Aykut Barka
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2021) |
Aykut Barka | |
|---|---|
North Anatolian Fault Zone | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Seismology |
| Institutions | Istanbul Technical University |
| Doctoral advisor | Dr. P.L. Hancock, University of Bristol |
Aykut Barka (December 16, 1951,
faults
in the world.
Biography
Barka was born in
PhD degree in 1981 from the University of Bristol, UK
under the supervision of Dr. P.L. Hancock with a thesis on "Seismotectonic Aspects of the North Anatolian Fault Zone".
He worked and studied geosciences in some top rated institutions around the world, including
Cambridge, MA, University of Bristol, UK and Geological Survey of Japan
.
In 1997, Barka published a paper with
USGS, titled "Progressive failure on the North Anatolian Fault since 1939 by earthquake stress triggering", which showed the migration of large earthquakes and, not surprisingly, positive stress accumulation in the Marmara Region. Only two years after this paper was published, the M7.4 1999 İzmit earthquake hit the Marmara Region
, killing more than 17,000 people.
Aykut Barka died on February 1, 2002, from injuries suffered in a car accident five weeks earlier. He left a wife and two young children.
Bibliography
References
- Who is Who – Biographies : Prof. Dr. Aykut Barka
External links
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