Surface creep on the North Anatolian Fault at Ismetpasa, Turkey, 1944–2016

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 7409-7431

  Bilham, Roger ^a   Ozener, H ^b   Mencin, D ^a,c   Dogru, A ^b   Ergintav, S ^b   Cakir, Z ^d   Aytun, A ^e   Aktug, B ^e   Yilmaz, O ^b   Johnson, W ^c   Mattioli, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c University of Connecticut   (United States)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

1944 Bolu earthquake; afterslip; creep meter; fault creep; North Anatolian Fault

Indexed keywords

CREEP; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GPS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SLIP RATE;

ANATOLIA; CANKIRI; ISMETPASA; TURKEY;

EID: 84995603549     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JB013394     Document Type: Article

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