Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia

Session No. 31
Thursday, 7 October 2010: 09:30-12:30
Salon A (METU Convention and Cultural Centre)

Seismicity, palaeoseismicity & archaeoseismology of the Mediterranean region. Part 1

Akdeniz bölgesinin sismik, paleosismik ve arkeosismik evrimi

 

Erhan Altunel and Mustapha Meghraoui, Chairs
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09:30
SEISMICITY, PALAEOSEISMICITY & ARCHAEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION
ALTUNEL, Erhan, Osmangazi University of Eskisehir, Eskisehir, Turkey and MEGHRAOUI, Mustapha, Université de Strasbourg, EOST-Institut de Physique du Globe (UMR 7516) 5, rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, Cedex, France, ealtunel@ogu.edu.tr, ealtunel@ogu.edu.tr
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09:50
Reassessment of the ORIGIN of the AD 365 Earthquake FROM Geologic and Geochronologic Relationships, Crete, Greece
WEGMANN, Karl, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, BRANDON, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, PAZZAGLIA, Frank J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18015 and FASSOULAS, C., Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71409, Greece, mark.brandon@yale.edu, mark.brandon@yale.edu
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10:10
THE 11th CENTURY COLLAPSE OF AQABA on THE NORTH COAST OF THE GULF OF AQABA, DEAD SEA FAULT SYSTEM, JORDAN
NIEMI, Tina M.1, ALLISON, Alivia J.2 and RUCKER, John D.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Flarsheim Hall, Kansas City, MO 64110, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Flarsheim Hall 420, Kansas City, MO 64110, niemit@umkc.edu, niemit@umkc.edu
 
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Break
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10:50
AN INTEGRATED HISTORY OF PALEOEARTHQUAKES ALONG THE NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT (TURKEY)
HUBERT-FERRARI, Aurelia, Geography, University of Liege, Sart Tilman, Allée du 6 aout 2, Liege, 4000, Belgium, FRASER, Jeff, Aktins, London, 1000, United Kingdom, VANNESTE, Kriss, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, 1180, Belgium and AVSAR, Ulas, Ghent, 9000, aurelia.ferrari@ulg.ac.be, aurelia.ferrari@ulg.ac.be
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11:10
SEDIMENTOLOGICAL FINGERPRINTS OF PALEOSEISMIC ACTIVITY REVEALED FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT (NAF), TURKEY
AVSAR, Ulas1, HUBERT-FERRARI, Aurélia2, FAGEL, Nathalie3, DE BATIST, Marc1, SCHMIDT, Sabine4, PIOTROWSKA, Natalia5 and DE VLEESCHOUWER, François6, (1)Renard Center of Marine Geology, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium, (2)Seismology Department, The Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, 1180, Belgium, (3)Clays and Paleoclimate Research Unit (URAP), University of Liege, Liege, 4000, Belgium, (4)UMR5805 EPOC, Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux, 33405, France, (5)Department of Radioisotopes, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, PL-44-100, Poland, (6)Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, 901-27, Sweden, avsar@oma.be, avsar@oma.be
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11:30
A LATE HOLOCENE SLIP RATE FROM NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT on HERSEK PENINSULA IN IZMIT BAY, TURKEY
KOZACI, Özgür1, ALTUNEL, Erhan2, CLAHAN, Kevin B.3, YÖNLÜ, Önder4, SUNDERMANN, Sean5 and LETTIS, William R.1, (1)Fugro William Lettis & Associates Inc, 1777 Botelho Drive Suite 262, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, (2)Eskisehir, Turkey, (3)Fugro (Hong Kong) Limited, William Lettis & Associates, 7/F., Guardian House, 32 Oi Kwan Road, Wanchai, 842, Hong Kong, (4)Osmangazi University, Geology, Eskişehir, 26040, Turkey, (5)Fugro William Lettis & Associates Inc, 1726 Cole Blvd., Suite 230, Golden, CO 80401, o.kozaci@fugro.com, o.kozaci@fugro.com
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PALAEOSEISMOLOGICAL RESULTS on THE SOURCE OF 1970.03.28 GEDIZ EARTHQUAKE
DEVECI GÜRBOGA, Sule and KOCYIGIT, Ali, Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Inonu Avenue, Ankara, 06531, Turkey, sdeveci@metu.edu.tr, sdeveci@metu.edu.tr
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12:10
DISTINGUISHING DAMAGES OF TWO EARTHQUAKES – ARCHAEOSEISMOLOGY OF A CRUSADER CASTLE (AL-MARQAB CITADEL, SYRIA)
KAZMER, Miklos, Department of Paleontology, Eotvos University, P.O.Box 120, Budapest, H-1518, Hungary and MAJOR, Balazs, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Catholic University of Hungary, Egyetem utca 1, Piliscsaba, H-2087, Hungary, mkazmer@gmail.com, mkazmer@gmail.com
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