MAKALELER | PUBLICATIONS

 

2025

Erman, C., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Eken, T., Huang, Z., Taymaz, T. (2025). Seismic Anisotropy Variations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea Region Revealed by Splitting Intensity Tomography: Implications on Mantle Dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) – Solid Earth, Vol. 130(3), e2024JB030331, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB030331. Received 14 September 2024, Revised 12 February 2025, Accepted 11 March 2025, Available Online 22 March 2025, Issue Published March 2025.

Zhou, J., Xu, Y., Zhang, Y., Feng, W., Taymaz, T., Chen, Y-T., Xu, C., Xu, B., Wang, R., Shi, F., Shao, Z., Huang, Q. (2025). Geometric Barriers Impacted Rupture Processes and Stress Releases of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Earthquake Doublet. Communications Earth & Environment - Nature, Vol. 6, Manuscript No. 56(2025), https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02004-x. Received 22 March 2024, Revised 11 December 2024, Accepted 8 January 2025, Published Online 28 January 2025, Issue Published January 2025.

Tung, S., Sippl, C., Shirzaei, M., Taymaz, T., Masterlark, T., Medvedev, I., Kang, S.J. (2025). Fault Slip and Coulomb Stress Model of the 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Doublet, Türkiye. AGU-Wiley Books: Geophysical Monograph Series, Strike-Slip Tectonics: Oceanic Transform Faults to Continental Plate Boundaries, Received 24 July 2024, Revised 14 October 2024, Accepted 13 January 2025, Published Online 2025.

2024

Özkan, B., Eken, T., Gaebler, P., Taymaz, T. (2024). Coda-Derived Source Properties Estimated Using Local Earthquakes in the Sea of Marmara, Türkiye. Solid Earth, Vol. 15(11), 1303-1317, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1303-2024. Received 9 March 2024, Discussion Started 15 May 2024, Revised 28 July 2024, Accepted 8 September 2024, Published 4 November 2024.

Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Taymaz, T., Irmak, T.S., Erman, C., Kahraman, M., Özkan, B., Eken, T., Öcalan, T., Doğan, A.H., Altuntaş, C. (2024). Source Geometry and Rupture Characteristics of the 20 February 2023 Mw 6.4 Hatay (Türkiye) Earthquake at Southwest Edge of the East Anatolian Fault. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 25(10), e2023GC011353, https:// doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011353. Received 13 November 2023, Revised 29 July 2024, Accepted 28 September 2024, Published Online 15 October 2024, Issue Published October 2024.

Lü, Z., Lei, J., Zhao, D., Xu, Y-G., Liu, L., Sun, C., Ai Y., Taymaz, T. (2024). The Magmatic Plumbing Beneath the Wudalianchi Volcanic Region, Northeast China, is recharged by Magma Reservoirs under Keluo Volcano. Communications Earth & Environment - Nature, Vol. 5, Manuscript No. 575(2024), https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01748-2, Received 4 June 2024, Accepted 30 September 2024, Published Online 9 October 2024, Issue Published October 2024.

Tung, S., Sippl, C., Shirzaei, M., Taymaz, T., Masterlark, T., Medvedev, I. (2024). Structural Controls on Fault Slip Models of the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye Earthquake Doublet With Finite Element Analyses. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 51(16), e2023GL107472, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107472. Received 22 November 2023, Revised 18 July 2024, Accepted 26 July 2024, Published Online 14 August 2024, Issue Published 28 August 2024.

Keleş, D., Eken, T., Licciardi, A., Frederiksen, A.W., Taymaz, T. (2024). Depth-Dependent Anisotropy Along Northwest Segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone: Evidence for Paleo-Tectonic Structures Contributing to Overall Complexity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 129(6), e2023JB028014, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB028014. Received 6 October 2023, Revised 4 June 2024, Accepted 11 June 2024, Published 21 June 2024.

Izgi, G., Eken, T., Gaebler, P., Eken-Kaya, T., Taymaz, T. (2024). Frequency-Dependent Shear Wave Attenuation Along the Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye. Solid Earth, Vol. 15(6), 657-669, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-657-2024. Received 2 November 2023, Discussion Started 2 January 2024, Revised 22 April 2024, Accepted 27 April 2024, Published 14 June 2024.

Liu, J., Huang, C., Guohong, Z., Shan, X., Korzhenkov, A., Taymaz, T. (2024). Immature Characteristics of the East Anatolian Fault Zone from SAR, GNSS and Strong Motion Data of the 2023 Türkiye-Syria Earthquake Doublet. Scientific Reports – Nature, Vol. 14(1), 10625. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61326-6. Received 17 January 2024, Revised 11 March 2024, Accepted 3 May 2024, Typeset and Published Online 9 May 2024

Sun, Y-S., Melgar, D., Ruiz-Angulo, A., Ganas, A., Taymaz, T., Crowell, B., Xu, X., Tsironi, V.,  Karasante, I., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Erman, C., Irmak, T.S., Çubuk-Sabuncu, Eken, T. (2024). The 2020 Mw 7.0 Samos (Eastern Aegean Sea) Earthquake: Joint Source Inversion of Multi-Type Data and Tsunami Modeling. Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 237(3), 1285-1300. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae082. Received 24 November 2022, Revised 18 February 2024, Accepted 23 February 2024, Published Online 7 March 2024, Corrected, Typeset and Published 9 April 2024.

