MARMARA

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Le Suroît
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 12/09/2000 - 03/10/2000
Chief scientist(s) LE PICHON Xavier, SENGOR Celal , DEMIRBAG Emin

CENTRE EUROPÉEN DE RECHERCHE ET D'ENSEIGNEMENT DE GÉOSCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT - UM 34 UMR CNRS 7330, IRD 161

Technopôle environnement Arbois-Méditerranée

BP 80

13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4

+33(0)4 42 97 15 00

https://www.cerege.fr/fr/
DOI 10.17600/20100
Objective

Mapping and acoustic imaging of the deep parts of the Marmara Sea. Identification of active faults and their geometry in 3D and characterization of their segmentation. This falls under the MARMARA project.

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Sultan NabilORCID, Murphy ShaneORCID, Riboulot VincentORCID, Géli LouisORCID (2022). Creep-dilatancy development at a transform plate boundary. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1913 (10p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29558-0 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00765/87664/


Géli LouisORCID, Henry Pierre, Çağatay M. Namik (2021). A review of 20 years (1999–2019) of Turkish–French collaboration in marine geoscience research in the Sea of Marmara. Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews, 3, 3-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42990-021-00055-8


Gasperini Luca, Stucchi Massimiliano, Cedro Vincenzo, Meghraoui Mustapha, Ucarkus Gulsen, Polonia Alina (2021). Active fault segments along the North Anatolian Fault system in the Sea of Marmara: implication for seismic hazard. Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews, 3, 29-44. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s42990-021-00048-7 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00684/79575/


Dupre StephanieORCID, Scalabrin CarlaORCID, Grall Celine, Augustin Jean-Marie, Henry Pierre, Sengor A. M. Celal, Goeruer Naci, Cagatay M. Namik, Geli LouisORCID (2015). Tectonic and sedimentary controls on widespread gas emissions in the Sea of Marmara: Results from systematic, shipborne multibeam echo sounder water column imaging. Journal Of Geophysical Research-solid Earth, 120(5), 2891-2912. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011617 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00268/37972/


Grall Celine, Henry P., Thomas Yannick, Westbrook Graham, Cagatay M. N., Marsset Bruno, Saritas H., Cifci G., Geli LouisORCID (2013). Slip rate estimation along the western segment of the Main Marmara Fault over the last 405–490 ka by correlating mass transport deposits. Tectonics, 32(6), 1587-1601. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1002/2012TC003255 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00169/28074/


Tryon Michael D., Henry Pierre, Hilton David R. (2012). Quantifying submarine fluid seep activity along the North Anatolian Fault Zone in the Sea of Marmara. Marine Geology, 315-318, 15-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.05.004


Gasperini Luca, Polonia Alina, Bortoluzzi Giovanni, Henry Pierre, Le Pichon Xavier, Tryon Michael, Cagatay Namik, Geli LouisORCID (2011). How far did the surface rupture of the 1999 Izmit earthquake reach in Sea of Marmara? Tectonics, 30, 11 p. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2010TC002726 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00031/14256/


Becel Anne, Laigle Mireille, de Voogd Beatrice, Hirn Alfred, Taymaz Tuncay, Yolsal-Cevikbilen Seda, Shimamura H. (2010). North Marmara Trough architecture of basin infill, basement and faults, from PSDM reflection and OBS refraction seismics. Tectonophysics, 490(1-2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.004


Geli LouisORCID, Henry P, Zitter T, Dupre StephanieORCID, Tryon M, Cagatay M, de Lepinay B, Le Pichon X, Sengor A, Gorur N, Natalin B, Ucarkus G, Oezeren S, Volker D, Gasperini L, Burnard P, Bourlange S (2008). Gas emissions and active tectonics within the submerged section of the North Anatolian Fault zone in the Sea of Marmara. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 274(1-2), 34-39. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.047 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/4681/


Carton H., Singh S.C., Hirn A., Bazin S., de Voogd B., Vigner A., Ricolleau A., Cetin S., Ocakoglu N., Karakoc F., Sevilgen V. (2007). Seismic imaging of the three-dimensional architecture of the Cinarcik Basin along the North Anatolian Fault. Journal Of Geophysical Research-solid Earth, 112(B6101), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JB004548


Armijo R, Pondard N, Meyer B, Ucarkus G, de Lepinay Bm, Malavieille J, Dominguez S, Gutscher Ma, Schmidt S, Beck C, Cagatay N, Cakir Z, Imren C, Eris K, Natalin B, Ozalaybey S, Tolun L, Lefevre I, Seeber L, Gasperini Luca, Rangin C, Emre O, Sarikavak K (2005). Submarine fault scarps in the Sea of Marmara pull-apart (North Anatolian Fault): Implications for seismic hazard in Istanbul. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 6(6), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GC000896


Sengor Amc, Tuysuz O, Imren C, Sakinc M, Eyidogan H, Gorur G, Le Pichon X, Rangin C (2005). The North Anatolian Fault: A new look. Annual Review Of Earth And Planetary Sciences, 33, 37-112. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.earth.32.101802.120415


Rangin C, Le Pichon X, Demirbag E, Imren C (2004). Strain localization in the Sea of Marmara: Propagation of the North Anatolian Fault in a now inactive pull-apart. Tectonics, 23(TC2014), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1029/2002TC001437


Le Pichon X, Chamotrooke N, Rangin C, Sengor Amc (2003). The North Anatolian fault in the Sea of Marmara. Journal Of Geophysical Research-solid Earth, 108(B4 / 2179), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JB001862


Demirbag Emin, Rangin Claude, Le Pichon X, Sengor Amc (2003). Investigation of the tectonics of the Main Marmara Fault by means of deep-towed seismic data. Tectonophysics, 361(1-2), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00535-8


Le Pichon X, Sengor Amc, Demirbag E, Rangin C, Imren C, Armijo R, Gorur N, Cagatay N, de Lepinay Bm, Meyer B, Saatcilar R, Tok B (2001). The active Main Marmara Fault. Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 192(4), 595-616. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00449-6


Imren C, Le Pichon X, Rangin C, Demirbag E, Ecevitoglu B, Gorur N (2001). The North Anatolian Fault within the Sea of Marmara: a new interpretation based on multi-channel seismic and multi-beam bathymetry data. Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 186(2), 143-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00241-2


References of Atlases

RANGIN, C; DEMIRBAG E., IMREN, C., CRUSSON, A., NORMAND, A., LE DREZEN, E., and LE BOT, A., Marine Atlas of the Sea of Marmara (Turkey). IFREMER , IBSN 2-844433-068-1, 2001.