Paleoseismology of the North Anatolian Fault at Güzelköy (Ganos segment, Turkey): Size and recurrence time of earthquake ruptures west of the Sea of Marmara

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Meghraoui, Mustapha ^a   Aksoy, M Ersen ^a,b,c   Akyüz, H Serdar ^b   Ferry, Matthieu ^a,d   Dikbaş, Aynur ^b   Altunel, Erhan ^e  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

COLLUVIAL DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING EVENTS; ISTANBUL; LONG-TERM DEFORMATION; MARMARA SEA; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; RECURRENCE TIME; SAG POND; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SLIP RATES; STREAM CHANNELS; SURFACE RUPTURES;

FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP RATE;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 84859917000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003960     Document Type: Article

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