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  • High frequency ground motion scaling in eastern Turkey 
    Şemin, Korhan Umut. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2006., 2006.)
    A regional study of ground motion scaling parameters is presented for the region surrounding the eastern Turkey. The data set used in this study consists of 100 earthquake events from Eastern Turkey Seismic Experiment ...
  • How does anisotropic focal region change the structure of the moment tensor? 
    Poyraz, Dilay. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2021., 2021.)
    In this study, we show how the invariants of the moment tensors change for different orientations of sources in a vertical transversely isotropic (TI) focal region. The invariants of the moment tensors, namely their norms, ...
  • Identification of triggered earthquakes in the gulf of Gökova 
    Güner, Gülçin. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2010., 2010.)
    Triggering mechanism is described as the consequence of the stress transfer on the faults. Triggered earthquakes can either be close to the triggering one as well as far from it. The study done in this thesis is to search ...
  • Imaging fluid - rich zones by magnetotelluric method at south Marmara region 
    Cengiz, Özlem. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2012., 2012.)
    Magnetotelluric data at sixteen sounding locations along two parallel profiles at south Marmara region were collected to improve the understanding of the crustal electrical conductivity structure. The PW (~40 km) and PE ...
  • Investigation of electrical conductivity characteristics at the vicinty of Genos fault, northwest Turkey by magnetotellurics 
    Karaş, Mustafa. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2017., 2017.)
    As constituting the westernmost end of North Anatolian Fault, 45-km-long Ganos Fault acts as an active segment which represents a seismic gap. In this thesis, the first systematic magnetotellurics observations are made to ...
  • Kinematic finite-fault model of the October 23, 2011 Van Mw 7.1 earthquake obtained from regional and teleseismic P waves using the empirical green function method 
    Yılmaz, Zeynep. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2013., 2013.)
    We obtained a kinematic finite-fault rupture model for the October 23, 2011 Mw 7.1 Van Earthquake using Empirical Green Function (EGF) method. We used an Mw 6.0 aftershock which occurred 10 hours after the main event as ...
  • Location performance of seismic networks by a numerical simulation : application to BU-KOERI (Turkey) 
    Pündük, Pelin. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2011., 2011.)
    The main function of a seismic network is to provide high quality data for monitoring seismic zones and seismic hazard analysis. In this study, a numerical simulation (SNES, Seismic Network Evaluation through Simulation) ...
  • Numerical modeling of Amasra and Fatsa tsunamis in the Black Sea 
    Şahin, Esra. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2013., 2013.)
    Turkey, a country of frequent earthquakes and with a coastline of 8333 km, is also exposed to the tsunamis, resulting in material loss for the country and its neighbors (Altınok, 1999). Many new investigations have been ...
  • Numerical modeling of exhumation of high pressure - low temperature metamorphic rocks: a case study of Tavsanlı and Afyon zone in western Anatolia 
    Bodur, Ömer Faruk. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2016., 2016.)
    Despite many numerical modeling works on burial and exhumation of crustal rocks, the formation of metamorphic rocks in High Pressure / Low Temperature (HP/LT) region and mechanism of their exhumation are poorly constrained. ...
  • Probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis for Tuzla test site using Monte Carlo simulations 
    Bayraktar, Hafize Basak. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2018., 2018.)
    In this study, time-dependent probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis (PTHA) is performed for Tuzla in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey, related to the possible rupture of Prince Island Fault within next 50, 100, 500 and 1000 ...
  • Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude using ElarmS 
    Coşkun, Zeynep. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2010., 2010.)
    Earthquake Alarms Systems, ElarmS, is designed with the goal of providing warning of forthcoming ground shaking during earthquakes. The event magnitude is found to scale with the maximum predominant period, τp max, which ...
  • Reassessment of the seismic parameters from historical seismograms of 1912-Mürefte-Şarköy, 1935-Erdek-Marmara Island and 1963-Çınakcık earthquakes 
    Başarır, Nilay. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2011., 2011.)
    Marmara Region has witnessed many destructive earthquakes where some of them caused tsunami. Examination of these earthquakes through analyzing of analog records is crucial for the interpretation of seismotectonics and to ...
  • Relocating earthquakes by hypodd in Cınarcık basın and surrounding 
    Bulut, Fatih. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2005., 2006.)
    We relocated part of aftershock activity in <;marclk Basin and surrounding that are associated with the 1999 izmit Earthquake Mw 7.4. We used double difference relocation algorithm (Waldhauser and Ellsworth, 2000) to ...
  • Resolution of isotropic percentage in moment tensor inversion of tensile sources 
    Öter, Gökçe. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2019., 2019.)
    Moment tensor solutions are commonly used in order to understand earthquake source mechanism. Moment tensor can be decomposed into three components, namely isotropic (ISO), double-couple (DC) and compensated linear vector ...
  • Search of optimal crustal velocities using waveform modelling of local earthquakes 
    Bekler, Feyza Nur. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2005., 2004.)
    One of the concerns of geophysicist during the last decade is to reduce the damage of earthquakes. As a result, seismic hazard studies have become an integral part of long term planning and mitigation. One approach is to ...
  • Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath Turkey 
    Polat, Gülten. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2006., 2006.)
    In this study, SKS and SKKS phases have been used for the analysis of shear wave splitting in order to investigate polarization anisotropy in the upper mantle beneath Turkey. To determine the shear wave splitting parameters ...
  • Seismic background noise analysis of BRTR (PS-43) array 
    Bakır, Mahmure Ezgi. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2012., 2012.)
    The seismic background noise variation of BRTR array, composed of two sub arrays located in Ankara and in Kırıkkale-Keskin, has been investigated by calculating Power Spectral Density and Probability Density Functions for ...
  • Seismic site studies in Pendik - Tuzla regions in Istanbul 
    Er, Leyla Aslı. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2010., 2010.)
    The objective of this study is to identify soil amplification and soil fundamental frequency in the area between Pendik and Tuzla, the southeast of Istanbul city, and showing how the values of soil amplification, dominant ...
  • Studying the finiteness of large earthquakes with higher order moments of the moment tensor 
    Örsvuran, Rıdvan. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2016., 2016.)
    Finite fault parameters of the large earthquakes can be obtained using kinematic finite fault models which consist of a collection of subfaults. Yet calculating each subfault individually costs time and the fault model ...
  • Symplectic geometry and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo method 
    Öztürk, Feyza. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2022., 2022)
    Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) method is an application of a non- Euclidean geometry to an inverse problem. HMC is a probabilistic sampling method with the basis of Hamiltonian dynamics. One of the main advantages of HMC ...

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