Çetin, K.Ö., Kalkan, E.,…Taymaz, T.,…(2024). Preface for the Focus Section on the 6 February 2023, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Earthquakes. Seismological Research Letters, Vol. 95(2A), 560-561. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220240006. Published Online 29 January 2024, Issue Published March 2024.

Hu, J., Liu, M., Taymaz, T., Ding, L., Irmak, T.S. (2024). Characteristics of Strong Ground Motion from the 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 22(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-023-01844-2. Received 17 August 2023, Revised 13 November 2023, Accepted 13 December 2023, Published Online 23 January 2024.

Ren, C., Wang, Z., Taymaz, T., Hu, N., Luo, H., Zhao, Z., Yue, H., Song, X., Shen, Z., Xu, H., Geng, J., Zhang, W., Wang, T., Ge, Z., Irmak, T.S., Erman, C., Zhou, Y., Li, Z., Xu, H., Cao, B., Ding, H. (2024). Super-Shear Triggering and Cascading Fault Ruptures of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye Earthquake Doublet. SCIENCE, Vol. 383(6680), 305-311. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi1519. Received 15 April 2023, Revised 28 November 2023, Accepted 5 December 2023, Published Online 19 January 2024.

2023

Zhang, Y., Tang, X., Liu, D., Taymaz, T., Eken, T., Guo, R., Zheng, Y., Wang, J., Sun, H. (2023). Geometric Controls on Cascading Rupture of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Doublet. NATURE Geoscience, Vol. 16, 1054-1060(2023), NGS-2023-04-00727. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01283-3. Received 20 April 2023, Revised 29 August 2023, Accepted 1 September 2023, Published Online 12 October 2023.

Liu, C., Lay, T., Wang, R., Taymaz, T., Xie, Z., Xiong, X., Irmak, T.S., Kahraman, M., Erman, C. (2023). Complex Multi-Fault Rupture and Triggering During the 2023 Earthquake Doublet in Southeastern Türkiye. NATURE Communications, Vol. 14, 5564(2023), NCOMMS-23-18990. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41404-5. Received 1 May 2023, Revised 11 August 2023, Accepted 1 September 2023, Published Online 9 September 2023.

Wang, Z., Zhang, W., Taymaz, T., He, Z., Xu, T., Zhang, Z. (2023). Dynamic Rupture Process of the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake (SE Türkiye): Variable Rupture Speed and Implications for Seismic Hazard. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 50(15), e2023GL104787. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104787. Received 1 June 2023, Revised 17 July 2023, Accepted 24 July 2023, Published Online 3 August 2023.

Okuwaki, R., Yagi, Y., Taymaz, T., Hicks, S.P. (2023). Multi-Scale Rupture Growth with Alternating Directions in a Complex Fault Network During the 2023 South-Eastern Türkiye and Syria Earthquake Doublet. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 50(12), e2023GL103480, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103480. Received 3 March 2023, Revised 6 May 2023, Accepted 1 June 2023, Published Online 21 June 2023.

Ding, H.Y., Zhou, Y.J., Ge, Z.X., Taymaz, T., Ghosh, A., Xu, H.Y., Irmak, T.S., Song, X.D. (2023). High-Resolution Seismicity Imaging and Early Aftershock Migration of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş (SE Türkiye) Mw 7.9 & 7.8 Earthquake Doublet. Earthquake Science, Vol. 36(6), 417-432, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eqs.2023.06.002. Received 29 April 2023, Revised 15 May 2023, Accepted 15 May 2023, Available Online 17 June 2023, Issue Published December 2023.

Wu, F., Xie, J.J., An, Z., Lyu, C.H., Taymaz, T., Irmak, T.S., Li, X.J., Wen, Z.P., Zhou, B.F. (2023). Pulse-Like Ground Motion Observed During the 6 February 2023 Mw 7.8 Pazarcık Earthquake (Kahramanmaraş, SE Türkiye). Earthquake Science, Vol. 36(4), 328-339, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eqs.2023.05.005. Received 20 March 2023, Revised 3 April 2023, Accepted 7 April 2023, Available Online 3 May 2023, Issue Published August 2023.

Xu, C., Zhang, Y., Hua, S., Zhang, X., Xu, L., Chen, Y., Taymaz, T. (2023). Rapid Source Inversions of the 2023 SE Türkiye Earthquakes with Teleseismic and Strong-Motion Data, Earthquake Science Vol. 36(4), 316–327, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eqs.2023.05.004. Received 14 March 2023, Revised 5 April 2023, Accepted 9 April 2023, Available Online 21 April 2023, Issue Published August 2023.

Rodkin, M.V., Irmak, T.S., Taymaz, T. (2023). Doublet of Turkish Earthquakes on February 6, 2023: Questions and Lessons (Дуплет турецких землетрясений 6 февраля 2023 года: вопросы и уроки), PRIRODA (природа) (Nature), Vol. 1293(5), 13-21, in Russian, https://doi.org/10.7868/S0032874X23050022. The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)-ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ, ОБЗОРЫ: ГЕОФИЗИКА, Published Online 28 May 2023.

