Aftershock study and seismotectonic implications of the 8 March 2010 Kovanclar (Elazǧ, Turkey) earthquake (MW = 6.1)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Tan, Onur ^a   Pabucu, Zümer ^a   Taprdamaz, M Cengiz ^a   Nan, Sedat ^a   Ergintav, Semih ^a   Eyidoǧan, Haluk ^b   Aksoy, Ercan ^c   Kuluöztürk, Fatih ^c,d  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BITLIS EREN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

EASTERN TURKEY; FAULT SYSTEM; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS CHANGES;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL SULAWESI; INDONESIA; PALU; TURKEY;

EID: 79958850417     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047702     Document Type: Article

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