Stress rotation and recovery in conjunction with the 1999 Izmit Mw 7.4 earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 951-956

  Ickrath, M ^a   Bohnhoff, M ^a,b   Bulut, F ^a   Dresen, G ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquake dynamics; Seismic cycle; Seismicity and tectonics; Spatial analysis; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; SEISMIC CYCLE; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SEISMOTECTONIC SETTINGS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; STRESS-FIELD ORIENTATION;

FAULT SLIPS; STRESSES; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; FOCAL MECHANISM; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSFORM FAULT;

AKYAZI; SAKARYA; TURKEY;

EID: 84892472760     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt409     Document Type: Article

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