Active Deformation Across the Western Anatolian Extensional Province (Türkiye) From Sentinel‐1 InSAR
Manuel Diercks, Ekbal Hussain, Zoë K. Mildon, Sarah J. Boulton, Milan Lazecký · 2024
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Description
Western Turkiye is stretching apart. But its fault network mostly moves north to south, the one direction satellite radar sees worst. Manuel Diercks and co-authors find a way around the blind spot. Using Sentinel-1 radar data, they study vertical motion instead: the sinking and rising of the ground. Their field covers sediment-filled valleys and faulted highlands.
That signal is messy. Pumped groundwater sinks some basins fast. Cities fake uplift, and mountains and weather distort the radar. Working through those traps, they show strain spreading beyond the big named faults. Smaller, quieter faults also take up motion. The pattern favors a smooth, continuum picture of deformation over rigid blocks. It also lines up with where recent earthquakes have struck.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Manuel Diercks, Ekbal Hussain, Zoë K. Mildon, Sarah J. Boulton, Milan Lazecký |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |