Crustal deformation and kinematics of the Eastern Part of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (Turkey) from GPS measurements

TATAR O., POYRAZ F., GÜRSOY H., Çakır Z., Ergintav S., AKPINAR Z., ...Daha Fazla

TECTONOPHYSICS, cilt.518, ss.55-62, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 518
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.11.010
  • Dergi Adı: TECTONOPHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.55-62
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: North Anatolian Fault Zone, Crustal deformation, GPS velocities, Slip rate, Eastern Turkey, SLIP RATE, ACTIVE TECTONICS, BLOCK ROTATIONS, PLATE, EARTHQUAKE, REGION, COLLISION, ARABIA, SPACE
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ) is a 1200 km long dextral strike-slip fault zone forming the boundary between the Eurasian and Anatolian plates. It extends from the Gulf of Saros (North Aegean) in the west to the town of Karliova in eastern Turkey. Although there have been numerous geodetic studies concerning the crustal deformation, velocity field and the slip rate of the NAFZ along its western and central segments, geodetic observations along the eastern section of the NAFZ are sparse. In order to investigate the GPS velocities and the slip rate along the eastern part of the NAFZ, a dense GPS network consisting of 36 benchmarks was installed between Tokat and Erzincan on both sides of the fault zone and measured from 2006 to 2008.