Active Global Seismology (eBook)

Ibrahim Cemen is a Professor of Geology in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama. He has published over 50 research articles in several high impact journals including Journal of Geophysical Research and edited 2 Tectonophysics Special Volumes. His research focuses on structural geology and tectonics with special interests in neotectonics, earthquake geology and tectonics of sedimentary basins. His main research areas are Anatolia, Turkey, Basin and Range and Midcontinent regions, U.S.A. Yücel Yilmaz is an Emeritus Professor of Geology in the Faculty of Mines of The Istanbul Technical University. He has published over 120 research articles in several journals and books among those are Geological Society of America, Tectonics, JVGR and Geological Society of London. His works concentrate mainly tectonic development of Anatolia, Turkey. One of the articles (co-authored with A.M.C. Dengör) reached the highest citation score in Tectonophysics. His research focuses on Tectonics, Morphotectonics and petrology of igneous rocks.

Contributors vii

Preface ix

1 Neotectonics and Earthquake Potential of the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Introduction 1
Ibrahim Çemen and Yücel Yilmaz

Part I: Morphotectonic Characteristics of Neotectonics in Anatolia and Its Surroundings 9

2 Morphotectonic Development of Anatolia and the Surrounding Regions 11
Yücel Yilmaz

3 Diversion of River Courses Across Major Strike-Slip Faults and Keirogens 93
A. M. Celâl S¸engör

Part II: Neotectonics of the Aegean-Western Anatolian Region 103

4 Effect of Slab-Tear on Crustal Structure in Southwestern Anatolia: Insight From Gravity Data Modeling 105
Rezene Mahatsente, Süleyman Alemdar, and Ibrahim Çemen

5 Geodynamical Models for Continental Delamination and Ocean Lithosphere Peel Away in an Orogenic Setting 121
Oguz H. Gögüs¸, Russell N. Pysklywec, and Claudio Faccenna

6 Major Problems of Western Anatolian Geology 141
Yücel Yilmaz

7 The Çataldag Plutonic Complex in Western Anatolia: Roles of Different Granites on the Crustal Buildup in Connection With the Core Complex Development 189
Ömer Kamaci, Alp Ünal, S¸afak Altunkaynak, Stoyan Georgiev, and Zeki M. Billor

Part III: Seismotectonics in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 223

8 Fault Structures in Marmara Sea (Turkey) and Their Connection to Earthquake Generation Processes 225
Mustafa Aktar

9 North Aegean Active Fault Pattern and the 24 May 2014, Mw 6.9 Earthquake 239
Sotiris Sboras, Alex Chatzipetros, and Spyros B. Pavlides

10 Seismic Intensity Maps for the Eastern Part of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (Turkey) Based on Recorded and Simulated Ground-Motion Data 273
Aysegul Askan, Shaghayegh Karimzadeh, and Mustafa Bilal

Index 289