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North Anatolian Fault
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North Anatolian Fault
The
North Anatolian Fault
(
NAF
) is an active right-lateral
strike-slip fault
in northern
Anatolia
which runs along the
transform
boundary between the
Eurasian Plate
and the
Anatolian Plate
. The fault extends westward from a junction with the
East Anatolian Fault
at the
Karliova Triple Junction
in eastern
Turkey
, across northern Turkey and into the
Aegean Sea
for a length of 1500 kilometers. It runs about 20 km south of
Istanbul
. The North Anatolian Fault is similar in many ways to the
San Andreas Fault
in California. Both are continental
transforms
with similar lengths and slip rates. The
Sea of Marmara
near
Istanbul
is an extensional basin similar to the
Salton Trough
in California, where a releasing bend in the strike-slip system creates a
pull-apart basin
.
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