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Tres rescatistas, vestidos en color naranja, buscan entre los escombros de un edificio caído. Detrás del edificio caído hay otro edificio de ladrillos rojos, el cual aún se encuentra de pie, pero tiene algunas paredes dañadas.
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¿Tienen los terremotos y las placas tectónicas una relación bidireccional?

by Tim Hornyak 3 October 20224 October 2022

Un terremoto catastrófico en Turquía que sucedió en 1999 cambió el movimiento de la placa de Anatolia, según un estudio que podría modificar los fundamentos de modelamiento de los terremotos.

Three rescue workers search through the rubble of a building destroyed by the 1999 Izmit earthquake in Turkey.
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Do Earthquakes and Tectonic Plates Have a Two-Way Relationship?

by Tim Hornyak 18 April 20223 October 2022

A catastrophic earthquake in Turkey in 1999 changed the motion of the Anatolian plate, according to a study that could change the fundamentals of quake models.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a cave
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Sooty Layers in Stalagmites Record Human Activity in Caves

by Katherine Kornei 16 February 202118 April 2022

Scientists analyzing cave formations in Turkey find layers of soot and charcoal in stalagmites, revealing that humans—and their fires—occupied caves thousands of years ago.

Distorted railway lines at the North Anatolian Fault due to the 1999 earthquake Aykut Barka
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Variations in Creep Along One of Earth’s Most Active Faults

by Terri Cook 6 June 201918 April 2022

Satellite-based radar images of motion along Turkey’s North Anatolian Fault are helping scientists understand when, where, and how creep occurs and its implications for seismic hazard.

eastern-mediterranean-map
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Ancient River Discovery Confirms Mediterranean Nearly Dried Up in the Miocene

by Mara Johnson-Groh 25 March 201926 January 2023

Sedimentary deposits reveal a Nile-sized river system flowing from what are today Turkey and Syria.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Tracking Deep-Earth Processes from Rapid Topographic Changes

by T. Schildgen 23 February 201818 April 2022

Rapid elevation-rise in Turkey, tracked by marine sediments that now sit at 1.5 km in elevation, is linked to deep-Earth processes that can explain short-lived, extreme rates of topographic change.

Damaged window at police headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, after failed coup attempt.
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Science Groups Voice Concern for Academics in Turkey

by Randy Showstack 2 August 20167 January 2022

International science and education organizations respond to reports of forced resignations of university deans and mass firings of teachers following last month's failed coup attempt.

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Characterizing the Fault Beneath the Marmara Sea

by Kate Wheeling 29 February 201628 October 2021

Researchers mine seismic wave data to elucidate the stress relief system of the Main Marmara Fault beneath Turkey's inland sea.

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Seismic Stress Modeling Puts Istanbul in the Crosshairs

by C. Schultz 3 March 201518 April 2022

Twenty years of ground motion observations show that seismic strain is accumulating south of Istanbul.

Features from AGU Journals

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHTS
JGR: Solid Earth
“New Tectonic Plate Model Could Improve Earthquake Risk Assessment”
By Morgan Rehnberg

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AGU Advances
“Eminently Complex – Climate Science and the 2021 Nobel Prize”
By Ana Barros

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“New Directions for Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists”
By Michael Wysession


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