Published January 1, 2016
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Slip rates and seismic potential on the East Anatolian Fault System using an improved GPS velocity field
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- 1. Ankara Univ, Dept Geophys Engn, TR-06830 Ankara, Turkey
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The East Anatolian Fault System (EAFS) is the second major fault system in Turkey, following the North Anatolian Fault System (NAFS). Unlike the NAFS, which produced 11 large earthquakes in the last 75 years, the EAFS has been relatively quiet during the same period of time. While historical records show that the EAFS has the potential to produce large earthquakes, the fault slip rates on the EAFS were not studied in detail, and were not quantified sufficiently. This is possibly due to the relatively low seismicity and slow slip-rates of the EAFS with respect to the NAFS. However, the determination of the slip rates of the EAFS is equally important in order to understand the kinematics of the Anatolian plate.
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