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ERI, University of Tokyo

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Kudo, K., Kanno, T., Okada, H., �zel, O., Erdik, M., Takahashi, M., Sasatani, T., Higashi, S., and Yoshida, K., 2000, Site Specific Issues on Strong Ground Motion during the Kocaeli, Turkey Earthquake of August 17, 1999, as Inferred from Array Observations of Microtremors and Aftershocks: submitted to BSSA Special Issue (August 10, 2000).

Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

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Seeber, L., Armbruster, J.G., Ozer, N., Aktar, M., Baris, S., Okaya, D., Ben-Zion, Y., and Field, N., 2000, The 1999 Earthquake Sequence Along the North Anotolian Transform at the Juncture Between the Two Main Ruptures: Published in Special Volume The 1999 Izmit and Duzce Earthquakes: Preliminary Results, Eds. Barka, A., Kozaci, O., Akyuz, S., and Altunel, S., ITU, Istanbul, 2000.

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Geological Hazards Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park

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�elebi, M..,Toprak, S., and Holzer, T., 1999, Strong-Motion, Site-Effects and Hazard Issues in Rebuilding Turkey: in Light of the 17 August, 1999 Earthquake and its Aftershocks: Proceedings ITU-IAHS International Conference on the Kocaeli Earthquake 17 August 1999: A Scientific Assessment and Recommendations for Re-Building, M Karaca and D. N. Ural, editors, Istanbul Technical University 1999, ISBN 975-561-166-5, pp. 93-110.
International Journal for Housing Science and Its Applications, ISSN 0146-6518, Special Issue: Kocaeli Earthquake 1999, Oktay Ural, Editor-In-Chief, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2000, pp. 21-38.

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Celebi, M., Engineering Implications of Ground Motions from the 1999 Turkey Earthquakes, Paper presented at US-FHWA and Turkish Directoirate for Highways Workshop, October 2000, Ankara, Turkey

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Akkar, S. and G�lkan, P., Examination of  Selected Recent Ground Motion Records From Turkey in Terms of Displacement Design Procedures, (Paper draft in preparation for publication)

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Cranswick, E., Ozel, O., Meremonte, M., Erdik, M., Safak, E., Mueller, C., Overturf, D., and Frankel, A., 1999, Earthquake Damage, Site Response, and Building Response in Avcilar, West of Istanbul, Turkey: Proceedings ITU-IAHS International Conference on the Kocaeli Earthquake 17 August 1999: A Scientific Assessment and Recommendations for Re-Building, M Karaca and D. N. Ural, editors, Istanbul Technical University 1999, ISBN 975-561-166-5, pp. 193-204.  International Journal for Housing Science and Its Applications, Special Issue: Kocaeli Eathquake 1999, ISSN 0146-6518,  Oktay Ural, Editor-In-Chief, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2000, pp. 85-96.

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Akkar, S. and G�lkan, P., A Critical Examination of Near-Field Accelerograms From the Sea of Marmara Region Earthquakes, (Paper draft in preparation for publication)

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Sezen, H., Elwood, K.J., and Whittaker, A.S., 2001, Evolution of Seismic Building Design and Construction Practice in Turkey: (To be submitted to "The Structural Design of Tall Buildings")

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Sezen, H., Elwood, K.J., Whittaker, A.S., and Mosalam, K.M., Performance of Reinforced Concrete Components and Buildings during the August 17, 1999 Kocaeli (Izmit), Turkey Earthquake, (To be submitted to "Engineering Structures")

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Related Links

Celebi, M., Damage Photos from Izmit Earthquake, Set 1, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program,
http://quake.usgs.gov/research/geology/turkey/8-26-99.html

Celebi, M., Damage Photos from Izmit Earthquake, Set 2, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program,
http://quake.usgs.gov/research/geology/turkey/8-27-99.html

Celebi, M., Damage Photos from Izmit Earthquake, Set 3, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program,
http://quake.usgs.gov/research/geology/turkey/9-1-99.html

Implications for Earthquake Risk Reduction in the United States from the Kocaeli, Turkey, Earthquake of August 17, 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1193
http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/circulars/c1193/

Izmit, Turkey: Introduction and Damage Survey, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program,
http://quake.usgs.gov/research/geology/turkey/

Major Earthquake in Turkey, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program,
http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/html_files/turkey/turkey.html

Recent reviews of our work in the popular press and scientific journals, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program,
http://quake.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/reviews.html#Turkey

R. S. Stein, A. A. Barka and J. H. Dieterich, Progressive failure on the North Anatolian fault since 1939 by earthquake stress triggering, Geophys. J. Int., 128, pp. 594-604, 1997.
http://quake.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/papers/anatolia.html

R. S. Stein, J. H. Dieterich and A. A. Barka, Role of stress triggering in earthquake migration on the North Anatolian fault, Phys. & Chem. of the Earth, 21, pp. 225-230, 1996.

The Izmit (Kocaeli), Turkey Earthquake of August 17, 1999, EERI Special Earthquake Report - October 1999,
http://www.eeri.org/Reconn/Turkey0899/Turkey0899.html

T. Parsons, S. Toda, R. S. Stein, A. Barka and J. H. Dieterich, Heightened odds of large earthquakes near Istanbul: An interaction-based probability calculation, Science, 288, pp. 661-665, 2000.
http://quake.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/papers/istanbul.html
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