GEOPHYSICS, including some geodynamics and paleoseismology

Aktar, M., Ergin, M., Özalaybey, S., Tapırdamaz, C., Yörük, A., and Biçmen, F. (2000) A lower-crustal event in the northeastern Mediterranean: The 1998 Adana earthquake (Mw=6.2) and its aftershocks. Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (16), 2361-2364.

Akyol, N., Zhu, L.P., Mitchell, B.J., et al. (2006) Crustal structure and local seismicity in western Anatolia. Geophysical Journal International, 166 (3), 1259-1269.

Al-Damegh, K., Sandvol, E., and Barazangi, M. (2005) Crustal structure of the Arabian plate: New constraints from the analysis of teleseismic receiver functions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 231 (3-4), 177-196.

Al-Lazki, A.I., Sandvol, E., Seber, D., Barazangi, M., Turkelli, N., and Mohamad, R. (2004) Pn tomographic imaging of mantle lid velocity and anisotropy at the junction of the Arabian, Eurasian and African plates. Geophysical Journal International, 158 (3), 1024-1040.

Al-Lazki, A.I., Seber, D., Sandvol, E., Türkelli, N., Mohamad, R., and Barazangi, M. (2003)Tomographic Pn velocity and anisotropy structure beneath the Anatolian plateau (eastern Turkey) and the surrounding regions. Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (24), Article Number: 8043.

Angus, D.A. (2006) Lithospheric structure of the Arabian and Eurasian collision zone in eastern Turkey from S-wave receiver functions. Geophysical Journal International, 166, 1335 DOI 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03070.x.

Angus, D.A., Wilson, D.C. Sandvol, E. & Ni, J. (2006) Lithospheric structure of the Arabian and Eurasian collision zone in eastern Turkey from S-wave receiver functions. Geophysical Journal International, 166 (3), 1335-1346.

Ateş, A., Kearey, P. & Tufan, S. (1999) New gravity and magnetic anomaly maps of Turkey. Geophysical Journal International, 136, 499-502.

Aydemir, A. (2009) Investigation of Central Anatolia, Turkey, using geophysical data. Journal of

Barazangi, M., Sandvol, E. & Seber, D. (2006) Structure and tectonic evolution of the Anatolian plateau in eastern Turkey. In: Dilek, Y. & Pavlides, S. (eds.) Postcollisional tectonics and magmatism in the Mediterranean Region and Asia. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 409.

Barka, A.A. & Kadinsky-Cade, K. (1988) Strike-slip fault geometry in Turkey and its influence on earthquake activity. Tectonics, 7, 663-684.

Bektaş, Ö, Ravat, D., Büyüksaraç, A., Bilim, F. & Ateş, A. (2007) Regional geothermal characterization of East Anatolia from aeromagnetic, heat flow and gravity data. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 164 (5), 965-998.

Bilim, F. (2007) Investigations into the tectonic lineaments and thermal structure of Kutahya-Denizli region, western Anatolia, from using aeromagnetic, gravity and seismological data. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 165, 135-146.

Biryol, C.B., Beck, S.L., Zandt, G., and Ozacar, A.A. (2011) Segmented African lithosphere beneath the Anatolian region inferred from teleseismic P-wave tomography. Geophysical Journal International, 184, 1037-1057.

Biryol, C.B., Zandt, G., Beck, S.L., Ozacar, A.A., Adıyaman, H.E., and Gans, C.R. (2010) Shear wave splitting along a nascent plate boundary: the North Anatolian Fault Zone. Geophysical Journal International, 181, 1201-1213.

Biryol, C.B., Zandt, G., Beck, S.L., Gans, C., Ozacar, A.A., Tok, H.E., Kocyigit, A., Bozkurt, E. and Taymaz, T. (2008) NAF Experiment: Seismic Anisotropy Beneath Northern Anatolia From Shear-Wave Splitting, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T21A-1916.

Büyüksaraç, A. (2007) Investigation into the regional wrench tectonics of inner East Anatolia (Turkey) using potential field data. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 160, 86-95.

