Contemporary crustal stress of the Greek region deduced from earthquake focal mechanisms

V Kapetanidis, I Kassaras - Journal of Geodynamics, 2019 - Elsevier
A massive dataset of over 1900 focal mechanisms of crustal earthquakes with M≥ 3.5 in the
Greek region was employed to resolve the contemporary stress-field using a damped least …

Slip distribution and source parameters of the 20 July 2017 Bodrum-Kos earthquake (Mw6. 6) from GPS observations

İ Tiryakioğlu, B Aktuğ, CÖ Yiğit, HH Yavaşoğlu… - Geodinamica …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Greek-Turkish boundary near the cities Kos and Bodrum has been shaken on July 20, 2017
by a Mw6. 6 earthquake. The mainshock is located offshore and did not generate an on-land …

The July 20, 2017 M6. 6 Kos earthquake: seismic and geodetic evidence for an active north-dipping normal fault at the western end of the Gulf of Gökova (SE Aegean …

A Ganas, P Elias, V Kapetanidis, S Valkaniotis… - Pure and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract On July 20, 2017 22: 31 UTC, a strong M w= 6.6 earthquake occurred at shallow
depth between Kos Island (Greece) and Bodrum (Turkey). We derive a co-seismic fault …

Pliocene–Quaternary tectonic evolution of the Gulf of Gökova, southwest Turkey

H Tur, C Yaltırak, İ Elitez, KT Sarıkavak - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Evolution of the east–west-trending Gökova Graben structure is related to the north–south
extension of the Aegean segment of the Aegean–Anatolian Microplate. The Pliocene …

Earthquake mechanisms in the Gulfs of Gökova, Sığacık, Kuşadası, and the Simav Region (western Turkey): Neotectonics, seismotectonics and geodynamic …

S Yolsal-Cevikbilen, T Taymaz, C Helvacı - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The mechanical behavior of continental lithosphere of Aegean region and western Turkey is
one of the foremost interesting geological disputes in earth sciences. This region provides …

The 2017 July 20 Mw 6.6 Bodrum–Kos earthquake illuminates active faulting in the Gulf of Gökova, SW Turkey

E Karasözen, E Nissen, P Büyükakpınar… - Geophysical Journal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY The 2017 July 20 Bodrum–Kos earthquake (M w 6.6) is the largest
instrumentally recorded earthquake in the Gökova graben, one of the primary physiographic …

Complex basin evolution in the Gökova Gulf region: implications on the Late Cenozoic tectonics of southwest Turkey

ÖF Gürer, E Sanğu, M Özburan, A Gürbüz… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Southwestern Turkey experienced a transition from crustal shortening to extension during
Late Cenozoic, and evidence of this was recorded in four distinct basin types in the Muğla …

Evidence of extensional and strike-slip deformation in the offshore Gökova-Kos area affected by the July 2017 Mw6. 6 Bodrum-Kos earthquake, eastern Aegean Sea

N Ocakoğlu, P Nomikou, Y İşcan, MF Loreto… - Geo-Marine Letters, 2018 - Springer
The interpretation of new multichannel seismic profiles and previously published high-
resolution swath and seismic reflection data from the Gökova Gulf and southeast of Kos …

Earthquake history of the Gökova fault zone by paleoseismologic trenching, SW Turkey

A Dikbaş, HS Akyüz, M Basmenji, E Kırkan - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
The Gulf of Gökova is a half-graben that is located on the southernmost part of the Aegean
Extensional Region. The gulf is bounded on its north by the Gökova Fault Zone, which is an …

Fault modelling, seismic sequence evolution and stress transfer scenarios for the July 20, 2017 (MW 6.6) Kos–Gökova Gulf earthquake, SE Aegean

S Sboras, I Lazos, E Mouzakiotis, V Karastathis… - Acta Geophysica, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The July 20, 2017, MW 6.6 Kos–Gökova Gulf earthquake occurred offshore, near
Bodrum of Turkey and Kos of Greece. It was one of the strongest in the broader area during …