Active seismotectonics of the East Anatolian fault

SE Güvercin, H Karabulut, AÖ Konca… - Geophysical Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY The East Anatolian Fault (EAF) is a 700-km-long left-lateral transform fault
located between the Anatolian and Arabian plates. The proximity of the Euler Pole to the …

Geodynamics, seismicity, and seismic hazards of the Caucasus

A Ismail-Zadeh, S Adamia, A Chabukiani… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Being a part of ongoing continental collision between the Arabian and Eurasian plates, the
Caucasus region is a remarkable site of moderate to strong seismicity, where devastating …

Rapid characterization of the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, earthquake sequence

DE Goldberg, T Taymaz, NG Reitman… - The Seismic …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The 6 February 2023 M w 7.8 Pazarcık and subsequent M w 7.5 Elbistan
earthquakes generated strong ground shaking that resulted in catastrophic human and …

Sub-and super-shear ruptures during the 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6 earthquake doublet in SE Türkiye

D Melgar, T Taymaz, A Ganas, BW Crowell, T Öcalan… - 2023 - eartharxiv.org
An earthquake doublet (Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6) occurred on the East Anatolian Fault Zone
(EAFZ) on February 6th, 2023. The events produced significant ground motions and caused …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite imagery for rapid detection of liquefaction surface manifestations: The case study of Türkiye–Syria 2023 earthquakes

M Taftsoglou, S Valkaniotis, G Papathanassiou… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The 6 February 2023 earthquake doublet (Mw 7.7 and Mw 7.6) that occurred on the East
Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ) triggered a significant amount of soil liquefaction phenomena …

The earthquake catalogues for Turkey

O Tan, MC Tapirdamaz, A Yörük - Turkish Journal of Earth …, 2008 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
The earthquake data from instrumental records in the last 40 years indicate the general
seismicity of the earth. However, examining historical records is necessary to understand …

Source mechanism and rupture process of the 24 January 2020 Mw 6.7 Doğanyol–Sivrice earthquake obtained from seismological waveform analysis and space …

T Taymaz, A Ganas, S Yolsal-Çevikbilen, F Vera… - Tectonophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
Here, we present the source mechanism and rupture process for the destructive 24 January
2020 Mw 6.7 Doğanyol–Sivrice earthquake at the East Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ, Turkey) …

A seismologically consistent expression for the total area and volume of earthquake‐triggered landsliding

O Marc, N Hovius, P Meunier, T Gorum… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new, seismologically consistent expression for the total area and volume of
populations of earthquake‐triggered landslides. This model builds on a set of scaling …

Moho structure of the Anatolian Plate from receiver function analysis

EA Vanacore, T Taymaz, E Saygin - Geophysical Journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Here we present first-order results detailing the Anatolian crustal from receiver function
analysis of data from approximately 300 stations within Turkey. Seismic data from the …

The geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia: introduction

T Taymaz, Y Yilmaz, Y Dilek - 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The complexity of the plate interactions and associated crustal deformation in the Eastern
Mediterranean region is reflected in many destructive earthquakes that have occurred …