Paleoseismic record obtained by coring a sag-pond along the north anatolian fault (Turkey)

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 929-953

  Hubert Ferrari, Aurelia ^a   Avsar, Ulas ^b   Ouahabi, Meriam El ^a   Lepoint, Gilles ^a   Martinez, Philippe ^c   Fagel, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake geology and paleoseismology; North anatolian fault; Sedimentary cores; Seismites; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SCARP; FAULT ZONE; LAKE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMITE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84872934496     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-5460     Document Type: Article

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