Neotectonic structures in the area offshore of Alaçatı, Doğanbey and Kuşadası (western Turkey): evidence of strike-slip faulting in the Aegean extensional province

Normal fault displacement dislocating a Roman aqueduct of Ephesos, western Turkey

“…Further east, small sections of fault scarp are visible along the southern edge of the marble outcrops, but the trace of the fault is partly destroyed by landscaping and agriculture, and is lost in dense vegetation about 4 km to the east. On seismic sections 1–2 km offshore, several normal faults were detected that extend up to 30 km to the west (Aksu et al ., ; Ocakoğlu et al ., ). Unfortunately, the actual site where the fault would have transected the aqueduct is not exposed, since the area has been built over some decades ago by new housing.…”

“…Neogene lacustrine sedimentary rocks, mainly marls, were deposited in a fault‐bound basin in two phases of extension in the Miocene and Pliocene–Pleistocene (Gürer et al ., ). Normal faulting and strike‐slip faulting in bulk N–S extension is active in the area today (Aksu et al ., ; Ocakoğlu et al ., ).…”

Active Seismotectonic Structures in the Area of Chios Island, North Aegean Sea, Revealed From Microseismicity and Fault Plane Solutions

“…The latter is considered to be of greater importance than previously thought (Ocakoğlu et al, 2004). Approximately E-W trending grabens and their basin-bounding active normal faults are the most prominent neotectonic features of this part of western Turkey that is currently experiencing an approximately N-S continental extension at a rate of 30-40 mm·year -1 (Bozkurt, 2001), and is no faster than ~0.5 mm·year -1 across any individual active normal fault (Westaway, 1994).…”

Offshore Faulting in the Aegean Sea: A Synthesis Based on Bathymetric and Seismic Profiling Data

“…Onshore faults mapped by Chatzipetros et al (2013) on Lemnos, Agios Efstratios, Lesvos and Chios Islands allow inferring their offshore prolongation. Ocakoglu et al (2004Ocakoglu et al ( , 2005 provided new data on faulting for the regions of Izmir Bay and Kusadasi.…”