Seafloor fault ruptures along the North Anatolia Fault in the Marmara Sea, Turkey: Link with the adjacent basin turbidite record

Marine Geology

Volumn 353, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-83

  McHugh, Cecilia M G ^a,b   Braudy, Nicole ^a,g   Çaǧatay, M Namik ^c   Sorlien, Christopher ^d   Cormier, Marie Helene ^e,h   Seeber, Leonardo ^b   Henry, Pierre ^f  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake seafloor rupture; Homogenite; Marmara Sea; North Anatolia Fault; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ANATOLIA; HOMOGENITE; MARMARA SEA; SEA FLOOR; TURBIDITE;

FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; HOLOCENE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ANATOLIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 84898935886     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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