Historical earthquake activity of the northern part of the Dead Sea Fault Zone, southern Turkey

H. Serdar Akyuz; Erhan Altunel; Volkan Karabacak; C. Caglar Yalciner

doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2006.08.005

Historical earthquake activity of the northern part of the Dead Sea Fault Zone, southern Turkey

H. Serdar Akyuz^*, Erhan Altunel, Volkan Karabacak, C. Caglar Yalciner

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Department of Geological Engineering

Osmangazi University

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Abstract

The northern part of the Dead Sea Fault Zone is one of the major active neotectonic structures of Turkey. The main trace of the fault zone (called Haci{dotless}paşa fault) is mapped in detail in Turkey on the basis of morphological and geological evidence such as offset creeks, fault surfaces, shutter ridges and linear escarpments. Three trenches were opened on the investigated part of the fault zone. Trench studies provided evidence for 3 historical earthquakes and comparing trench data with historical earthquake records showed that these earthquakes occurred in 859 AD, 1408 and 1872. Field evidence, palaeoseismological studies and historical earthquake records indicate that the Haci{dotless}paşa fault takes the significant amount of slip in the northern part of the Dead Sea Fault Zone in Turkey. On the basis of palaeoseismological evidence, it is suggested that the recurrence interval for surface faulting event is 506 ± 42 years on the Haci{dotless}paşa fault.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	281-293
Number of pages	13
Journal	Tectonophysics
Volume	426
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2006.08.005
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2006

Funding

This research is supported by the ongoing European Commission project (ICA-CT-2002-10024, Co-ordinated by Mustapha Meghraoui), Eskişehir Osmangazi University Research Foundation (200415001) and TUBITAK (105Y021). Altan Devrim, Umut Akyüz and Önder Yönlü assisted in the field, and Aynur Dikbaş in office works. We are grateful to Mr. Abdüssemii Erkan (Mayor of Hacıpaşa Town) for his logistic support. Our special thanks go to Central and local Military Authorities for giving permission to work in the area. Dating analyses were carried out in the laboratory of University of Kiel running by Pieter Grootes. We are grateful for the helpful comments and constructive reviews by S. Marco and an anonymous reviewer, which improved our manuscript.

Funders	Funder number
Eskişehir Osmangazi University Research Foundation	200415001
TUBITAK	105Y021

Keywords

Dead Sea Fault Zone
Historical earthquake
Palaeoseismology
Southern Turkey
Trench

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