Büyüksaraç, A., Jordanova, D., Ateş, A., and Karloukovski, V. (2005) Interpretation of the gravity and magnetic anomalies of the Cappadocia region, Central Turkey. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 162 (11), 2197-2213.

Cambaz, M.D., and Karabulut, H. (2010) Love-wave group velocity maps of Turkey and surrounding regions. Geophysical Journal International, 181, 502-520.

Çetin, H., Güneyli, H. and Mayer, L. (2003) Paleoseismology of the Palu-Lake Hazar segment of the East Anatolian Fault Zone, Turkey. Tectonophysics, 373 (3-4), 163-197.

Chorowicz, J., Luxey, P., Rudant, J.P., Lyberis, N., Yurur, T. and Gündoğdu, N. (1995) Slip-motion estimation along the Ovacik fault near Erzincan (Turkey) using ERS-1 radar image – evidence of important deformation inside the Turkish plate. Remote Sensing of Environment, 52 (1), 66-70.

Çinku, M.C., Hisarlı, Z.M., Heller, F., Orbay, N., and Ustaömer, T. (2011) Middle Eocene paleomagnetic data from the eastern Sakarya Zone and the central Pontides: Implications for the tectonic evolution of north central Anatolia. Tectonics, 30, TC1008.

Çinku, M.C., and Orbay, N. (2010) The origin of Neogene tectonic rotations in the Galatean volcanic massif, central Anatolia. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 99, 413-426.

Dolmaz, M.N., Elitok, O. & Kalyoncuoğlu, U.Y. (2008) Interpretation of low seismicity in the eastern Anatolian collision zone using geophysical (seismicity and aeromagnetic) and geological data. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 165 (2), 311-330.

Elitok, O. & Dolmaz, M.N. (2008) Mantle flow-induced crustal thinning in the area between the easternmost part of the Anatolian plate and the Arabian Foreland (E Turkey) deduced from the geological and geophysical data. Gondwana Research, 13 (3), 302-318.

Erduran, M., Cakir, O., Tezel, T., Şahin, S., and Alptekin, O. (2007) Anatolian surface wave evaluated at GEOFON Station ISP Isparta, Turkey. Tectonophysics, 434 (1-4), 39-54.

Evangelidis, C.P., Liang, W.-T., Melis, N.S.,a nd Konstantinou, K.I. (2011) Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Aegean inferred from SKS splitting observations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B04314.

Fraser, J., Hubert-Ferrari, A., Vanneste, K., Altınok, S., and Drab, L. (2010) A relict paleoseismic record of seven earthquakes between 2000 BC and 600 A.D. on the central North Anatolian fault at Elmacik, near Osmancik, Turkey. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 122, 1830-1845.

Fraser, J., Vanneste, K., and Hubert-Ferrari, A. (2010) Recent behavior of the North Anatolian Fault: insights from an integrated paleoseismological data set. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B09316.

Gans, C.R., Beck, S.L., Zandt, G., Biryol, C.B., and Ozacar, A. (2009) Detecting the limit of slab break-off in central Turkey: New high-resolution Pn tomography results, Submitted to Geophysical Journal International.

Gök, R., Mellors, R.J., Sandvol, E., Pasyano, M., Hauk, T., Takedatsu, R., Yetirmishli, G., Teoman, U., Turkelli, N., Godoladze, T., and Javakishvirli, Z. (2011) Lithospheric velocity structure of the Anatolian plateau-Caucasus-Caspian region. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B5303.

Gök, R., Pasyanos, M.E. & Zor, E. (2007) Lithospheric structure of the continent-continent collision zone: eastern Turkey. Geophysical Journal International, 169 (3), 1079-1088.

Gök, R. Sandvol, E., Turkelli, N., Seber, D., and Barazangi, M. (2003) Sn attenuation in the Anatolian and Iranian plateau and surrounding regions. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, ARTN 8042.

