Lithospheric strength of the Anatolian plateau and implications for strong earthquake activity in Turkey

On February 6, 2023, the doublet earthquake including two main shocks with magnitudes MW7.8 and MW7.5, occurred near the western side of the East Anatolian Fault at the southeast boundary of the Anatolian Plateau in Turkey. Based on the WGM2012 Bouguer gravity anomaly data and the Etopo1topography data, this study first introduced a joint inversion of admittance and coherence functions and used the Bayesian optimal parameter estimation method to obtain the effective elastic thickness Teand loading ratio F of the lithosphere for various tectonic units in the Anatolian Plateau. Secondly, we discussed the characteristics and influencing factors of the lithospheric mechanical strength and analyzed its relationship with seismic activity. The lithospheric mechanical strength of the Anatolian Plateau showed clear lateral heterogeneity and a "weak-strong-weak" spatial pattern from east to west,reflecting various tectonic processes. At last, the strong seismic activity was found where the lithospheric strength was low in the Anatolian Plate. We also incorporated GPS strain rate and other results to investigate the tectonic background and primary causes of the MW7.8 and MW7.5 doublet earthquakes in Turkey. The results have a good insight into urban safety design in the Turkish region, including postdisaster rehabilitation, earthquake hazard assessment, and loss reduction.

Partitioning Anatolian Kinematics into Tectonic Escape and Slab Rollback Dominated Domains

Anatolia is the global archetype of tectonic escape,as witnessed by the devastating 2023 KahramanmaraşEarthquake sequence,and the 2020 Samos Earthquake,which show different kinematics related to the framework of the escape tectonics.Global Positioning System(GPS)motions of the wedge-shaped plate differ regionally from northwestwards to southwestwards(from east to west).Anatolia was extruded westward from the Arabian-Eurasian collision along the North and East Anatolian fault systems,rotating counterclockwise into the oceanic free-faces of the Mediterranean and Aegean,with dramatic extension of western Anatolia in traditional interpretations.However,which is the dominant mechanism for this change in kinematics,extrusion related to the Arabia/Eurasia collision or rollback of the African slab beneath western Anatolia is still unclear.To assess the dominant driving mechanisms across Anatolia,we analyze recent GPS velocity datasets,and decomposed them into N-S and E-W components,revealing that westward motion is essentially constant across the whole plate and consistent with the slip rates of the North and East Anatolia fault zones,while southward components increase dramatically in the transition area between central and western Anatolia,where a slab tear is suggested.This phenomenon is related to different tectonic driving mechanisms.The ArabiaEurasia collision drives the Anatolian Plate uniformly westwards while western Anatolia is progressively more affected by the southward retreating African subducting slab west of the Aegean/Cypriot slab tear,which significantly increases the southward component of the velocity field and causes the apparent curve of the whole modern velocity field.The 2020 and 2023 earthquake focal mechanisms also confirm that the northward colliding Arabian Plate forced Anatolia to the west,and the retreating African slab is pulling the upper plate of western Anatolian apart in extension.We propose that the Anatolian Plate is moving westwards as one plate with an additional component of extension in its west caused by the local driving mechanism,slab rollback(with the boundary above the slab tear around Isparta),rather than separate microplates or a near-pole spin of the entire Anatolian Plate,and the collisionrelated extrusion is the dominant mechanism of tectonic escape.

Preliminary report of coseismic surface rupture(part)of Türkiye's M_(W)7.8 earthquake by remote sensing interpretation

Both M_(W) 7.8 and M_(W) 7.5 earthquakes occurred in southeastern Türkiye on February 6,2023,resulting in numerous buildings collapsing and serious casualties.Understanding the distribution of coseismic surface ruptures and secondary disasters surrounding the epicentral area is important for post-earthquake emergency and disaster assessments.High-resolution Maxar and GF-2 satellite data were used after the events to extract the location of the rupture surrounding the first epicentral area.The results show that the length of the interpreted surface rupture zone(part of)is approximately 75 km,with a coseismic sinistral dislocation of 2-3 m near the epicenter;however,this reduced to zero at the tip of the southwest section of the East Anatolia Fault Zone.Moreover,dense soil liquefaction pits were triggered along the rupture trace.These events are in the western region of the Eurasian Seismic Belt and result from the subduction and collision of the Arabian and African Plates toward the Eurasian Plate.The western region of the Chinese mainland and its adjacent areas are in the eastern section of the Eurasian Seismic Belt,where seismic activity is controlled by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian Plates.Both China and Türkiye have independent tectonic histories.

基于光学影像相关性匹配技术的2023年土耳其M_(W)7.8与M_(W)7.5双强震地表同震变形研究

2023年2月6日在土耳其中南部卡赫拉曼马拉什省10个小时内连续发生M_(W)7.8与M_(W)7.5双强震,震源机制解表明两个地震均为走滑型地震。土耳其双强地震发生后,国内外学者利用野外测量、GNSS以及差分InSAR等方法开展了一系列地表同震变形研究,但由于所采用的技术手段限制,当前已有地表同震变形结果尚存在空间分辨率低、近断层处数据缺失等不足。为了弥补这些不足,研究利用哨兵2号光学影像数据,通过影像相关性匹配技术得到了土耳其双强震的东西向和南北向的地表同震变形场,并将这些地表变形转换成为沿着断层方向的左旋走滑位移。变形场结果显示两次地震地表破裂长度分别约280 km和约130 km,首先发生的M_(W) 7.8地震的平均走滑位移量为4.2±1.66 m,最大走滑位移量6.9±0.81 m;随后发生的M_(W)7.5地震的平均走滑位移量为4.9±2.45 m,最大走滑位移量为9.6±1.16 m。通过对比COSI-Corr方法和野外测量得到的水平位移,结果显示2种方法得到的最大水平位移相吻合,而COSI-Corr方法得到的平均位移略大于野外测量得到的水平位移,这是由COSI-Corr方法测量结果中包含了部分离断层弥散变形导致的。研究结论不仅可为断层面滑动反演模型提供变形数据和约束条件,同时可以加深对走滑断裂的破裂行为控制因素的理解。

Tor topography in Giresun mountains,Türkiye

Tors are mound-like rock landforms,resistant to erosion,that may sometimes reach the size of several storeys of house by volume.They may develop in different climate regions and different rock types,led by granitic rocks.In this study,tors developed in granitic rocks around Yaylal?village linked to Kürtün county in Gümü?hane were investigated.The study area is located in the eastern part of the Giresun mountain range in northeastern Turkey,2000-2300 m above sea level.The aim of the study is to determine the natural environmental characteristics in tor formation and to reveal the effect of bedrock on tor formation.During field studies,18 tors were selected by noting location,size and structural features,and dimensions were measured.Thin sections were first made from the rock samples taken from the tors and then the mineralogical composition was investigated by modal analysis method.As a result of this analysis,it was determined that the bedrock forming the tors is granite.During the field observations,it was determined that the intersecting vertical joints supported the formation of castle-like tors,while the horizontal joints supported the formation of pita pileshaped tors.There are also pseudokarstic shapes resembling kamenitza and karst pavement.In conclusion,joint sets causing local resistance differences directed the formation of tors,while excess slope affected surface erosion and suitability of climate conditions-controlled weathering rate.

A Late Cretaceous ensimatic arc developed during closure of the northern branch of Neo-Tethys(central-northern Turkey)

Studies on differentiation of ensimatic arc units from melange units in the Northern Anatolian Ophiolitic Belt(NAOB) are very rare. The study area represents the southern edge of the central part of the NAOB.The aim of the study is to distinguish the main units of NAOB and to define the geotectonic setting of the Darmik Ensimatic Arc Association(DEAA). To study the ensimatic arc units as an independent tectonic unit is important and facilitates understanding of the geological evolution of the NAOB. During field studies, the contact relationships within the Darmik Ensimatic Arc Association(DEAA) units and also with other tectonic units were reviewed. Then, paleontological, geochronological, petrological and also geochemical properties of the DEAA have been defined. In the present study, ensimatic arc units have been distinguished from ophiolitic association for the first time, in the region. As a result of the study, the DEAA is divided into two levels and lower level named as the Kartal unit and upper level named as the izibüyük unit. In the Kartal unit, basaltic and andesitic lavas with their equivalent pyroclastic rock units are dominant. Radiolarite and mudstones interbedded within the Kartal unit of DEAA have Turonian and Santonian age. In addition, the age of basalt samples of DEAA are 98.7 ± 2.4 Ma, defined using the^(40)Ar/39 Ar method. The izibüyük unit of DEAA comprises conglomerate, sandstone, claystone, mudstone,clayey limestone, micritic limestone with volcanic interbeds and also calciturbidites. Santonian-Maastrichtian ages were obtained from this unit of the DEAA. In conclusion, the age of DEAA is widely accepted as Late Cretaceous. After the evaluation of the analysis, the volcanics of the DEAA originated from calcalkaline-basalts, which reflect ensimatic arc magmatism.

