Velocity contrast across the 1944 rupture zone of the North Anatolian fault east of Ismetpasa from analysis of teleseismic arrivals

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ozakin, Yaman ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^a   Aktar, Mustafa ^b   Karabulut, Hayrullah ^b   Peng, Zhigang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

ARRIVAL TIME; BI-MATERIAL; DELAY TIME; FAULT SECTIONS; INCIDENT ANGLES; MICROSEISMICITY; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; P WAVES; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PHASE DELAY; ROCK DAMAGE; RUPTURE ZONE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TELESEISMIC; TELESEISMIC EVENTS; WAVEFORM CROSS CORRELATION;

VELOCITY;

ARRIVAL TIME; ASYMMETRY; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; P-WAVE; SEISMICITY; WAVE VELOCITY;

CANKIRI; ISMETPASA; TURKEY;

EID: 84861326677     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051426     Document Type: Article

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