New constraints on micro-seismicity and stress state in the western part of the North Anatolian Fault Zone: Observations from a dense seismic array

Tectonophysics

Volumn 656, Issue , 2015, Pages 190-201

  Altuncu Poyraz, Selda ^a   Teoman, M Uğur ^a   Türkelli, Niyazi ^a   Kahraman, Metin ^a   Cambaz, Didem ^a   Mutlu, Ahu ^a   Rost, Sebastian ^b   Houseman, Gregory A ^b   Thompson, David A ^c   Cornwell, David ^c   Utkucu, Murat ^d   Gülen, Levent ^d  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dense seismic array; Micro seismicity; North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAF); Stress tensor inversion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; TENSORS;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; LOCATION UNCERTAINTY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS; MICRO-SEISMICITY; MOMENT TENSOR INVERSION METHODS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC ARRAYS; STRESS TENSOR INVERSIONS;

FAULTING;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

SAKARYA; TURKEY;

EID: 84938962978     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.06.022     Document Type: Article

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