Gök, R., Turkelli, N., Sandvol, E., Seber, D., and Barazangi, M. (2000) Regional wave propagation in Turkey and surrounding regions. Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (3), 429-432.

Gover, R., and Wortel, M.J.R. (2005) Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: Response to edges of subduction zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 236, 505-523.

Gursoy, H., Piper, J. D. A., Tatar, O., and Temiz, H. (1997) A palaeomagnetic study of the Sivas Basin, central Turkey; crustal deformation during lateral extrusion of the Anatolian Block. Tectonophysics, 271, 89-105.

Gursoy, H., Piper, J.D.A. and Tatar, O. (2003) Neotectonic deformation in the western sector of tectonic escape in Anatolia: palaeomagnetic study of the Afyon region, central Turkey. Tectonophysics, 374 (1-2), 57-79.

Gursoy, H., Tatar, O., Piper, J.D.A., Heimann, A., Koçbulut, F. and Mesci, B.L. (2009) Palaeomagnetic study of Tertiary volcanic domains in Southern Turkey and Neogene anticlockwise rotation of the Arabian Plate. Tectonophysics, 465, 114-127.

Gursoy, H., Piper, J.D.A., Tatar, O., and Mesci, L. (1998) Palaeomagnetic study of the Karaman and Karapınar volcanic complexes, central Turkey: neotectonic rotation in the south-central sector of the Anatolian Block. Tectonophysics, 299 (1-3), 191-211.

Hafkenscheid, E., Wortel, M.J.R., and Spakman, W. (2006) Subduction history of the Tethyan region derived from tomography and tectonic reconstructions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, B08401.

Hearn, T.M., and Ni, J.F. (1994) Pn velocities beneath continental collision zones; The Turkish-Iranian plateau. Geophysical Journal International, 117, 273-283.

Kahle, H.G., Cocard, M., Peter, Y., Geiger, A., Reilinger, R., Barka, A., and Veis, G. (2000) GPS-derived strain rate field within the boundary zones of the Eurasian, African, and Arabian Plates. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (B10), 23353-23370.

Kaya, C. (2010) Deep crustal structure of northwestern part of Turkey. Tectonophysics, 489, 227-239.

Lei, J.S., and Zhao, D.P. (2007) Teleseismic evidence for a break-off subducting slab under Eastern Turkey. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 257 (1-2), 14-28.

Maden, N. (2010) Curie-point depth from spectral analysis of magnetic data in Erciyes Stratovolcano (Central TURKEY). Pure and Applied Geophysics, 167, 349-358.

Maggi, A. and Priestly, K. (2005) Surface waveform tomography of the Turkish-Iranian plateau. Geophysical Journal International, 160, 1068-1080.

McClusky, S., Balassanian, S., Barka, A., Demir, C., et al. (2000) Global Positioning System constraints on plate kinematics and dynamics in the eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (B3), 5695-5719.

Milkereit, C., Grosser, H., Wang, R.J., Wetzel, H.U., Woith, H., Karakısa, S., Zunbul, S. and Szchau, J. (2004) Implications of the Bingol earthquake for the interaction between the north and east Anatolian faults. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94 (6), 2400-2406.

Motavalli-Anbaran, S-H., Zeyen, H., Brunet, M-F., and Ardestani, V.E. (2011) Crustal and lithospheric structure of the Alborz Mountains, Iran, and surrounding areas from integrated geophysical modeling. Tectonics, 30, TC5012.

Mutlu, A.K., and Karabulut, H. (2011) Anisotropic Pn tomography of Turkey and adjacent regions. Geophysical Journal International, 187, 1743-1758.

Onal, K.M., Büyüksaraç, A., Aydemir, A. & Ateş, A. (2008) Investigation of the deep structure of the Sivas Basin (innereast Anatolia, Turkey) with geophysical methods. Tectonophysics, 460 (1-4), 186-197.

Örgülü, G., Aktar, M., Türkelli, N., Sandvol, E., and Barazangi, M. (2003) Contribution to the seismotectonics of Eastern Turkey from moderate and small size events. Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (24), Article Number: 8040.

