Open AccessTurkey makes major investment in earthquake research
Author(s) -
Inan Sedat,
Ergintav Semih,
Saatçilar Ruhi,
Tüzel Bekir,
İravul Yildiz
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2007eo340002
Subject(s) - seismology , geology , north anatolian fault , tectonics , fault (geology) , fibrous joint , extensional definition , medicine , anatomy
Following the devastating M w 7.4 İzmit earthquake on 17 August 1999, major state‐of‐the‐art earthquake studies were conducted in the Marmara region of northwestern Turkey. However, other faults with the potential to generate big and potentially devastating earthquakes occur in a variety of different tectonic regimes in Turkey, and these faults and regions have not received similar attention. For example, the East Anatolian Fault (EAF) is influenced by the convergence of the Arabian and Anatolian plates along the Zagros‐Bitlis suture zone. Faults in the Aegean Extensional Province (AEP) are purely normal faults. The main faults in the Marmara region occur within both transtensional and transpressional domains (locations are shown in Figure I). All of these regions pose seismic hazards and also require focused study.