A new crustal fault formed the modern Corinth Rift

D Fernández-Blanco, G de Gelder, R Lacassin… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review shows how collective analysis of morphotectonic elements on uplifting rift
margins can constrain the mechanical behaviour of continents during early rifting. This is …

Palaeolimnology of Lake Sapanca and identification of historic earthquake signals, northern Anatolian fault zone (Turkey)

MJ Schwab, P Werner, P Dulski, E McGee… - Quaternary Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
Lake Sapanca is located on a strand of the Northern Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ, Turkey),
where a series of strong earthquakes (Ms> 6.0) have occurred over the past hundred years …

M ≥ 7 earthquake rupture forecast and time‐dependent probability for the sea of Marmara region, Turkey

M Murru, A Akinci, G Falcone, S Pucci… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We forecast time‐independent and time‐dependent earthquake ruptures in the Marmara
region of Turkey for the next 30 years using a new fault segmentation model. We also …

High-resolution record reveals climate-driven environmental and sedimentary changes in an active rift

LC McNeill, DJ Shillington, GDO Carter, JD Everest… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Young rifts are shaped by combined tectonic and surface processes and climate, yet few
records exist to evaluate the interplay of these processes over an extended period of early …

Paleoseismology of the North Anatolian Fault at Güzelköy (Ganos segment, Turkey): Size and recurrence time of earthquake ruptures west of the Sea of Marmara

M Meghraoui, ME Aksoy, HS Akyüz… - Geochemistry …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Ganos fault is the westernmost segment of the North Anatolian Fault that experienced
the Mw= 7.4 earthquake of 9 August 1912. The earthquake revealed 45‐km‐long of surface …

Recent behavior of the North Anatolian Fault: Insights from an integrated paleoseismological data set

J Fraser, K Vanneste… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The North Anatolian Fault (NAF) is a right‐lateral plate boundary fault that arcs across
northern Turkey for∼ 1500 km. Almost the entire fault progressively ruptured in the 20th …

Seismic hazard evaluation in western Turkey as revealed by stress transfer and time-dependent probability calculations

PM Paradisopoulou, EE Papadimitriou… - Pure and Applied …, 2010 - Springer
Western Turkey has a long history of destructive earthquakes that are responsible for the
death of thousands of people and which caused devastating damage to the existing …

Geological and geomechanical evidence from the Sünnet landslides (NW Anatolia) for an Mw8. 0 cascade rupture in the North Anatolian Fault 8 ky ago

F Ocakoğlu, E Tuncay - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Although the North Anatolian Fault is one of the most investigated continental
transform faults across the globe, the maximum earthquake magnitude (M max) expected …

Paleoearthquakes of the Düzce fault (North Anatolian Fault Zone): Insights for large surface faulting earthquake recurrence

D Pantosti, S Pucci, N Palyvos… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The 12 November 1999 Mw 7.1 earthquake ruptured the Düzce segment of the North
Anatolian Fault Zone and produced a∼ 40‐km‐long surface rupture. To improve knowledge …

Spatio-temporal behaviour of continental transform faults: implications from the late Quaternary slip history of the North Anatolian Fault, Turkey

C Zabcı - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
The slip history of the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) is constrained by displacement and age
data for the last 550 ka. First, I classified all available geological estimates as members of …