Goldberg, D.E., Taymaz, T., Reitman, N.G., Hatem, A.E., Yolsal‐Çevikbilen, S., Barnhart, W.D., Irmak, T.S., Wald, D.J., Öcalan, T., Yeck, W.L., Özkan, B., Thompson-Jobe, J.A., Shelly, D.R., Thompson, E.M., DuRoss, C.B., Earle, P.S., Briggs, R.W., Benz, H., Erman, C., Doğan, A.H., Altuntaş, C. (2023). Rapid Characterization of the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Earthquake Sequence. The Seismic Record, Vol. 3(2), 156–167, https://doi.org/10.1785/0320230009. Received 14 March 2023, Published Online 23 May 2023.

Goldberg, D.E., Taymaz, T., Yeck, W.L., Barnhart, W.D., Yolsal- Çevikbilen, S., Irmak, T.S., Öcalan, T., Özkan, B., Erman, C., Doğan, A.H., Altuntaş, C. (2023). Supporting Data and Models for Characterizing the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Earthquake Sequence: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release, USGS–ScienceBase, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9R6DSVZ. Published Online 15 May 2023.

Melgar, D., Taymaz, T., Ganas, A., Crowell, B., Öcalan, T., Kahraman, M., Tsironi, V., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Valkaniotis, S., Irmak, T. S., Eken, T., Erman, C., Özkan, B., Dogan, A. H., Altuntaş, C. (2023). Sub- and Super-Shear Ruptures During the 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6 Earthquake Doublet in SE Türkiye. Seismica, Vol. 2(3). https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v2i3.387. Received 19 February 2023, Accepted 6 March 2023, Published Online 13 March 2023.

Turunçtur, B., Eken, T., Chen, Y., Taymaz, T., Houseman, G.A., Saygin, E. (2023). Crustal Velocity Images of Northwestern Türkiye Along the North Anatolian Fault Zone from Transdimensional Bayesian Ambient Seismic Noise Tomography. Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 234(1), 636–649, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad082. Received 08 February 2023, Accepted 19 February 2023, Published Online 21 February 2023.

2022

Erman, C., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Eken, T., Tilmann, F., Keleş, D., Taymaz, T. (2022). Constraints on the lithospheric kinematics in the Aegean and western Anatolia unveiled by SKS splitting observations. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) – Solid Earth, Vol. 127(12), e2022JB025265. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025265. Received 26 July 2022, Revised 18 November 2022, Accepted 25 November 2022, Available Online 30 November 2022, Issue Online 10 December 2022, Issue Published December 2022.

Taymaz, T., Ganas, A., Berberian, M., Eken, T., Irmak, T.S., Kapetanidis, V., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Erman, C., Keleş, D., Esmaeili, C., Tsironi, V., Özkan, B. (2022). The 23 February 2020 Qotur-Ravian Earthquake Doublet at the Iranian-Turkish Border: Seismological and InSAR Evidence for Escape Tectonics, Tectonophysics, Vol. 838, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229482. Received 12 November 2021, Revised 24 June 2022, Accepted 06 July 2022, Available Online 10 July 2022, Issue Published 5 September 2022.

Taymaz, T., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Irmak, T.S., Vera, F., Liu, C., Eken, T., Zhang, Z., Erman, C., Keleş, D. (2022). Kinematics of the 30 October 2020 Mw 7.0 Néon Karlovásion (Samos) Earthquake in the Eastern Aegean Sea: Implications on Source Characteristics and Dynamic Rupture Simulations, Tectonophysics, Vol. 826, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229223. Received 05 May 2021, Revised 21 December 2021, Accepted 12 January 2022, Available Online 19 January 2022, Issue Published 5 March 2022.

2021

Eken, T., Qashqai, M.T., Schiffer, C., Taymaz, T., Saygin, E. (2021). New Insights into Crustal Properties of Anatolia and Its Surroundings Inferred from P-coda Autocorrelation Inversions, Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) – Solid Earth, Vol. 126 (12), e2021JB023184, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023184. Received 09 September 2021, Revised 06 December 2021, Accepted 08 December 2021, Available online 14 December 2021, Issue Published December 2021.

Irmak, T.S., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Eken, T., Doğan, B., Erman, C., Yavuz, E., Alçık, H., Gaebler, P., Pınar, A., Taymaz, T. (2021). Source Characteristics and Seismotectonic Implications of the 26 September 2019 Mw 5.7 Silivri High-Kumburgaz Basin Earthquake and Evaluation of its Aftershocks at the North Anatolian Fault Zone (Central Marmara Sea, NW Turkey), Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 227(1), 383-402, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab233. Received 20 July 2020, Revised 29 May 2021, Accepted 05 June 2021, Available online 14 June 2021, Issue Published 16 June 2021.