Ozacar, A.A., Gilbert, H. & Zandt, G. (2008) Upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath East Anatolian Plateau (Turkey) from receiver functions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 269 (3-4), 426-434.

Pamukcu, O.A., Akciğ, Z., Demirbaş, S. & Zor, E. (2007) Investigation of crustal thickness in eastern Anatolia using gravity, magnetic and topographic data. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 164 (11), 2345-2358.

Park, Y., Nyblade, A.A., Rodgers, A.J., et al. (2008) S wave velocity structure of the Arabian Shield upper mantle from Rayleigh wave tomography. Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems, 9, Q07020.

Pasyanos, M.E., Matzel, E.M., Walter, W.R., Rodgers, A.H. (2009) Broad-band Lg attenuation modeling in the Middle East. Geophysical Journal International, 177, 1166-1176.

Paul, A., Hatzfeld, D., Karabulut, H., Hatzidimitriou, P., Childs, D.M et al. (2008) The SIMBAAD Experiment in W-Turkey and Greece: A Dense Seismic Network to Study the Crustal and Mantle Structures. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, Abstract #T21A-1926.

Pınar, A., Honkura, Y., Kuge, K., Matsushima, M., Sezgin, N., Yılmazer, M., and Öğütcu, Z. (2007) Source mechanisms of the 2000 November 15 Lake Van earthquake (M-w = 5.6) in eastern Turkey and its seismotectonic implications. Geophysical Journal International, 170 (2), 749-763.

Piper, J.D.A., Gürsoy, H., and Tatar, O. (2002) Paleomagnetism and magnetic properties of the Cappadocian ignimbrite succession, central Turkey, and Neogene tectonics of the Anatolian collage. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 117, 237-262.

Piper, J.D.A., Gürsoy, H., Tatar, O., Beck, M.E., Rao, A., Koçbulut, F., and Mesci, B.L. (2010) Distributed neotectonic deformation in the Anatolides of Turkey: A palaeomagnetic analysis. Tectonophysics, 488, 31-50.

Piper, J.D.A., Tatar, O., Gürsoy, H., Koçbulut, F. & Mesci, B.L. (2006) Paleomagnetic analysis of neotectonic deformation in the Anatolian accretionary collage, Turkey. In: Dilek, Y. & Pavlides, S. (eds.) Postcollisional tectonics and magmatism in the Mediterranean Region and Asia. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 409.

Piromallo, C., and Morelli, A. (2003) P wave tomography of the mantle under the Alpine-Mediterranean area. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, doi: 10.1029/2002JB001757.

Platzman, E.S., Tapirdamaz, C., and Sanver, M. (1998) Neogene anticlockwise rotation of central Anatolia (Turkey): preliminary palaeomagnetic and geochronological results. Tectonophysics, 299 (1-3), 175-189.

Reilinger, R.E., McClusky, S.C., Oral, M.B., King, R.W., Toksoz, M.N., Barka, A.A., Kinik, I., Lenk, O., and Sanli, I. (1997) Global Positioning System measurements of present-day crustal movements in the Arabia-Africa-Eurasia plate collision zone. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102(B5), 9983-9999.

Reilinger, R., McClusky, S., Vernant, P., Lawrence, S. et al. (2006) GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Africa-Arabia-Eurasia continental collision zone and implications for the dynamics of plate interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, ARTN B05411.

Rotstein, Y., and Kafka, A.L. (1982) Seismotectonics of the southern boundary of Anatolia, eastern Mediterranean region: subduction, collision, and arc jumping. Journal of Geophysical Research, 87, 7694-7706.

Salah, M.K., Şahin, S., and Destici, C. (2007) Seismic velocity and Poisson's ratio tomography of the crust beneath southwest Anatolia: an insight into the occurrence of large earthquakes. Journal of Seismology, 11 (4) 415-432.

Sandvol, E., Turkelli, N., and Barazangi, M. (2003a) The Eastern Turkey Seismic Experiment: The study of a young continent-continent collision. Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (24), 8038.

