sıǧ kabuk deformasyonuna katkılar

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-471

  Tan, Onur ^a   Cengiz Tapirdamaz, M ^a   Ergintav, Semih ^a   Inan, Sedat ^a   Iravul, Yildiz ^b   Saatçilar, Ruhi ^c   Tüzel, Bekir ^b   Tarancioǧlu, Adil ^a   Karakisa, Salih ^b   Kartal, Recai F ^b   Zünbül, Sami ^b   Yanik, Kenan ^b   Kaplan, Mehmet ^b   Şaroǧlu, Fuat ^a   Koçyiǧit, Ali ^d   Altunel, Erhan ^e   Özel, Nurcan Meral ^f  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b Earthquake Research Department   (Turkey)

^c SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Af ar fault zone; Aftershock; Central Anatolia; Coulomb; Crustal deformation; Earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; BALA; TURKEY;

EID: 78049421997     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-0907-1     Document Type: Article

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