伊兹米特地震发生的构造环境分析

土耳其地震构造具有新生性。东安纳托利亚地震带和北安纳托利亚地震带的活动断裂都是晚第三纪以来开始出现、演化和发展的， 而土耳其西部地震区的张性断陷盆地出现的时代更晚。土耳其活动构造类型丰富： 东部发育压性或压扭性构造； 北部为走滑型断裂； 西部则是拉张型正断裂； 中部为一个构造相对稳定的块体， 即安纳托利亚块体。土耳其是研究块体与周缘断裂构造相互关系以及断裂力学性质相互转换的一个理想场所。北安纳托利亚断裂带是一条典型的走滑断裂带， 由一系列次级断裂组成，１９９９ 年８ 月１７ 日伊兹米特７．４ 级地震发生在它的西段北支断裂上。１９３９～１９９９ 年７ 次Ｍ ≥７．０ 强震的地表破裂带在空间上的分布则充分地反映了断裂带分段活动特点， 分段界限区存在明显的构造标志， 主要表现为拉张型阶区。不同段落存在相互关联性， ７ 次强震依次由东向西发展。地震震级、破裂带长度和位错幅度的空间分布与断裂构造的特点相一致。

Effects of precommercial thinning on growth parameters in Pinus nigra Arn.subsp.pallasiana(Lamb.)Holmboe stand

We investigated the effects of precommercial thinning(PCT)applied at different levels on the growth parameters of natural Anatolian black pine stand.The experimental site was located in the province of Isparta in southern Turkey.PCT was set up using a randomized complete block design with three replicates and three treatments(control,2–2.5 m×–2.5 m and 3–3.5 m×–3.5 m spacing).The experimental plots were established in March 2014.At the end of the growing seasons for three years(2014–2016),growth parameters such as diameter,height and crown radius were measured.PCT was found to be significantly effective on diameter,height,individual tree basal area,and crown radius increment at the end of the third year(p<0.05).While diameter,individual tree basal area and crown radius increment increased with increasing PCT intensity,height increment was higher in control than PCT.Although the PCT treatments applied with 3–3.5 m spacing affected individual tree development positively,we need long-term results on wood quality and yield.According to the short-term results,it is thought that it is better to lower the stand closeness gradually,so,it may be advisable to apply PCT by 2–2.5 m×–2.5 m spacing.

东安纳托利亚断裂带近期库仑应力演化及与2020年埃拉泽M_(W)6.8地震的触发关系

基于地球分层介质模型,同时考虑同震位错、震后粘滞松弛效应和震间构造加载的作用,计算东安纳托利亚断裂带附近1822年以来大于6级的历史强震产生的同震和震后库仑应力变化以及6个断层段震间构造应力积累。结果表明,共14次强震的同震应力扰动对2020年埃拉泽M_(W)6.8地震的发生有促进作用,1875年M6.7地震的同震应力卸载作用使得整体同震应力扰动对埃拉泽M_(W)6.8地震的触发影响不明显;震后粘弹性应力扰动以及断层震间构造应力加载在埃拉泽M_(W)6.8地震震源处造成较大的应力积累,对其有显著的触发作用;Turkoglu、Lake Hazar和Yedisu段库仑应力积累较多,未来地震活动危险性较高。

伊兹米特地震的几点启示

土耳其伊兹米特ＭＳ ７．４ 地震后，中国地震局于１９９９年８ 月２５ 日派出了以张国民教授为团长的由７人组成的赴土耳其地震现场考察专家组。他们到地震现场进行了考察，

土耳其埃斯基谢希尔铬铁矿矿床地质特征

土耳其埃斯基谢希尔(Eski爧ehir)铬铁矿位于土耳其安纳托利亚高原中西部基性-超基性杂岩体中,是典型的阿尔卑斯型铬铁矿。该地区是土耳其重要的铬铁矿成矿区。通过对该铬铁矿矿床特征的研究,总结了土耳其阿尔卑斯型铬铁矿床的矿床地质特征。土耳其埃斯基谢希尔铬铁矿产于以辉橄岩、方辉橄榄岩为主要岩相的基性-超基性杂岩体内,矿体与围岩界线清晰,矿体大多呈豆荚状、囊状、脉状、透镜体状。矿石主要为致密块状和稠密浸染状,主要矿石矿物为镁铬铁矿、铁镁铬铁矿,矿石品位富,铬铁比高,为富矿矿石。