Taymaz, T., Ganas, A., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Vera, F., Eken, T., Erman, C., Keleş, D., Kapetanidis, V., Valkaniotis, S., Karasante, I., Tsironi, V., Gaebler, P., Melgar, D., Ocalan, T. (2021). Source Mechanism and Rupture Process of the 24 January 2020 Mw 6.7 Doğanyol-Sivrice Earthquake obtained from Seismological Waveform Analysis and Space Geodetic Observations on the East Anatolian Fault Zone (Turkey), Tectonophysics, Vol. 804, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228745. Received 19 May 2020, Revised 28 December 2020, Accepted 10 January 2021, Available Online 15 January 2021, Issue Published 5 April 2021.

2020

Wang, H., Huang, Z., Eken, E., Keleş, D., Kaya-Eken, T., Confal, J. M., Erman, C., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Zhao, D., Taymaz, T. (2020). Isotropic and Anisotropic P-wave Velocity Structures of the Crust and Uppermost Mantle Beneath Turkey, Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) – Solid Earth, Vol. 125 (12), e2020JB019566, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019566. First Published 12 November 2020, Issue Published December 2020.

Melgar, D., Ganas, A., Taymaz, T., Valkaniotis, S., Crowell, B., Kapetanidis, V., Tsironi, V., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, Ocalan, T. (2020). Rupture Kinematics of January 24, 2020 Mw 6.7 Doğanyol-Sivrice, Turkey Earthquake on the East Anatolian Fault Zone Imaged by Space Geodesy, Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 223(2), 862–874, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa345. Published 16 July 2020.

Confal, J. M., Bezada, M. J., Eken, T., Faccenda, M., Saygin, E., Taymaz, T. (2020). Influence of Upper Mantle Anisotropy on Isotropic P‐wave Tomography Images Obtained in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) – Solid Earth, Vol: 125(8), https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018559. e2019JB018559, Published 13 July 2020.

Izgi, G., Eken, T., Gaebler, P., Eulenfeld, T. and Taymaz, T. (2020). Crustal Seismic Attenuation Parameters in the Western Region of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, Journal of Geodynamics, Vol. 134, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2020.101694. Received 23 July 2019, Revised 5 January 2020, Accepted 12 January 2020, Available Online 28 January 2020, pdf.

Meriç, H.T., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S. ve Taymaz, T. (2020). Deprem Kaynak Mekanizması Parametreleriyle Sayısal Tsunami Simülasyonları: 08 Eylül 2017 Chiapas-Meksika Depremi (Mw 8.2) ve Tsunamisi (Numerical Tsunami Simulations based on Earthquake Source Mechanism Parameters: A case study of the September 08, 2017 Chiapas-Mexico (Mw 8.2) Earthquake and Associated Tsunami), TRDizin-DergiPark, Yerbilimleri, Vol: 41(1), 30-55, https://doi.org/10.17824/yerbilimleri.617852. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yerbilimleri Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Bülteni.

2019

Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S. and Taymaz, T. (2019). Source Characteristics of the 28 September 2018 Mw 7.5 Palu-Sulawesi, Indonesia (SE Asia) Earthquake Based on Inversion of Teleseismic Bodywaves, Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAAG), Topical Collection On Sulawesi/Palu-2018 and Anak/Krakatau-2018 Earthquakes, Vol. 176, 4111-4126, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-019-02294-1. Accepted 31 July 2019, Available online 08 August 2019, pdf.

Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Ulutaş, E., and Taymaz, T. (2019). Source Models of the 2012 Haida Gwaii (Canada) and 2015 Illapel (Chile) Earthquakes and Numerical Simulations of Related Tsunamis, Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAAG), Topical Collection On Twenty Five Years of Modern Tsunami Science Following the 1992 Nicaragua and Flores Island Tsunamis, Vol. 176(7), 2995-3033, doi:10.1007/s00024-018-1996-5. Accepted 8 September 2018, Available online 24 September 2018, Published July 2019, pdf.

Peter Gaebler, Tuna Eken, Hüseyin Önder Bektaş, Tom Eulenfeld, Ulrich Wegler and Tuncay Taymaz (2019). Imaging of Shear Wave Attenuation Along the Central part of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, Turkey, Journal of Seismology, Published 10 June 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-019-09842-1. pdf.

Christian Schiffer, Tuna Eken, Stéphane Rondenay and Tuncay Taymaz (2019). Localized Crustal Deformation along the Central North Anatolian Fault Zone revealed by Joint Inversion of P-receiver Functions and P-wave Polarizations, Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 217, 682–702, 1 April 2019, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz040. Published 21 January 2019.

2018

Confal, J., Faccenda, M., Eken, T., and Taymaz, T. (2018). Numerical Simulation of 3-D Mantle Flow Evolution in Subduction Zone Environments in Relation to Seismic Anisotropy Beneath the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL), Vol. 497, 50–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.005. Accepted 4 June 2018, Available online 19 June 2018, Published 1 September 2018.

Fichtner, A., van Herwaarden, D.P., Afanasiev, M., Simute, S., Krischer, L., Çubuk-Sabuncu, Y., Taymaz, T., Colli, L., Saygin, E., Villaseñor, A., Trampert, J., Cupillard, P., Bunge, H-P., Igel, H. (2018). The Collaborative Seismic Earth Model (CSEM): Generation 1, Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), Vol. 45, 4007–4016. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077338. Accepted 13 April 2018, Published 12 May 2018.

