Paleoseismological catalog of Pre-2012 trench studies on the active faults in Turkey

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 159 Sayı: 159, 63 - 87, 15.08.2019

Şule Gürboğa , Oktay Gökçe

https://doi.org/10.19111/bulletinofmre.561925

Cited By: 3

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Instrumental and historical
earthquake catalogues have to be examined and evaluated to understand the
long-term seismic behaviour of active faults. Although the instrumental records
have been determined from the national and international observatories, the
historical seismic catalogues are very limited in Turkey. For the reason, we
aimed to compile paleoseismological trench studies carried out before 2012 in
the areas of onshore and offshore sections of Turkey. In terms of a Turkey
Paleoseismological Project (TURKPAP) posted by General Directorate of Mineral
Research and Exploration (MTA) in the 2012 year, a number of paleoseismological
investigations have been initiated and documented for archiving at a
standardized data layout. In this study, we compiled all paleoseismological
trench surveys with the definite dates of past strong seismic events occurred
in Turkey before that date. By using this compilation, not only the historical
earthquakes but also many paleoseismologic parameters of the studies have been
listed clearly.

 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Earthquakes, Paleoseismological catalogue, Trenches, Active faults, Turkey

Teşekkür

This article is a compilation of trench data selected from literature. The authors would like to thank Prof. Dr. Hasan Sözbilir, Dr. Selim Özalp and another anonymous reviewer. Their suggestions and critical reading signifi cantly improved this manuscript. The authors are also grateful for support of handling Editor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayhan Ilgar spending much time for this paper.

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