Fault geometry, rupture dynamics and ground motion from potential earthquakes on the North Anatolian Fault under the Sea of Marmara

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1071-1087

  Oglesby, David D ^a   Mai, P Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Continental margins: transform; Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake ground motions; Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction

Indexed keywords

3-D FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ASYMMETRIC PATTERNS; COMPLEX FAULTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIRECTIVITY; DYNAMIC STRESS FIELDS; EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE SIZE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SYSTEM; GEOMETRICAL COMPLEXITY; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION; ISTANBUL; NEAR FAULT; NEAR FAULT GROUND MOTION; NORMAL FAULTS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PRE-STRESS; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; RUPTURE MODELS; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SLIP VELOCITY; SUPERSHEAR RUPTURE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUCLEATION; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FAULT SLIPS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; GEODYNAMICS; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NORMAL FAULT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; NUCLEATION; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS FIELD; TRANSFORM;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 84857045319     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05289.x     Document Type: Article

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