SEISMOTECTONICS OF THE SOUTHERN MARMARA REGION, NW TURKEY
Published:
Jul 27, 2016
Keywords:
Moment Tensor Solution Stress Tensor Analysis b value North Anatolian Fault Southern Marmara Region Aegean Region
Abstract
The Southern Marmara Region is an active deformation area, which is a transition zone between the strike-slip tectonics manifested by the North Anatolian Fault System and the N-S extensional regime of the Aegean Region. We have reviewed tectonic and geological structure of the region, based on
seismological studies. We have obtained a total of 37 earthquake moment tensor solutions between 1953 and 2015. In addition, stress tensor analysis has been carried out using 37 earthquake moment tensor solutions. Also long term seismicity were investigated and a,b, Mc values were calculated and mapped. Moment tensor solutions indicate that the source of these earthquakes are mostly NE-trending dextral strike-slip faults and some of them are E-W trending dip-slip normal faults. The stress tensor analysis shows that the direction of the regional compressive stress is NW-SE. The temporal and spatial distrubution of the large earthquakes (1944, 1953, 1964) indicate that the ruptures unilaterally propagate from SW to NE. The 1855 earthquake had been occurred to the east of Manyas Lake. The elapsed time (160 year) and regional stress transfer suggest that the segments to the east of Manyas Lake form a probable seismic gap and this area has a high earthquake risk.
Article Details
- How to Cite
-
Yalçın, H., Kürçer, A., Utkucu, M., & Gülen, L. (2016). SEISMOTECTONICS OF THE SOUTHERN MARMARA REGION, NW TURKEY. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 50(1), 173–181. https://doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.11717
- Section
- Structural Geology
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (preferably in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
References
Aki, K., 1965. Maximum Likelihood Estimate of b in the formula logN= a-bM and its confidence
limits, Bull. Earthquake. Res. Inst. Tokyo Univ., 43, 237-239.
Altinok. Y., Alpar. B., Yaltirak. C., Pinar. A. and Özer. N., 2012. The earthquakes and related
tsunamis of October 6, 1944 and March 7, 1867, NE Aegean Sea, Nat. Hazards, 60, 3-25.
Altuncu Poyraz, S., Teoman, M.U., Türkelli, N., Kahraman, M., Cambaz, D., Mutlu, A., Rost, S.,
Houseman, G.A., Thompson, D.A., Cornwell, D., Utkucu, M. and Gülen, L, 2015. New
constraints on micro-seismicity and stress state in the western part of the North Anatolian
Fault Zone: Observations from a dense seismic array, Tectonophysics, 656, 190-201.
Ambraseys, N.N., 1988. Engineering Seismology, J Earthq. Eng. Struct. Dyn., 17, 1-105.
Ambraseys, N.N., 2002. The seismic activity of the Marmara Sea region over the last 2000 years.
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92(1), 1-18.
Ambraseys, N.N. and Finkel, CF., 1991. Long-term seismicity of Istanbul and of the Marmara Sea
region, Terra Nova, 3, 527-39.
Ambraseys, N.N. and Jackson, J., 2000. Seismicity of the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) since 1500,
Geophys. J. Int., 141, F1-F6.
Barka, A.A., 1992. The North Anatolian Fault zone, Annales Tecton., 6, 164-195.
Barka, A.A. and Reilinger, R., 1997. Active tectonics of the Eastern Mediterranean region: deduced
form GPS, neotectonic and seismic data, Annali Di Geofisica, XL, 587-610.
Barka, A. and Gülen, L., 1988. New constrains on age and total offset on the North Anatolian Fault
Zone: Implications for tectonics of the Estern Mediterranean Region, Metu Journal of Pure
and Applied Sciences, 21(1-3), 39-63.
Chatzipetros, A., Kiratzi, A., Sboras, S., Zouros, N. and Pavlides, S., 2012. Active faulting in the Northeastern
Aegean Sea Islands, Tectonophysics, http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.11.026.
Dewey, J.F and Şengör, A.M.C., 1979. Aegean and surrounding regions: complex multiplate and
continuum tectonics in a convergent zone, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 90, 84-92.
Emre, Ö., Duman, T.Y., Özalp, S., Elmacı, H., Olgun, Ş. and Şaroğlu, Ş., 2013. Active Fault Map
of Turkey with Explanatory Text, General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration,
Special Publication Series-30, Ankara, Turkey.
