Prof. Dr. Aykut Barka, Istanbul Technical University Dept of Geology 

Prof. Dr. Aykut Barka - New York, Aralık Dec. 1999
1999 Izmit Depremi Konuşması - Türkçe bölümü
İTÜ Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitüsü
İTÜ Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences
Gencecik 50 yaşında 2002 yılında yitirdik. Özlem ve Saygıyla anıyoruz.
Merhum İTÜ Maden Fakültesi Dekanımız Prof. İhsan Ketin Anma Projesi kapsamında, Prof. Barka’nın yayınlarının bağlantılarını da arşivlemekteyiz. Bir tanesi aşağıda.
İTÜ MD ABD
Aykut Barka (1952 - 2002) was a Turkish earth scientist specialized in earthquake research. He is best known for his contributions to understanding the behavior of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ), one of the most dangerous active faults in the world.
Education:
1977-1981 Ph.D, from Department of Geology, University of Bristol, England, title of thesis “Seismotectonic Aspects of the North Anatolian Fault Zone” under supervision of Dr. P.L. Hancock
1970-1975 B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Geology, University of Istanbul, Turkey, MSc. thesis prepared on “Structural Geology of the Area Between Reşadiye and Niksar on the North Anatolian Fault Zone”
He worked and studied geosciences in some top rated institutions around the world, including Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, École Normale Supérieure Paris, MIT's Earth Resources Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, University of Bristol, UK and Geological Survey of Japan.
In 1997, Barka published a paper with Ross Stein and James H. Dieterich of USGS, titled "Progressive failure on the North Anatolian Fault since 1939 by earthquake stress triggering". It 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.
Bibliography
Stein, R. S.; Barka, A. A.; Dieterich, J. H. (1997),
"Progressive failure on the North Anatolian fault since 1939 by earthquake stress triggering",
Geophysical Journal International,
Oxford University Press, 128: 594-604, 1997
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