SLIP-MOTION ESTIMATION ALONG THE OVACIK FAULT NEAR ERZINCAN (TURKEY) USING ERS-1 RADAR IMAGE - EVIDENCE OF IMPORTANT DEFORMATION INSIDE THETURKISH PLATE
J. Chorowicz et al., SLIP-MOTION ESTIMATION ALONG THE OVACIK FAULT NEAR ERZINCAN (TURKEY) USING ERS-1 RADAR IMAGE - EVIDENCE OF IMPORTANT DEFORMATION INSIDE THETURKISH PLATE, Remote sensing of environment, 52(1), 1995, pp. 66-70
A synthetic aperture radar ERS-1 scene, used to complement a Landsat T
M scene, allows better understanding of the structure of the active Ov
acik fault, southwest of Erzincan (Turkey). The radar image shows that
the Ovacik fault is interrupted at its crossing point with the Kemali
ye fault. Recent compressive displacements have reactivated the Kemali
ye fault, while a pull-apart basin has been generated along the Ovacik
fault. Estimates of offsets of major rivers and analysis of the compl
ex fault geometry give an estimated left-lateral strike slip displacem
ent of 12.5-20 km along the Ovacik fault for the last 13 Ma, which is
similar to the rate of movement along the East Anatolian fault located
in the east and forming the boundary of the Turkish plate.