Gökaşan, E., Ergin, M., Özyalvaç, M., Sur, H.E., Tur, H., Görüm, T., Ustaomer, T., Batuk, F.G.,
Alp, H., Birkan, H., Türker, A., Gezgin, E. and Özturan, M., 2008. Factors controlling the
morphological evolution of the Çanakkale Strait (Dardanelles, Turkey), Geo-Mar Lett., 28,
-129, doi: 10.1007/s00367-007-0094-y.
Gutenberg, R. and Richter, C.F., 1944. Frequency of earthquakes in California, Bulletin of the
Seismological Society of America, 34, 185-188.
Gürbüz, C., Aktar, M. and Eyidoğan, H., 2000. The seismotectonics of the Marmara region
(Turkey): results from a microseismic experiment, Tectonophysics, 316, 1-17.
Gürer, Ö.F., Kaymakçı, N., Çakır, S. and Özburan, M., 2003. Neotectonics of the southeast Marmara
region, NW Anatolia, Turkey, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 21, 1041-51.
Gürer, Ö.F., Sangu, E. and Özburan, M., 2006. Neotectonics of the SW Marmara region, NW
Anatolia, Turkey, Geol. Mag., 143(2), 229-241.
Kalafat, D., Kekovalı, K., Akkoyunlu, F. and Öğütçü, Z., 2013. Source mechanism and stress
analysis of 23 October 2011 Van Earthquake (Mw=7.1) and aftershocks, J. Seismol., doi:
1007/σ10950-013-9413-0.
Kreemer, C., Chamot-Roke, N. and Le Pichon, X., 2004. Constraints on the evolution and vertical
coherency of deformation in the North Aegean from a comparison of geodetic, geologic and
seismologic data, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 225, 329-346.
Kürçer, A., Chatzipetros, A., Tutkun, S.Z., Pavlides, S., Ateş, Ö. and Valkaniotis, S., 2008. The
Yenice-Gönen Active fault (NW Turkey): Active tectonics and palaeoseismology,
Tectonophysics, 453, 263-275.
Kürçer, A., Chatzipetros, A., Tutkun, S.Z., Pavlides, S., Özden, S., Syrides, G., Vouvalides, K.,
Ulugergerli, E., Ateş, Ö. and Ekinci, Y.L., 2012. An Assessment of the Earthquakes of
Ancient Troy, NW Anatolia, Turkey, Tectonics - Recent Advances, Sharkov, E., ed., ISBN:
-953-51-0675-3, InTech, Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/tectonicsrecent-
advances/an-assessment-of-the-earthquakes-of-ancient-troy-nw-anatolia-turkey.
Kürçer, A., Yalçın, H., Gülen, L. and Kalafat, D., 2015. 8 January 2013 Mw = 5.7 North Aegean
Sea earthquake and its seismotectonic significance, Geodinamica Acta, 27, 2-3, 175-188, doi:
1080/09853111.2014.957503.
Le Pichon, X, Chamot-Rooke, N., Huchon, P. and Luxey, P., 1993. Implications des nouvelles
mesures de géodésie spatiale en Grèce et en Turquie sur l’extrusion latérale de l’Anatolie et
de l’Egée, C.R. Acad. Sci. Ser., II, 316, 983-90.
Lyberis, N., 1984. Tectonic evolution of the North Aegean Trough. In: The Geological Evolution
of Eastern Mediterranean, Dixen, J.G. and Robertson, A.H.F., eds., Spack. Publ. Geol. Sock.,
London, 711-725.
McKenzie, D.P. and Jackson, J., 1983. The relationship between strain rates, crustal thickening,
palaeomagnetism, finite strain and fault moments within a deforming zone, Earth Planet. Sci.
Lett., 65, 182-202.
McKenzie, D.P., 1972. Active tectonics of the Mediterranean region, Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc.,
(2), 109-185.
Meade, B., Hager, B. and Reilinger, R., 2002. Estimates of seismic potential in the Marmara region
from block models of secular deformation constrained by GPS measurements, Bull. Seismol.
Soc. Am., 92(1), 208-215.
