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(a)
Rhine
Graben
Pannonian
Basin
Jura
Bay of
Biscay
Crime
Black Sea
Balkans
Corsica
Tu r key
Sardinia
Balearic
Islands
a
Alboran Sea
Sicily
Tellian Atlas
Rif
ean
Cypru
Crete
(b)
EURASIAN PLATE
Aral
Sea
Black Sea
ANATOLIAN
PLATE
S. Caspian
Alboraz
Mediterranean Sea
Central Iran
ARABIAN
AFRICAN PLATE
Indian
Ocean
Figure 10.20.
(a) The Alpine system of Europe (shaded) forme as a result of the
convergence of Africa and Eurasia. (After Smith and Woodcock (1982).) (b) The
principal seismic belts in the Mediterranean and Middle East. (After Jackson and
McKenzie (1988).) (c) Fault-plane solutions for major earthquakes in the eastern
Mediterranean region (1908-1999, including Izmit and D uzce 1999 events). (From
Kahle
et al
.(2000).) The seismicity along the North Anatolian Fault suggests a
westward migration pattern of large earthquakes. If this is correct, the next large
earthquake might be under the Sea of Marmara and so could threaten Istanbul.
