Marash triple junction

The Maraş triple junction is a geologic triple junction of three tectonic plates: the Anatolian plate, the African plate and the Arabian plate.^[1]

The Maraş triple junction at the junction of the East Anatolian Fault and Dead Sea Transform

The Maraş triple junction is found where the side-by-side African and Arabian plates, both drifting north and demarcated by the north–south trending Dead Sea Transform (itself an extension of the African Rift Valleys), come up against the Anatolian plate lying across their path at the East Anatolian Fault. The junction site is near the Gulf of Alexandretta, and is ~700 km distant from the Karlıova triple junction. After a long quiescence, the Maraş triple junction was ruptured by the violent 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.^[2]

References

1. Chorowicz, J.; Luxey, P.; Lyberis, N.; Carvalho, J.; Parrot, J.-F.; Yürür, T.; Gündogdu, N. (1994). "The Maras Triple Junction (southern Turkey) based on digital elevation model and satellite imagery interpretation". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 99 (B10): 20225–20242. Bibcode:1994JGR....9920225C. doi:10.1029/94JB00321.
2. National Earthquake Information Center (6 February 2023). "M 7.8 – 23 km E of Nurdağı, Turkey". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 February 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.