The Karlıova triple junction is a geologic triple junction of three tectonic plates: the Anatolian plate , the Eurasian plate and the Arabian plate .
6-609: The Karlıova triple junction is found where the east–west trending North Anatolian Fault intersects the East Anatolian Fault coming up from the southwest, and is ~700 km distant from the Maras triple junction . Because each arm of the junction is a transform fault (F), the Karlıova triple junction is an F-F-F type junction. The Karliova triple junction is a geological intersection point located in eastern Turkey, where
12-570: A Y-shaped configuration. The Arabian plate boundary extends to the southeast, the African plate boundary extends to the southwest, and the Eurasian plate boundary extends to the north. This tectonics article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . North Anatolian Fault The North Anatolian Fault ( NAF ) ( Turkish : Kuzey Anadolu Fay Hattı ) is an active right-lateral strike-slip fault in northern Anatolia , and
18-467: A point progressively further west. Seismologists studying this pattern believe that each earthquake may trigger the next. By analyzing the stresses along the fault caused by each large earthquake, they were able to predict the shock that hit the town of İzmit with devastating effect in August 1999. It is thought that the chain is not complete, and that an earthquake will soon strike further west along
24-647: Is the transform boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Anatolian plate . The fault extends westward from a junction with the East Anatolian Fault at the Karliova Triple Junction in eastern Turkey , across northern Turkey and into the Aegean Sea for a length of 1200 −1500 kilometers. It runs about 20 km south of Istanbul . The North Anatolian Fault is similar in many ways to
30-624: The San Andreas Fault in California. Both are continental transforms with similar lengths and slip rates. The Sea of Marmara near Istanbul is an extensional basin similar to the Salton Trough in California, where a releasing bend in the strike slip system creates a pull-apart basin . Since the disastrous 1939 Erzincan earthquake , there have been seven earthquakes measuring over 7.0 in magnitude, each happening at
36-537: The boundaries of the Arabian plate, the Eurasian plate, and the African plate meet. It is a complex structure with multiple faults and fractures, resulting from the collision and convergence of these tectonic plates. The geometry of the Karliova triple junction is characterized by three intersecting arms, each representing the boundary of one of the plates. The arms meet at an angle of approximately 120 degrees, forming
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