The 2011 Mw 7.1 Van (Eastern Turkey) earthquake

Elliott, J. R. and Copley, A. C. and Holley, R. and Scharer, K. and Parsons, B. (2013) The 2011 Mw 7.1 Van (Eastern Turkey) earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 118 (4). pp. 1619-1637. ISSN 2156-2202 DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50117

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Abstract

[1] We use interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), body wave seismology, satellite imagery, and field observations to constrain the fault parameters of the Mw 7.1 2011 Van (Eastern Turkey) reverse-slip earthquake, in the Turkish-Iranian plateau. Distributed slip models from elastic dislocation modeling of the InSAR surface displacements from ENVISAT and COSMO-SkyMed interferograms indicate up to 9 m of reverse and oblique slip on a pair of en echelon NW 40 °–54 ° dipping fault planes which have surface extensions projecting to just 10 km north of the city of Van. The slip remained buried and is relatively deep, with a centroid depth of 14 km, and the rupture reaching only within 8–9 km of the surface, consistent with the lack of significant ground rupture. The up-dip extension of this modeled WSW striking fault plane coincides with field observations of weak ground deformation seen on the western of the two fault segments and has a dip consistent with that seen at the surface in fault gouge exposed in Quaternary sediments. No significant coseismic slip is found in the upper 8 km of the crust above the main slip patches, except for a small region on the eastern segment potentially resulting from the Mw 5.9 aftershock on the same day. We perform extensive resolution tests on the data to confirm the robustness of the observed slip deficit in the shallow crust. We resolve a steep gradient in displacement at the point where the planes of the two fault segments ends are inferred to abut at depth, possibly exerting some structural control on rupture extent.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	©2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	2013AREP; IA66;
Subjects:	02 - Geodynamics, Geophysics and Tectonics
Divisions:	08 - Green Open Access
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Volume:	118
Page Range:	pp. 1619-1637
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50117
Depositing User:	Sarah Humbert
Date Deposited:	29 Sep 2013 00:24
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2014 11:13
URI:	http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/2888

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