Mozafari, Nasim; Özkaymak, Çağlar; Tikhomirov, Dmitry; Ivy-Ochs, Susan; Alfimov, Vasily; Sözbilir, Hasan; Schlüchter, Christian; Akçar, Naki (2021). Seismic Activity of the Manisa Fault Zone in Western Turkey Constrained by Cosmogenic 36Cl Dating. Geosciences, 11(11), p. 451. MDPI 10.3390/geosciences11110451
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This study reports on the cosmogenic 36Cl dating of two normal fault scarps in western Turkey, that of the Manastır and Mugırtepe faults, beyond existing historical records. These faults are elements of the western Manisa Fault Zone (MFZ) in the seismically active Gediz Graben. Our modeling revealed that the Manastır fault underwent at least two surface ruptures at 3.5 ± 0.9 ka and 2.0 ± 0.5 ka, with vertical displacements of 3.3 ± 0.5 m and 3.6 ± 0.5 m, respectively. An event at 6.5 ± 1.6 ka with a vertical displacement of 2.7 ± 0.4 m was reconstructed on the Mugırtepe fault. We attribute these earthquakes to the recurring MFZ ruptures, when also the investigated faults slipped. We calculated average slip rates of 1.9 and 0.3 mm yr−1 for the Manastır and Mugırtepe faults, respectively.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geological Sciences |
UniBE Contributor: |
Akçar, Naki |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 550 Earth sciences & geology |
ISSN: |
2076-3263 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Naki Akçar |
Date Deposited: |
10 Mar 2022 11:06 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:13 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/geosciences11110451 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/166689 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/166689 |
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