Earthquake cycle deformation and the Moho: Implications for the rheology of continental lithosphere

TJ Wright, JR Elliott, H Wang, I Ryder - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The last 20 years has seen a dramatic improvement in the quantity and quality of geodetic
measurements of the earthquake loading cycle. In this paper we compile and review these …

Active fault database of Turkey

Ö Emre, TY Duman, S Özalp, F Şaroğlu… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2018 - Springer
We have updated the active fault map of Turkey and built its database within GIS
environment. In the study, four distinct active fault types, classified according to …

New empirical earthquake source‐scaling laws

KKS Thingbaijam, PM Mai… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We develop new empirical scaling laws for rupture width W⁠, rupture length L⁠, rupture
area A⁠, and average slip D⁠, based on a large database of rupture models. The database …

Himalayan megathrust geometry and relation to topography revealed by the Gorkha earthquake

JR Elliott, R Jolivet, PJ González, JP Avouac… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The Himalayan mountain range has been the locus of some of the largest continental
earthquakes, including the 2015 magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake. Competing hypotheses …

Complex rupture dynamics on an immature fault during the 2020 Mw 6.8 Elazığ earthquake, Turkey

F Gallovič, J Zahradník, V Plicka, E Sokos… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Physical laws governing friction on shallow faults in the Earth and spatial heterogeneity of
parameters are critical to our understanding of earthquake physics and the assessment of …

Relative tectonic activity assessment of the Tuz Gölü fault zone; Central Anatolia, Turkey

C Yıldırım - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The Tuz Gölü Fault Zone is one of the major tectonic structures in Central Anatolia that can
produce seismic hazards. This study provides geomorphic analyses of fault-generated …

Seismotectonic database of Turkey

TY Duman, T Çan, Ö Emre, FT Kadirioğlu… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2018 - Springer
Turkey is located in one of the most seismically active regions in the world. Characterizing
seismic source zones in this region requires evaluation and integration of geological …

Fault‐slip source models for the 2011 M 7.1 Van earthquake in Turkey from SAR interferometry, pixel offset tracking, GPS, and seismic waveform analysis

EJ Fielding, PR Lundgren… - Seismological …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A large Mw 7.1 earthquake struck the area north of the city of Van in easternmost Turkey on
23 October 2011. The mainshock epicenter and most of the aftershocks were located south …

Logarithmic Model Joint Inversion Method for Coseismic and Postseismic Slip: Application to the 2017 Mw 7.3 Sarpol Zahāb Earthquake, Iran

X Liu, W Xu - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) has become an important technique for
studying earthquake cycle deformation. However, due to the limited satellite revisit time, it is …

Improved SAR amplitude image offset measurements for deriving three-dimensional coseismic displacements

T Wang, S Jónsson - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Offsets of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images have played an important role in deriving
complete three-dimensional (3-D) surface displacement fields in geoscientific applications …