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Links
US Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program, 1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/geology/turkey/
Tectonic Setting of the Izmit Earthquake – IPGP
http://www.ipgp.fr/~lacassin/WebTecto/rech/tectorecherche/IzmitWEB/IzmitUK.html
Seislab, Insttute of Marine Sciences, Dokuz Eyül University
http://web.deu.edu.tr/seislab/eng_index.html
International workshop on comparative studies of the North Anatolian Fault and the San Andreas Fault (Southern California)
http://projects.crustal.ucsb.edu/NAF-SAF-2006/