Fault creep and persistent asperities on the western section of the North Anatolian Fault, Turkey

Robert E Reilinger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Semih Ergintav, Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Department of Geophysics, Istanbul, Turkey, Hayrullah Karabulut, Bogazici Univ, Kandilli Observatory and ERI.- Geophysics, Istanbul, Turkey, Philippe Vernant, Géosciences Montpellier, Montpellier Cedex 05, France, Michael Floyd, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, Ali Ozgun Konca, Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey, Ugur Dogan, YTU, Department of Geomatic Engineering, İstanbul, Turkey, Seda Cetin, YTU, Istanbul, Turkey, Ziyadin Cakir, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Geology, Maslak, Turkey, David Mencin, UNAVCO, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, Roger Bilham, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States and Robert W King, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States