<p>The Van Gölü Fault was recently identified after the occurrence of two devastating earthquakes in the district of Van, Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye. This significant fault has not been included in the literature because of large volcanic cover in this region. The aforementioned earthquakes have stimulated geological and geophysical surveys around Lake Van, despite the limited amount of seismic, borehole and sedimentological data. There are apparent, E–W trending magnetic anomalies along a slightly curved line crossing the northern part of the lake (indicating the existence of a fault). The main goal of this study was to display the location of this fault using various data processing methods for aeromagnetic anomalies. Based on these processes, the first and second derivatives, analytic signal, total horizontal derivative, tilt, and theta angle maps were constructed to clearly indicate the fault. Considering the geographical location of the fault, it is named as the “Van Gölü Fault” in this study. The Nemrut and Süphan volcanic mountains together with the strong magnetic anomalies to the east of Lake Van are all aligned on the Van Gölü Fault trend and they likely originated from the magmatic-volcanic emplacements related to this recently reactivated fault.</p>

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A geophysical investigation for detection of a buried fault under the volcanic cover, Eastern Anatolia-Türkiye

  • Attila Aydemir

摘要

The Van Gölü Fault was recently identified after the occurrence of two devastating earthquakes in the district of Van, Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye. This significant fault has not been included in the literature because of large volcanic cover in this region. The aforementioned earthquakes have stimulated geological and geophysical surveys around Lake Van, despite the limited amount of seismic, borehole and sedimentological data. There are apparent, E–W trending magnetic anomalies along a slightly curved line crossing the northern part of the lake (indicating the existence of a fault). The main goal of this study was to display the location of this fault using various data processing methods for aeromagnetic anomalies. Based on these processes, the first and second derivatives, analytic signal, total horizontal derivative, tilt, and theta angle maps were constructed to clearly indicate the fault. Considering the geographical location of the fault, it is named as the “Van Gölü Fault” in this study. The Nemrut and Süphan volcanic mountains together with the strong magnetic anomalies to the east of Lake Van are all aligned on the Van Gölü Fault trend and they likely originated from the magmatic-volcanic emplacements related to this recently reactivated fault.