A University of Minnesota professor heads an international group of geoscientists investigating earthquake-impacted regions. An international team led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has successfully determined the age and formation process of the East Anatolian fault, extending from the
The East Anatolian fault zone was the site of two devastating earthquakes that occurred in Turkey and Syria in February 2023. While the University of Minnesota-led team’s findings won’t help predict timing or size of earthquakes, it allows geologists to learn more about how long the area has been seismically active and how major earthquakes have shaped the landscape over time.
The faults we see on the Earth’s surface are cracks caused by the movements of the planet’s massive tectonic plates. These movements cause stress to build up, and the release of that stress causes the earthquakes humans experience on the surface. Whitney and her team began studying the Anatolian plate back in 2011 because they found evidence that for tens of millions of years, the middle of the plate had been deforming—a process that typically only happens at the edges of tectonic plates. Then, five million years ago, there was a dramatic change. Since that time, nearly all the tectonic movement has been focused along two major earthquake-generating faults: the North Anatolian Fault and the East Anatolian Fault.
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