Licciardi, A., Eken, T., Taymaz, T., Piana Agostinetti, N. and Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S. (2018). Seismic Anisotropy in Central North Anatolian Fault Zone and its Implications on Crustal Deformation, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (PEPI), Vol. 277, 99-112, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2018.01.012. Accepted 26 January 2018, Published 06 February 2018.

2017

Çubuk-Sabuncu, Y., Taymaz, T., Fichtner, A. (2017). 3-D Crustal Velocity Structure of Western Turkey: constraints from full-waveform tomography, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (PEPI), Vol. 270, 90-112, Accepted 30 June 2017, Published 3 July 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2017.06.014.

Saltogianni, V., Taymaz, T., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Eken, T., Moschas, F. and Stiros, S. (2017). Fault Model for the 2015 Leucas (Aegean Arc) Earthquake: analysis based on seismological and geodetic observations, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America (BSSA), Vol. 107, No. 1, pp. 433-444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0120160080. Accepted September 17, 2016, Published December 20, 2016. PDF

2016

Confal, J., Eken, T., Tilmann, F., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Çubuk-Sabuncu, Y., Saygin, E., and Taymaz, T. (2016). Investigation of Mantle Kinematics beneath the Hellenic-Subduction Zone with Teleseismic Direct Shear Waves, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (PEPI), Vol. 261, 141-151, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2016.10.012. Accepted October 28, 2016.

2015

Kind, R., Eken, T., Tilmann, F., Sodoudi, F., Taymaz, T., Bulut, F., Yuan, X., Can, B. and Schneider, F., (2015). Thickness of the Lithosphere Beneath Turkey and Surroundings from S-Receiver Functions, Solid Earth, 6, 971–984. www.solid-earth.net/6/971/2015, doi:10.5194/se-6-971-2015.

 

Saltogianni, V., Gianniou, M., Taymaz, T., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., and Stiros, S. (2015). Fault-Slip Source Models for the 2014 Mw 6.9 Samothraki-Gökçeada Earthquake (North Aegean Trough): combining geodetic and seismological observations, Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) – Solid Earth, Vol: 120. doi:10.1002/2015JB012052.

2014

Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S. Taymaz, T., and Helvacı, C. (2014). Earthquake mechanisms in the Gulfs of Gökova, Sığacık, Kuşadası, and the Simav Region (western Turkey): Neotectonics, seismotectonics and geodynamic implications, Tectonophysics, Vol: 635, pp. 100-124. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2014.05.001. First published online: May 9, 2014. 

Çubuk, Y., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S. and Taymaz, T. (2014). Source Parameters of Bala-Sirapinar (Central Turkey) Earthquakes of 2005-2008: Implications on Internal Deformation of the Anatolian Plate, Tectonophysics, Vol: 635, pp. 125-153, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2014.07.005. First published online: July 17, 2014 

2013

Vanacore, E.A, Taymaz T. and Saygin, E. (2013). Moho Structure of the Anatolian Plate from Receiver Function Analysis, Geophysical Journal International, April 2013, Vol: 193(1), pp. 329-337. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggs107, 9 pp +15 pages supporting online material, First published online: January 14, 2013. PDF.

Fichtner, A., Trampert, J., Cupillard, P., Saygin, E., Taymaz, T., Capdeville, Y. and Villaseñor, A. (2013). Multi-Scale Full Waveform Inversion, Geophysical Journal International, July 2013, Vol: 194(1), pp. 534-556, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggt118. First published online: April 28, 2013. PDF.

Fichtner, A., Saygin, E., Taymaz, T., Cupillard, P., Capdevillee, Y. and Trampert, J. (2013). The Deep Structure of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, July 2013, Vol: 373, pp. 109-117, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.027, First published online: May 17, 2013. 

Fielding, E.J., Lundgren, P.R., Taymaz,T., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S. and Owen, S.E. (2013). Fault-Slip Source Models for the 2011 M7.1 Van Earthquake in Turkey from SAR Interferometry, Pixel Offset Tracking, GPS and Seismic Waveform Analysis, Seismological Research Letters, July-August 2013, Vol: 84(4), pp: 579-593, SRL-D-12-00164, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220120164. Additional Electronic Supplementary Material, SOM.

Bayrakci, G., Laigle, M., Bécel, A., Hirn, A., Taymaz, T., Yolsal-Cevikbilen, S. and SEISMARMARA team (2013). 3D Sediment Basement Tomography of the Northern Marmara Trough by a Dense OBS Network at the Nodes of a Grid of Controlled Source Profiles along the North Anatolian Fault, Geophysical Journal International, September 2013, Vol: 194 (3), pp. 1335-1357. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggt211, +23 pages supporting online material, First published online: July 10, 2013. 

2012

Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S. and Taymaz, T. (2012). Earthquake Source Parameters Along the Hellenic Subduction Zone and Numerical Simulations of Historical Tsunamis in the Eastern Mediterranean. Tectonophysics, Vol: 536-537, pp. 61-100. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.02.019.

Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Biryol, C.B., Beck, S., Zandt, G., Taymaz, T., Adıyaman, H.E. and Ozacar, A.A. (2012). 3-D Crustal Structure Along the North Anatolian Fault Zone in North-Central Anatolia Revealed by Local Earthquake Tomography. Geophysical Journal International, Vol: 188 (3), pp. 819-849. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05313.x.

2010

Becel, A., Laigle, M., de Voogd, B., Hirn, A., Taymaz, T., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S. and Shimamura, H. (2010). North Marmara Trough architecture of basin infill, basement and faults, from PSDM reflection and OBS refraction seismics, Tectonophysics, Vol: 490, pp. 1-14. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.004.

Paradisopoulou, P.M., Papadimitriou, E.E., Karakostas, V.G., Taymaz, T., Kilas, A. and Yolsal, S. (2010). Seismic hazard evaluation in western Turkey as revealed by stress transfer and time-dependent probability calculations. Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol: 167. pp. 1013-1048. doi:10.1007/s00024-010-0085-1.

Yolsal, S. and Taymaz, T. (2010). Sensitivity Analysis on Relations Between Earthquake Source Rupture Parameters and Tsunami Waves: case studies in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol: 19(3), pp. 313-349. doi:10.3906/yer-0902-8.

2009

Anne Bécel, Mireille Laigle, Béatrice de Voogd, Alfred Hirn, Tuncay Taymaz, Audrey Galvé, Hideki Shimamura, Yoshio Murai, Jean-Claude Lépine, Martine Sapin & Serdar Özalaybey (2009) . Moho, Crustal Architecture and Deep Deformation Under the North Marmara Trough, from the SEISMARMARA Leg-1 Offshore-Onshore Reflection-Refraction Survey, Tectonophysics, Vol: 467, pp. 1-21, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.022.

Skarlatoudis, A.A., Papazachos, C.B., Margaris, B.N., Papaioannou, C., Ventouzi, C., Vamvakaris, D., Bruestle, A., Meier, T., Friederich, W., Stavrakakis, G., Taymaz, T., Kind, R., Vafidis, A. and Dahm, T. (2009). Combination of Acceleration-Sensor and Broadband Velocity-Sensor Recordings forAttenuation Studies: The Case of the 8 January 2006 Kythera Intermediate-Depth Earthquake. Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, Vol: 99(2A), pp. 694-704. doi: 10.1785/0120070211.

2008

Mireille Laigle, Anne Becel, Béatrice de Voogd, Alfred Hirn, Tuncay Taymaz, Serdar Özalaybey & members of SEISMARMARA Leg1-Team (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, pp. 168-179. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.031.

Tuncay Taymaz, Onur Tan & Seda Yolsal (2008). Recent Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey and Active Tectonics of the Aegean and Marmara Seas, In: Proceedings of the NATO-Science Series: IV. Earth and Environmental Sciences - Vol. 81: Earthquake Monitoring and Seismic Hazard Mitigation in Balkan Countries (ed. Eystein S. Husebye), Borovetz, Bulgaria, September 11-18, 2005, 289 pages, pp. 47-57, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6815-7, ISBN:978-1-4020-6813-3, MARCH 2008.

2007

Taymaz, T., Yılmaz, Y. & Dilek, Y. (2007). The Geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia: Introduction. In: The Geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia (eds. Tuncay Taymaz, Yücel Yılmaz & Yıldırım Dilek), pp. 1-16, The Geological Society of London, Special Publications Book, Vol: 291, ISBN: 978-1-86239-239-7, DECEMBER 2007. 

Taymaz, T., Wright, T., Yolsal, S., Tan, O., Fielding, E. & Seyitoğlu, G. (2007). Source Characteristics of June 6, 2000 Orta-Çankırı (Central Turkey) Earthquake: a synthesis of seismological, geological and geodetic (InSAR) observations, and internal deformation of Anatolian plate. In: The Geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia (eds. Tuncay Taymaz, Yücel Yılmaz & Yıldırım Dilek), pp. 259-290, The Geological Society of London, Special Publications Book, Vol: 291, ISBN: 978-1-86239-239-7, DECEMBER 2007. 

Yolsal, S., Taymaz, T. & 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 (eds. Tuncay Taymaz, Yücel Yılmaz & Yıldırım Dilek), pp. 201-230, The Geological Society of London, Special Publications Book, Vol: 291, ISBN: 978-1-86239-239-7, DECEMBER 2007. 

Furlong,K.K, Beroza, G.C., Brun, J.P., Cowie, P.A., Handy, M.R., Mooney, W.D., Taymaz, T., Teyssier, C., Vauchez, A. & Wernicke, B. (2007). Nucleation and Growth of Fault Systems. In: Tectonic Faults-Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth (eds. M. R. Handy, Greg Hirth & Niels Hovius), pp. 78-98, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Press - Book Series, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 USA, 504 pp, ISBN: 978-0-262-08362-1, JUNE 2007. 

Podgorski, J., Hearn, E. H, McClusky, S., Reilinger, R., Taymaz, T., Tan, O., Prilepin, M., Guseva, T. & Nadariya, M. (2007). Postseismic Deformation Following the 1991 Racha, Georgia, Earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 34(4), L04310, doi:10.1029/2006GL028477, FEBRUARY 24 2007. 

