Evidence for a bimaterial interface along the Mudurnu segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone from polarization analysis of P waves

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 327-328, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-22

  Bulut, Fatih ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b   Bohnhoff, Marco ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimaterial interface; Imaging the fault zone; North Anatolian Fault; Velocity contrast

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ARRIVAL TIME; BI-MATERIAL INTERFACES; DIRECT WAVES; EVENT LOCATION; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; HEAD WAVES; IMAGING CONTRAST; MOVEOUT; NEAR-FAULT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE; NORTHWESTERN TURKEY; P WAVES; P-WAVE VELOCITY; POLARIZATION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; WAVE FORMS;

POLARIZATION;

SEISMIC WAVES;

FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMAGING METHOD; MONITORING; NORMAL FAULT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; P-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

TURKEY;

EID: 84857467076     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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