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Table of contents
I- THE DEAD SEA FAULT
I.1 Introduction
I.2 Tectonic setting of Dead Sea Fault
I.2.1 General tectonic setting
I.2.2 Eastern Mediterranean geodynamics
I.2.3 Dead Sea Fault segments
I.2.3.1 Wadi Araba
I.2.3.2 Jordan Valley
I.2.3.3 Beqa’a Basin (Lebanese restraining bend)
I.2.3.4 Al-Ghab basin
I.2.3.5 Karasu Fault
I.3 Seismicity of Dead Sea Fault
I.3.1 Historical seismicity
I.3.2 Instrumental seismicity
I.4 Kinematisc of Dead Sea Fault
I.4.1 Geodynamic of the Dead Sea Fault
I.4.1.1 Long term deformation
I.4.1.2 Short term deformation (GPS)
I.5 Conclusion
CHAPTER II
II- THE EAST ANATOLIAN FAULT
II.1 Introduction
II.2 Tectonic settings of the East Anatolian Fault
II.2.1 General View
II.2.2 East Anatolian Fault segments
II.2.3 The total offset
II.3 Seismicity of the East Anatolian Fault
II.3.1 Historical seismicity
II.3.2 Instrumental Seismicity
II.4 Kinematic of the East Anatolian Fault
II.4.1 Long term deformations
II.4.2 Short term deformations (GPS)
II.5 Conclusions
CHAPTER III
III- GPS NETWORK IN NORTH-WEST SYRIA AND SOUTH-EAST TURKEY
III.1 Introduction
III.2 Global position system and plate kinematics
III.2.1 What is GPS
III.2.2 GPS segments
III.2.2.1 Space segment
III.2.2.2 Control segment
III.2.2.3 User segment
III.2.3 GPS observables
III.2.3.1 The GPS code measurement
III.2.3.2 GPS carrier phase measurement
III.2.4 GPS linear combinations
III.2.4.1 Single-difference combination
III.2.4.2 Double-difference combination
III.2.5 Resolution of ambiguity
III.2.6 Plate kinematics
III.2.7 The International Terrestrial Reference Frame: ITRF2005
III.3 GPS network in the Hatay Triple Junction
III.3.1 GPS network installation
III.3.2 GPS campaigns in Syria and Turkey
III.3.2.1 Campaigns of 2009
III.3.2.2 Campaigns of 2010
III.3.2.3 Campaign of 2011
III.3.3 GPS measurement strategy
III.4 GPS Data processing with GAMIIT
III.4.1 GPS processing method in GAMIT
III.4.2 Stabilization: Permanent IGS sites
III.4.3 Time series, errors, RMS
III.5 Results
III.5.1 GPS velocity field in ITRF2005 reference frame
III.5.2 GPS velocity field in Eurasia reference frame
III.5.3 GPS velocity field in Arabia reference frame
III.6 Conclusions
CHAPTER IV
IV- BLOCK MODELING WITH GPS MEASUREMENTS
IV.1 Introduction
IV.2 Data and analysis
IV.2.1 Data selection and rejection
IV.2.1.1 GPS data obtain in this study
IV.2.1.2 GPS data from previous studies
IV.2.2 Combination of different GPS velocity solutions
IV.3 Inversion approach (Method)
IV.4 Faults
IV.5 Block model
IV.6 Modeling results
IV.6.1 Profiles across major faults
IV.6.2 Slip deficit, locking depth and variation of ɸ
IV.6.3 Fault slip rates
IV.6.3.1 The Dead Sea fault:
IV.6.3.2 The East Anatolian fault:
IV.6.3.3 The Karatas-Osmaniye fault:
IV.6.3.4 The Karasu fault
IV.6.3.5 The Cyprus Arc
IV.6.4 Block motions and rotation Euler poles
IV.7 Conclusions
CHAPTER V
V- GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: IMPLICATIONS TO THE REGIONAL SEISMIC HAZARD
V.1 Introduction
V.2 GPS velocity field and block model results in the HTJ
V.3 Slip rate and seismic hazard in the Triple junction
V.3.1 The Dead Sea Fault
V.3.2 The East Anatolian Fault
V.3.3 The Karatas-Osmaniye Fault
V.3.4 The Karasu Fault
V.4 Conclusions
