Further Reading

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS are listed in order to highlight important references for your convenience.

  1. Ambraseys, N.N. (2001). The earthquake of 1509 in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey, revisited, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 91, no. 6, 1397 - 1416.

  2. Ambraseys, N.N. (2002). The Seismic Activity of the Marmara Sea Region over the Last 2000 Years, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 92, no. 1, 1 - 18.

  3. Ambraseys, N.N. (2006). Earthquakes and Archaeology, Journal of Archaeological Science, 33, 100811016.

  4. Ambraseys, N.N., and C. Finkel (1987). The Saros-Marmara earthquake of 9 August 1912, J. Earthquake Eng. Struct. Dyn. 15, 189 - 211.

  5. Ambraseys, N.N., and C. Finkel (1988). The Anatolian earthquake of 17 August 1668, in Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes of the World, W. H. K. Lee, H. Meyers, and K. Shimizaki (Editors), Academic, New York, 173 - 180.

  6. Ambraseys, N.N., and C. Finkel (1990). The Marmara Sea earthquake of 1509, Terra Nova, 2, 1167 - 1174.

  7. Ambraseys, N.N., and C. Finkel (1991). Long-term seismicity of Istanbul and of the Marmara Sea region, Terra Nova, 3, 527 - 539.

  8. Ambraseys, N.N., and C. Finkel (1995). The Seismicity of Turkey and Adjacent Areas, Eren Publications, Istanbul, 37 - 43.

  9. Ambraseys, N.N., and J. A. Jackson (2000). Seismicity of the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) since 1500, Geophys. J. Int. 141, F1 - F6.

  10. Ekström, G., and A. Dziewonski (1988). Evidence of bias in estimation of earthquake size, Nature 332, 319 - 323.

  11. Guidoboni, E., A. Comastri, and G. Triana (1994). Catalogue of Ancient Earthquakes in the Mediterranean Area up to the 10th century. Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica, Rome, pp. 504, ISBN 88-85213-06-5.

  12. Guidoboni, E. and G. Traina (1996). Earthquakes in medieval Sicily: A historical revision (7th - 13th century), Annali di Geofisica, 39 (6), 1201 - 1225.

  13. Guidoboni E. and A. Comastri (1997). The large earthquake of 8 August 1303 in Crete: seismic scenario and tsunami in the Mediterranean area, J. of Seismology, 1, 55 - 72.

  14. Guidoboni, E. and A. Comastri (2005). Catalogue of Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Mediterranean area from the 11th to the 15th Century.  Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - SGA, Bologna, pp 1037, ISBN 88-85213-10-3.

  15. Laigle, M., Becel, A., de Voogd, B., Hirn, A., Taymaz, T., Ozalaybey, S., Cetin, S., Galvé, A.,  Karabulut, H., Lépine, J.C., Saatçilar, R., Sapin, M., Shimamura, H., Murai, Y., Singh, S., Tan, O., Vigner, A. and Yolsal, S. (2008). A first deep seismic survey in the Sea of Marmara: Deep basins and whole crust architecture and evolution, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 270, 3-4, 168 - 179.

  16. Le Pichon, X., Chamot-Rooke, N., Rangin, C., Sengör, A.M.C. (2003). The North Anatolian fault in the Sea of Marmara. J. Geophys. Res. 108 (B4), 2179.

  17. Le Pichon, X., Taymaz, T. and Şengör, A.M.C. (1999). The Marmara Fault And The Future Istanbul Earthquake. Proceedings of ITU-IAHS, International Conference On The Kocaeli Earthquake17 August 1999, Istanbul-Turkey, 2-5 December 1999, 41-54.

  18. Le Pichon, X., Taymaz, T. and Şengör, A.M.C. (2000). Important Problems to be Solved in the Sea of Marmara (NW-Turkey). NATO Advanced Research Seminar: Integration of Earth Sciences Research on the 1999 Turkish and Greek Earthquakes and Needs for Future Cooperative Research, May 14-17, 2000, Istanbul-Turkey. Abstracts Book: P. 66-67.

  19. McClusky, S., Reilinger, R., Mahmoud, Ben-Sari, D., and Tealeb, A. (2003). GPS constraints on Africa (Nubia) and Arabia plate motions. Geophysical Journal International, 155, 126 - 138.

  20. MSK (1981). Report of the ad-hoc panel of experts on up-dating the MSK-64 seismic intensity scale, Gerlands Beitr. Geophysics 90, 261 - 268.

  21. Nur, A. (2002).  Earthquakes and Archaeology: International Handbook of Earthquakes and Engineering Seismology, 2002, pp. 765-772.

  22. Nur, A and H Ron (1997). Armageddon's Earthquakes. International Geology Review, Vol. 39. 1997. pp. 532-541.

  23. Nur, A. and E.H. Cline (2000). Poseidon's Horses: Plate tectonics and earthquake storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol 27, No.1, pp. 43-63. January 2000. ISSN: 0305-4403. Article No. jasc.1999.0431.

  24. Nur, A. and D. Burgess (2008). Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God, Princeton University Press, April 13, 2008, 324 pp, ISBN-13: 978-0691016023.

  25. Parsons, T., S. Toda, R. Stein, A. Barka, and J. Fieterich (2000). Heightened odds of large earthquakes near Istanbul: an interaction-based probability calculation, Science 288, 661 - 665.

