Evolution of the seismicity in the eastern Marmara Sea a decade before and after the 17 August 1999 Izmit earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 510, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 17-27

  Karabulut, H ^a   Schmittbuhl, J ^b   Ozalaybey S ^c   Lengline O ^b   Komec Mutlu A ^a   Durand, V ^d   Bouchon, M ^d   Daniel, G ^b,e   Bouin, M P ^f  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^f Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de la Guadeloupe   (France)

Author keywords

Marmara Sea; North Anatolian Fault; Seismic cluster; Seismicity; Stress transfer

Indexed keywords

MARMARA SEA; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SEISMIC CLUSTER; SEISMICITY; STRESS TRANSFER;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; PORE PRESSURE; SEGMENTATION; SEISMICITY; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 80052765366     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.07.009     Document Type: Review

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