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Active tectonic and paleoseismological characteristics of the Dinar Fault, SW Anatolia, Turkey

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Dinar Fault is an active breakaway fault that plays an essential role in the southwestern Anatolia extensional tectonic regime's neotectonic development. The Dinar Fault's seismicity was proven by October 1, 1995, Dinar Earthquake (Mw 6.2). It consists of three geometric segments called Gümüşsu, Kızıllı and Dikici, respectively, from northwest to southeast. The October 1, 1995 Dinar Earthquake occurred on the Kızıllı Segment, approximately 10 km long, located in the middle of the Dinar Fault. In this study, active tectonic and kinematic characteristics and paleoseismic history of the Dinar Fault were investigated. Based on the fault plane slip data obtained from the Dinar Fault, it is a normal fault with a minor right-lateral strike-slip component. A total of four trenches were excavated across the 1995 surface rupture. According to paleoseismological trench studies, the Dinar Fault's slip rate was estimated as 0.37–0.56 mm/year and the average earthquake recurrence interval was 523 years in the last 3660 years. A number of these earthquakes destroyed the ancient city of Apameia Kibotos (ancient Dinar). The last earthquake that occurred on the Dinar Fault is the October 1, 1995 Dinar Earthquake. The date of the penultimate event occurring on the Dinar Fault was determined as AD 1318–1486, while the antepenultimate event was determined as AD 916–1155. The oldest event occurring on the Dinar Fault was determined as AD 916–111 BC. Structural and paleoseismological data indicate that the other sub-segments of the Dinar Fault, which did not rupture in the 1995 earthquake, have the potential to produce earthquakes with magnitudes varying between Mw: 6.2 to Mw: 6.6.

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This work was carried out as a part of “Turkish Paleoseismological Research’’ Project supported by the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) of Turkey in 2016. We gratefully acknowledge MTA for the support provided. The authors are also grateful to Prof. Dr. Attila Çiner (Editor-in-Chief), Prof. Dr. Hasan Sözbilir (Dokuz Eylül University), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erman Özsayın (Hacettepe University) and an anonymous reviewer for their valuable comments and useful criticisms that have greatly improved the manuscript. The authors are much indebted to Dr. Ömer Emre for insightful comments that helped us to improve the early versions of the manuscript. The authors are grateful to Catherine Yiğit (Skaian English Editing Service) for editing and proofreading the manuscript for language use.

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  2. Department of Geological Engineering, Çukurova University, Sarıçam, 01330, Adana, Turkey

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Kürçer, A., Özdemir, E., Olgun, Ş. et al. Active tectonic and paleoseismological characteristics of the Dinar Fault, SW Anatolia, Turkey. Med. Geosc. Rev. 3, 219–251 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42990-021-00052-x

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