Micheal, A.J., 1987. Use of focal mechanisms to determine stress: a control study, J. Geophys. Res.,
, 357-368.
Nalbant, S.S., Hubert, A. and King, G.C.P., 1998. Stress coupling between earthquakes in northwest
Turkey and the North Aegean Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 24469-24486.
Papadopoulos, G.A., Kondopoulou, D.P., Levantakis, G.A. and Pavlides, S.B., 1986.
Seismotectonics of the Aegean Region, Tectonophysics, 1424, 67-84.
Pavlides, S., Valkaniotis, S. and Chatzipetros, C., 2007. Seismically capable faults in Greece and
their using seismic hazard assessment, 4th International Conference on Earthquake
Geotechnical Engnering June, 25-28, Paper No. 1609.
Reilinger, R., McClusky, S., Vernant, P., Lawrence, S., Ergintav, S., Cakmak, R., Ozener, H.,
Kadırov, F., Guliev, I., Stepanyan, R., Nadarıya, M., Hahubia, G., Mahmoud, S., Sakr, K.,
ArRajehı, A., Paradissis, D., Al-Aydrus, A., Prilepin, M., Guseva, T., Evren, E., Dmitrotsa,
A., Filikov,S.V., Gomez, F., Al-Ghazzi, R. and Karam, G., 2006. GPS constraints on
continental deformation in the Africa-Arabia-Eurasia continental collision zone and
implications for the dynamics of plate inte ractions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111,
B05411.
Reasenberg, P., 1985. Second-order moment of central California seismicity: 1969-1982, J.
Geophysics. Res., 90, 5479-5495.
Sokos, E. and Zahradnik, J., 2006. A Matlab GUI for use with ISOLA Fortran codes (User’s Guide),
Ver. 2.5. June 2006, 34 pp.
Straub, C. and Kahle, H.G., 1994. Global positioning System (GPS) estimates of crustal deformation
in the Sea of Marmara region, Northwestern Anatolia, Earth Planet Sci. Lett., 121, 495-502.
Straub, C. and Kahle, H.G., 1995. Active crustal Deformation in the Sea of Marmara region, NW
Anatolia, inferred from GPS measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2 2, 2533-2536.
Straub, C.S., 1996. Recent crustal deformation and strain accumulation in the Marmara Sea region,
N.W. Anatolia, inferred from GPS measurements, unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology at Zurich, 122 pp., plus appendices.
Şengör, A.M.C., Tüysüz, O., İmren, C., Sakınç, M., Eyidoğan, H., Görür, N., Le Pichon, X. and
Rangin, C., 2004. The North Anatolian Fault: A New Look. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci.,
, 1-77, doi: 10.1146/annure.earth.32.101802.120415, 1-77.
Şengör, AMC., 1979. The North Anatolian Transform Fault: its age, offset and tectonic significance.
J. Geol. Soc. London, 136, 269-82.
Taymaz, T., Jackson, J. and McKenzie, D.P., 1991. Active tectonics of the North and Central Aegean
Sea, Geophy. J. Inter., 106, 433-490.
Üçer, B., Eyidogan, H., Gurbuz, C., Barka, A. and Serif, B., 1997. Seismic investigations of
Marmara region in Active Tectonics of Northwest Anatolia. In: Schindler, C. and Pfister, M.,
eds., The Marmara Poly-project, Hochschulverlag AG ander ETH, Zurich, 55-87.
Yaltırak, C., 2002. Tectonic evolution of the Marmara Sea and its surroundings, Marine Geology,
(20012), 493-529.
Yaltırak, C., İşler, E.B., Aksu, A.E. and Hiscot, R.N., 2012. Evolution of the Bababurnu Basin and
shelf of the Biga Peninsula: Western extension of the middle strand of the North Anatolian
Fault Zone, Northeast Aegean Sea, Turkey, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 57, 103-119.
Wiemer, S. and Wyss, M., 1997. Mapping the frequency-magnitude distribution in asperities: an
improved technique to calculate recurrence times, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 15,115-15,128.
Wiemer, S.A., 2001. Software package to analyse seismicity: ZMAP, Seis. Res. Lett., 72(2), 374-383.
Wessel, P. and Smith, W.H.F., 1991. Free software helps map and display data. EOS Transactions
AGU, 72, 441-461.