  26. Reilinger, R., S. McClusky, P. Vernant, and 20 others (2006). GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Africa-Arabia-Eurasia continental collision zone and implications for the dynamics of plate interactions, J. Geophys. Res., BO5411, doi:10.1029/2005JB004051.

  27. Reilinger, R., et al. (2000). Coseismic and postseismic fault slip for the 17 August, M=7.5, Izmit, Turkey Earthquake, Science, 289, 1519-1524.

  28. Sato, S., Kasahara, J., Taymaz, T., Ito, M., Kamimura, A., Hayakawa, T., Tan, O. (2004). A study of microearthquake seismicity and focal mechanisms within the Sea of Marmara (NW Turkey) using ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs). Tectonophysics, 391, Issues 1 - 4, Active Faulting and Crustal Deformation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 303 - 314.

  29. Saunders, P., Priestley, K. and Taymaz, T. (1998). Variations in the Crustal Structure Beneath Western Turkey. Geophysical Journal International, 134, 373-389.

  30. Scholz, C.H., C. Aviles, and S. Wesnousky (1986). Scaling differences between large intraplate and interplate earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 76, 65 - 70.

  31. Smith, A.D., Taymaz, T., Oktay, F. et. al. (1995). High-resolution seismic profiling in the Sea of Marmara (northwest Turkey): Late Quaternary sedimentation and sea-level changes, GSA Bulletin; August 1995; 107; no. 8; p. 923 - 936.

  32. Tan, O. and Taymaz, T. (2006). Active tectonics of the Caucasus: Earthquake Source Mechanisms and Rupture Histories Obtained from Inversion of Teleseismic Body Waveforms. In: Post-collisional Tectonics and Magmatism in the Mediterranean Region and Asia: Geological Society of America, Special Paper 409, pp: 531-578, doi: 10.1130/2006.2409 (25).

  33. Taymaz, T., (1999). Seismotectonics of the Marmara Region: Source Characteristics of 1999 Gölcük-Sapanca-Düzce Earthquakes. Proceedings of ITU-IAHS, International Conference On The Kocaeli Earthquake 17 August 1999, Istanbul-Turkey, 2 - 5 December 1999, pp. 55-78.

  34. Taymaz, T., Jackson, J.A., and McKenzie, D.P. (1991). Active tectonics of the north and central Aegean Sea: Geophysical Journal International, v. 106, p. 433 - 490.

  35. Taymaz, T., Tan, O., and Yolsal, S. (2004). Active Tectonics of Turkey and Surroundings: Seismic Risk in the Marmara Sea Region, In Fujii, N., Kasahara, J., Higashihara, H., and Ogawa, K. (eds.), The Proceedings of "1st International Workshop on Active Monitoring in the Solid Earth Geophysics (IWAM04)", Extended Abstract Book: p. 110-115, Task Group for Active Monitoring, Mizunami City Culture Center, Gifu, Japan, June 30 - July 3, 2004.

  36. Taymaz, T., Westaway, R., and Reilinger, R. (eds) (2004). Active Faulting and Crustal Deformation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Special Issue, Tectonophysics, 391, 1 - 374.

  37. Taymaz, T., Tan, O., and Yolsal, S. (2005). SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE (Mw~9.3) of DECEMBER 26, 2004 Source Rupture Processes and Slip Distribution Modelling: Preliminary Rupture Model, http://www.geop.itu.edu.tr/~taymaz/sumatra.

  38. Taymaz, T., Yılmaz, Y., and Dilek, Y. (eds) (2007). The Geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 291, 320 pp, ISBN: 978-1-86239-239-7, Bodmin, England, UK.

  39. Taymaz T., Wright, T.,J., Yolsal, S., Tan, O., Fielding, E. and Seyitoğlu, G. (2007). Source characteristics of the 6 June 2000 Orta - Çankırı (central Turkey) earthquake: a synthesis of seismological, geological and geodetic (InSAR) observations, and internal deformation of the Anatolian plate, In: The Geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, vol. 291, 259-290, ISBN: 978-1-86239-239-7, December 2007.

  40. Titov, V.V. (2009). Tsunami Forecasting, in The Sea, v. 15, (ed: Bernard and Robinson), Harvard University Press, p. 371-400.

  41. Yalçıner, A.C., and Pelinovsky, E. (2007). A Short Cut Numerical Method for Determination of Resonance Periods of Free Oscillations in Irregular Bathymetry and Geometry, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 34, Issues 5-6, April 2007, p. 747-757.

  42. Yalçıner, A.C., Pelinovsky, E., Synolakis, C., Okal, E. (2003). NATO SCIENCE SERIES  "Submarine Landslides and Tsunamis", Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, (eds: Yalçıner, A.C., Pelinovsky, E., Synolakis, C., Okal, E.), 329 Pages, December 2003, ISBN:1-4020-1348-5 (HB), ISBN: 1-4020-1349-3 (PB).

  43. Yolsal, S., Taymaz, T., and Yalçıner, A.C. (2007). Understanding tsunamis, potential source regions and tsunami prone mechanisms in the Eastern Mediterranean, In: The Geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, vol. 291, 201-230, ISBN: 978-1-86239-239-7, December 2007.

  44. White, D.P. (2000). Quality evaluation of sources for historical earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean, 400 - 1000 AD, Ph.D. Thesis, University of London.