2006

Tan, O. & 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). 

Hubscher, C. Hensch, M., Dahm, T., Dehghani, A., Dimitriadis, I., Hort, M. & Taymaz, T. (2006). Toward a Risk Assessment of Central Aegean Volcanoes, American Geophysical Union, EOS-Transactions, Vol: 87, no: 39, pp: 401-407, September 2006. 

Barbara Theilen-Willige & Tuncay Taymaz (2006a). Tsunami Risk Sites Detection by Remote Sensing and GIS Methods, 5th International Symposium on Turkish-German Geodetic-Days, SS-6.2: On Disaster Management, Extended Abstracts Book, pp 1-7, March 28-31, 2006, Berlin, Germany.

Barbara Theilen-Willige & Tuncay Taymaz (2006b). Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) Technologies for Natural Hazard Risk Site Detection, 17th International Geophysical Congress and Exhibition of Turkey, Extended Abstracts Book, 3A-1, pp 1-7, November 14-17, 2006, Ankara - Turkey.

Tuncay Taymaz, Seda Yolsal and members of working group (2006). Active Tectonics of the Aegean Sea: Source Rupture Processes of Recent Earthquakes and Synthesis of the International EGELADOS and COLUMBOS Projects, Ative Tectonics Research Group: ATAG-10 Meeting, Extended Abstract Book, SS56, pp. 88-89, Dokuz Eylül University, November 2-4, 2006, Seferihisar- İzmir, Turkey.

Seda Yolsal & Tuncay Taymaz (2006). Source Rupture Properties of Recent Earthquakes in Sığacık Bay (W Turkey) and Seismotectonic Implications, 17th International Geophysical Congress and Exhibition of Turkey, Extended Abstract Book, P5-6, pp 54-55, November 14-17, 2006, Ankara-Turkey).

Yolsal, S., Kılınç, H., Çağlar, İ. & Taymaz, T., (2005). The Relationship Between Heat Flow Regime and Active Tectonics Inferred from Seismological Data in Western Anatolia. In: Proceedings of World Geothermal Congress 2005, Extended Abstract Book, p.7, 24-29 April 2005, Antalya, Turkey.

2005

Tuncay Taymaz (2005). Recent Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey and Active Tectonics of the Aegean and Marmara Seas, NATO-Advanced Research Workshop (ARW): Earthquake Monitoring and Seismic Hazard Mitigation in Balkan Countries, Extended Abstracts Book, p. 84-91, Borovetz, Bulgaria, September 11-18, 2005.

Tuncay Taymaz, Onur Tan & Seda Yolsal (2005). WEB Publication. Sumatra Earthquake (Mw~9.3) of December 26, 2004 Source Rupture Processes and Slip Distribution Modeling: Preliminary Rupture Model, http://web.itu.edu.tr/~taymaz/sumatra/index.html

2004

Tuncay Taymaz, Rob Westaway, and Robert Reilinger (2004) (Guest Editors). Active Faulting and Crustal Deformation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Special Issue of Tectonophysics, Vol: 391, Issues 1-4, 375 pages, October 29, 2004. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.005.

Tuncay Taymaz, Rob Westaway, and Robert Reilinger (2004). Active Faulting and Crustal Deformation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Special Issue of Tectonophysics,  Vol: 391, Issues 1-4, pp. 1-9, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.005. 

Sato, T., Kasahara, J., Taymaz, T. et al., (2004).  A study of microearthquake seismicity and focal mechanisms within the Sea of Marmara (NW Turkey) using ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS), Special Issue of Tectonophysics, Vol. 391, pp. 303-314, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.018. 

Tuncay Taymaz, Onur Tan and Seda Yolsal (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, pp. 110-115, Task Group for Active Monitoring, Mizunami City Culture Center, Gifu - Japan, June 30 - July 3, 2004. 

Pertev Bediz & Tuncay Taymaz (2004). Kazım M. Ergin (1915-2002) - In Memoriam, Seismological Research Letters, Vol. 75, p. 152, MAR-APR 2004. 

Tuncay Taymaz (2004). Geophsycists - Prof.Dr. Kazım Ergin, EOS-Transactions - AGU, Vol. 85, No.14, April 2004. 

2003

Karabulut, H., S. Özalaybey, T. Taymaz, M. Aktar, O. Selvi, and A. Kocaoğlu (2003). A tomographic image of the shallow crustal structure in the Eastern Marmara,  Geophysical Research Letters - AGU, doi:10.1029/2003GL018074, Vol. 30, No. 24, pp. 2277-2280, December 2003. 

Tuncay Taymaz (2003). Jeofiziğin Abidesi - Prof.Dr. Kazım Ergin, ATLAS Coğrafya ve Keşif Dergisi, sayı: 121, pp. 144-148.

Tuncay Taymaz (2003). Memorial - Prof.Dr. Kazım Ergin, The Leading Edge, Vol. 22, No. 9, Sept. 2003.

2002

Tuncay Taymaz (2002). Obituary - Prof.Dr. Kazım Ergin,  Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 11, pp. 247-250, December 2002. 

Gülsen Uçarkuş & Tuncay Taymaz (2002). Obituary - Prof. Dr. Aykut Barka, Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 11, pp. 83-85. 

