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Research article
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13 Jun 2019
Research article |
| 13 Jun 2019
| 13 Jun 2019
3-D crustal density model of the Sea of Marmara
Ershad Gholamrezaie
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of
Potsdam, Potsdam,
Germany
Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering, RWTH Aachen, Aachen,
Germany
Judith Bott
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
Oliver Heidbach
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
Manfred R. Strecker
Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of
Potsdam, Potsdam,
Germany
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- The Marmara Sea basin as a regional depression constrained from ambient noise correlation tomography H. Karabulut https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae109
- Quality assessment of global gravity field models in coastal zones: A case study using astrogeodetic vertical deflections in Istanbul, Turkey M. Albayrak et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-019-0591-2
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Short summary
Based on geophysical data integration and 3-D gravity modeling, we show that significant density heterogeneities are expressed as two large high-density bodies in the crust below the Sea of Marmara. The location of these bodies correlates spatially with the bends of the main Marmara fault, indicating that rheological contrasts in the crust may influence the fault kinematics. Our findings may have implications for seismic hazard and risk assessments in the Marmara region.
Based on geophysical data integration and 3-D gravity modeling, we show that significant density...
