Marine transform faults and fracture zones: a joint perspective integrating seismicity, fluid flow and life

C Hensen, JC Duarte, P Vannucchi, A Mazzini… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Marine transform faults and associated fracture zones (MTFFZs) cover vast stretches of the
ocean floor, where they play a key role in plate tectonics, accommodating the lateral …

Interseismic strain build-up on the submarine North Anatolian Fault offshore Istanbul

D Lange, H Kopp, JY Royer, P Henry, Z Çakir… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Using offshore geodetic observations, we show that a segment of the North Anatolian Fault
in the central Sea of Marmara is locked and therefore accumulating strain. The strain …

A Two‐Scale Preparation Phase Preceded an  5.8 Earthquake in the Sea of Marmara Offshore Istanbul, Turkey

V Durand, S Bentz, G Kwiatek… - Seismological …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We analyze the spatiotemporal evolution of seismicity during a sequence of moderate (an M
w 4.7 foreshock and M w 5.8 mainshock) earthquakes occurring in September 2019 at the …

Spatial and temporal dynamics of gas-related processes in the Sea of Marmara monitored with ocean bottom seismometers

E Tsang-Hin-Sun, E Batsi… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY In the Sea of Marmara, areas of gas seepage or cold seeps are tightly related to
the faults system and understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics in gas-related …

Fault geometry beneath the western and Central Marmara Sea, Turkey, based on ocean bottom seismographic observations: Implications for future large earthquakes

Y Yamamoto, D Kalafat, A Pinar, N Takahashi… - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Beneath the Marmara Sea, Turkey, the Main Marmara Fault (MMF), the offshore part
of the North Anatolian Fault (NAF), is a well-known seismic gap for future M> 7 earthquakes …

Stress change generated by the 2019 İstanbul–Silivri earthquakes along the complex structure of the North Anatolian Fault in the Marmara Sea

M Şahin, C Yaltırak, F Bulut, A Garagon - Earth, Planets and Space, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The North Anatolian Fault Zone is a dextral system operating between the Eurasian
and Anatolian plates in northern Turkey. Across the Marmara Sea south of İstanbul, it …

Empirical subspace detection applied to triggered seismicity by the July 25, 2011, Mw 5.0 earthquake in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey

C De La Hoz, JB Tary, A Lomax - Computers & Geosciences, 2021 - Elsevier
The northern branch of the North Anatolian Fault in the Sea of Marmara (SoM) shows a
complex seismological behavior including shallow, fluid-related seismicity, deep seismicity …

Three-dimensional seismic tomographic imaging beneath the Sea of Marmara: evidence for locked and cree** sections of the Main Marmara Fault

A Tarancıoğlu, S Özalaybey… - Geophysical Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We present 3-D Vp and Vp/Vs tomographic images for depths down to 22 km along with
precise earthquake locations beneath the Sea of Marmara using the seismological data sets …

Improved detection and Coulomb stress computations for gas-related, shallow seismicity, in the Western Sea of Marmara

JB Tary, L Geli, A Lomax, E Batsi, V Riboulot… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sea of Marmara (SoM) is a marine portion of the North Anatolian Fault (NAF)
and a portion of this fault that did not break during its 20th century earthquake sequence …

The September 26, 2019 Silivri Earthquake (Mw= 5.6), NW Türkiye

M Utkucu, F Uzunca, Y Utkucu, H Durmuş… - … Platform Journal of …, 2023 - dergipark.org.tr
The September 26, 2019 Silivri earthquake (MW= 5.6-5.8) occurred along the North
Anatolian Fault Zone segments extending beneath the Marmara Sea. In the present study …