Gülsen Uçarkuş & Tuncay Taymaz (2002). Obituary - Prof. Dr. Aykut Barka, ITU Symposium 2002 on Earth Sciences and Engineering, 30-32, 15-18 May 2002. 

2001

Tuncay Taymaz (2001). Editor. Symposia On Seismotectonics of the North-Western Anatolia-Aegean and Recent Turkish Earthquakes, Scientific Activities - 2001, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mines, May 8, 2001, ATLAS DBR-Offset Printing House, Istanbul-Turkey, 113 pages, ISBN 975-97518-0-1. 

Tuncay Taymaz, Junzo Kasahara, Alfred Hirn, & Toshinori Sato (2001). Investigations of micro-earthquake activity within the Sea of Marmara and surrounding regions by using ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) and land seismographs: initial results, Scientific Activities 2001 Symposia -Extended Abstracts Book, pp. 42-51. Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mines, May 8, 2001, ATLAS DBR-Offset Printing House, Istanbul-Turkey, 113 pages, ISBN 975-97518-0-1.

Tuncay Taymaz & Onur Tan (2001). Source parameters of June 6, 2000 Orta-Çankırı (Mw ~ 6.0) and December 15, 2000 Sultandağ-Akşehir (Mw=6.0) earthquakes obtained from inversion of teleseismic P- and SH- body-waveforms. Scientific Activities 2001 Symposia - Extended Abstracts Book, pp. 96-107. Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mines, May 8, 2001, ATLAS DBR Press, Istanbul-Turkey, 113 pages, ISBN 975-97518-0-1.

2000

Taymaz, T. (2000). Seismotectonics of the Marmara Region: Source Parameters of 1999 Gölcük-Sapanca-Düzce Earthquakes. 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. Extended Abstracts Book, pp. 26-30.

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. Extended Abstracts Book, pp. 66-67.

Tuncay Taymaz (2000). Marmara Bölgesinin Sismotektoniği: 1999 Gölcük-Sapanca-Düzce Depremlerinin Kaynak Mekanizması Çözümleri. BADSEM-2000: Batı Anadolunun Depremselliği Sempozyumu, Mayıs 24-27, 2000, İzmir-Turkey. Bildiriler Kitabı: pp. 209-219. 

1999

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

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

1998

Moore, C.J, Klaus, A., Bangs, N.L., Bekins, B., Bücker, C., Brückman, W., Erickson, S., Hansen, O., Horton, T., Ireland, P., Major, C.O., Moore, G.F., Peacock, S., Saito, S., Screaton, E.J., Schimeld, J.W., Stauffer, P.H., Taymaz, T., Teas, P.A., and Tokunaga., T (1998). Consolidation Patterns During Development of a Plate-Boundary Décollement Zone: Northern Barbados Accretionary Prism, Geology, Vol. 26-No.9, 811-814. 

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

1996

Taymaz, Tuncay (1996). S-P Wave Travel-Time Residuals From Earthquakes and Lateral Inhomogeneity in the Upper Mantle Beneath the Aegean and the Hellenic Trench near Crete. Geophysical Journal International-Oxford, 127, 545-558. 

Özer, M.F. Taymaz, T and Kenar, Ö. (1996). An investigation of the Moho topography beneath the Marmara region from the azimuthal anomalies. Turkish Journal of Marine Sciences, 2, 123-139. 

1995

Smith, A.D., Taymaz, Tuncay et al. (1995). High Resolution Seismic Profiling in the Sea of Marmara (NW Turkey): Late Quaternary Tectonics and Sedimentation. Bulletin of Geological Society of America, 107, 923-936. 

1993

Taymaz, Tuncay (1993). The Source Parameters of Çubukdağ (Western Turkey) Earthquake of 11 October 1986. Geophysical Journal International-Oxford, 113, 260-267. 

1992

Taymaz, Tuncay (1992). Observations on Source Time Functions of Earthquakes Obtained From Inversion of Teleseismic Body Waveforms. Geophysical Journal International-Oxford, 108, 273-280. 

Taymaz, Tuncay and Price, Simon (1992). The 1971 May 12 Burdur Earthquake Sequence, SW Turkey: A Synthesis of Seismological and Geological Observations. Geophysical Journal International-Oxford, 108, 589-603. 

Taymaz, Tuncay, Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1992). Reply to the comment by Rob Westaway on "Active tectonics of the north and central Aegean Sea" by T.Taymaz, J. Jackson and D. McKenzie. Geophysical Journal International-Oxford, 110, 623. 

1991

Taymaz, Tuncay, Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1991). Active Tectonics of the North and Central Aegean Sea. Geophysical Journal International-Oxford, 106, 433-490. 

Taymaz, Tuncay, Eyidogan, H. and Jackson, J.A. (1991). Source Parameters of large earthquakes in the East Anatolian Fault Zone (Turkey), Geophysical Journal International-Oxford, 106, 537-550. 

1990

Taymaz, Tuncay, Jackson, J.A. and Westaway, R. (1990). Earthquake Mechanisms in the Hellenic Trench near Crete. Geophysical Journal International-Oxford, 102, 695-731.