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Surveying the Sea of Marmara to Understand Faults and Earthquakes in Turkey
Source info:
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| Date: | 2010-06-14 05:32:58 |
| Blog: | State of the Planet  |
| URL: | http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/blog/2010/06/13/surveying-the-sea-of-marmara-to-understand-faults-and-earthquakes-in-turkey/ |
Summary:
[EDITOR’s NOTE] In 1999, an earthquake along the North Anatolian fault killed ~30,000 people in western Turkey. There is some evidence that another segment closer to the densely populated city of Istanbul could be next to rupture, which could create worse devastation. A team of Turkish, American and French scientists are on a Turkish research [...]Content analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul | TR | 41.0409 | 28.9862 |
| Marmara | TR | 40.9778 | 28.6749 |
Keywords:
anatolian, Copenhagen, devastation, Earth Sciences, earthquake, earthquakes in turkey, faults, french scientists, istanbul, north anatolian fault, sea of marmara, segment, western turkey
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