Publication Date:
2000
Description:
Earthquake sheds light on plate boundary Aktar et al. analyze the mainshock
and aftershocks of the moderate-sized, June 1998 Adana earthquake, Turkey, and find that
the rupture nucleated at an unusually deep seismogenic zone, within the lower crust, and
did not extend to shallower zones. The earthquake is associated with the African and
Anatolian lithospheres which interact with each other in a strike-slip manner. The
authors report that the mainshock's and largest aftershock's pure left lateral
strike-slip mechanism supports the hypothesis that the nature of relative plate motion
for the Africa-Anatolia plate boundary is pure left-handed strike slip at least in the
region where the mainshock took place.
Keywords:
Earthquake
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Aftershocks
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Turkey
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7205
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Seismology
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Continental
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crust
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(1242)
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7215
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Earthquake
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parameters
;
7230
;
Seismicity
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and
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seismotectonics
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8107
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Tectonophysics
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Continental
;
neotectonics
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GRL
;
Oezalaybey
;
Ozalaybey
;
Yoruk
;
Yoeruek
;
Bicmen
;
Mehmet
;
Ka^zim
;
Ergin
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