Sandvol, E., Turkelli, N., Zor, E., Gök, R., Bekler, T., Gurbuz, C., Seber, D., and Barazangi, M. (2003b) Shear wave splitting in a young continent-continent collision: An example from Eastern Turkey. Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (24), Article Number: 8041.

Sapas, A. & Boztepe-Güney, A. (2009) Shear wave splitting in the Isparta angle, southwestern Turkey: Anisotropic complexity in the mantle. Journal of Earth System Science, 118 (1), 71-80.

Tank, O., Pbuçcu, Z., Tapırdamaz, M.C., İnan, S., Ergintav, S., Eyidoğan, H., Aksoy, E., and Kuluöztürk, F. (2011) Aftershock study and seismotectonic implications of the 8 March 2010 Kovancılar (Elazığ, Turkey) earthquake (Mw = 6.1). Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L11304.

Tatar, O., Gursoy, H., and Piper, J.D.A. (2002) Differential neotectonic rotations in Anatolia and the Tauride Arc: Palaeomagnetic investigation of the Erenlerdağ volcanic complex and Isparta Volcanic District, South-Central Turkey. Journal of the Geological Society, 159, 281-294.

Taymaz, T., Westaway, R., and Reilinger, R. (2004) (eds.) Active Faulting and Crustal Deformation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Tectonophysics, 391 (1-4).

Taymaz, T., Wright, T., Yolsal, S., Tan, O., Fielding, E., and Seyitoğlu, G. (2007). Source characteristics of June 6, 2000 Orta-Çankırı; (Central Turkey) Earthquake: a synthesis of seismological, geological and geodetic (InSAR) observations, and internal deformation of Anatolian plate. Geological Society of London Special Publication 291, 259-290.

Tezel, T., Erduran, M., and Alptekin, O. (2007) Crustal shear wave velocity structure of Turkey by surface wave dispersion analysis. Annals of Geophysics, 50 (20), 177-190.

Türkelli, N., Sandvol, E., Zor, E., Gök, R., Bekler, T., Al-Lazki, A., Karabulut, H., Kuleli, S., Eken, T., Gurbuz, C., Bayraktutan, S., Seber, D., and Barazangi, M. (2003) Seismogenic zones in Eastern Turkey. Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (24), Article Number: 8039.

Turkoğlu, E., Unsworth, M., Çağlar, I., Tuncer, V. & Avsar, Ü. (2008) Lithosphere structure of the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone in eastern Anatolia: Magnetotelluric evidence for widespread weakening by fluids? Geology, 36, 619-622.

Unsworth, M. (2010) Magnetotelluric studies of active continent-continent collisions. Surv Geophys, 31, 137-161.

Urkelli, N. (2003) Seismogenic zones in Eastern Turkey. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, ARTN 8039.

Wortel, R., Govers, R., and Spakman, W. (2009) Continental collision and the STEP-wise evolution of convergent plate boundaries: From structure to dynamics, in: S. Lallemand and F. Funiciello (Eds.), Subduction Zone Geodynamics, pp. 47-59, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-87974-9.Yalınız, M.K., Göncüoğlu, M.C., and Özkan-Altiner, S. (2000) Formation and emplacement ages of the SSZ-type Neotethyan ophiolites in Central Anatolia, Turkey: palaeotectonic implications. Geological Journal, 35 (2), 53-68.

Zor, E. (2008) Tomographic evidence of slab detachment beneath eastern Turkey and the Caucasus. Geophysical Journal International, 175 (3), 1273-1282.

Zor, E., Sandvol, E., Gurbuz, C., Turkelli, N., Seber, D., and Barazangi. M. (2003) The crustal structure of the East Anatolian plateau (Turkey) from receiver functions. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, ARTN 8044.

Zor, E., Sandvol, E., Xie, J.K., Türkelli, N., Mitchell, B., Gasanov, A.H., & Yetirmişli, G. (2007) Crustal attenuation within the Turkish plateau and surrounding region. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 97, 151-161.