A hypothesis for the alternative southern branch of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, Northwest Turkey

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SEYİTOĞLU G., KAYPAK B., AKTUĞ B., GÜRBÜZ E., ESAT K., Gurbuz A.

TURKIYE JEOLOJI BULTENI-GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN OF TURKEY, cilt.59, sa.2, ss.115-130, 2016 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.25288/tjb.298155
  • Dergi Adı: TURKIYE JEOLOJI BULTENI-GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN OF TURKEY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.115-130
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Earthquake, GPS, Neotectonics, North Anatolian Fault Zone, Turkey
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper proposes an alternative route for the southern branch of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ) using evidence from morphotectonic features, seismology, GPS and recently published Magnetotelluric and Transient Electromagnetic (MT) data. In this new route, the southern branch connects with the main branch of the NAFZ in Bolu via the Golpazari pull-apart basin and Mudurnu. The slip distribution of the NAFZ as taken from GPS data indicates that the newly hypothesized route is the second most important branch of the NAFZ.