Geomechanical model of the Marmara Sea region-I. 3-D contemporary kinematics

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1073-1089

  Hergert, Tobias ^a,b   Heidbach, Oliver ^c   Bécel, Anne ^b,d   Laigle, Mireille ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geomechanics; Numerical solutions; Plate motions; Tectonics and landscape evolution; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

3-D KINEMATICS; 3D MODELS; 3D STRUCTURES; BASIN EVOLUTION; ELASTIC PARAMETERS; FAULT SLIP; FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT-SLIP RATES; GEOLOGICAL FAULT; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; GEOMECHANICS; HIGH VARIABILITY; INITIAL STRESS STATE; KEY CONTROL; KINEMATIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MARMARA SEA; MARMARA SEA REGION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL RESULTS; NORTHWEST TURKEY; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; PLATE MOTIONS; ROCK PROPERTIES; SECOND ORDERS; SLIP RATES; STRESS ACCUMULATION; STRUCTURAL DETAILS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; TRANSFORM FAULTS; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; KINEMATICS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BASEMENT ROCK; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DIP; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; GEOMECHANICS; GPS; KINEMATICS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MOHO; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSFORM FAULT; UPLIFT;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 79956059902     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04991.x     Document Type: Article

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