Western termination of the Mw 7.4, 1999 İzmit earthquake rupture: Implications for the expected large earthquake in the Sea of Marmara;1999 İzmit deprem (Mw 7.4) kırıǧının batı ucu: Marmara denizi'nde beklenen büyük deprem İçin önemi

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-394

  Uçarkuş, Gülsen ^a   Çakir, Ziyadin ^a   Armijo, Rolando ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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

Author keywords

1999 zmit earthquake; North anatolian fault; Sea of marmara; Stress interaction; Submarine fault scarps

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; NORMAL FAULT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SEAFLOOR; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 79959833269     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-0911-72     Document Type: Article

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