Mustafa Toker

PhD in Geology and Mineralogy

Van Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Turkey

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Research interest: seismology, seismotectonics, active tectonics, crustal deformation, marine seismics.

 Publications 2019–2024

• Toker M., Pınar A., 2024. New Strain Configuration of Convergence in the Arabia-Eurasia Collisional Zone: A Comprehensive Analysis of Large Shear Zones Inferred from Geodetic and Seismic Observations. JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES 271, 106235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106235
• Toker M., Yavuz E., Utkucu M., Uzunca F., 2023. Multiple Segmentation and Seismogenic Evolution of the 6th February 2023 (MW 7.8 and 7.7) Consecutive Earthquake Ruptures and Aftershock Deformation in the Maras Triple Junction Region of Se-Anatolia, Turkey. PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS 345, 107114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2023.107114
• Toker M., Durmuş H., Utkucu M., 2023. Decoupled Co-seismic Deformation and Stress Changes During the 2021 (MW 6.0, 6.4) North Bandar Abbas Doublet Earthquakes in Fin Region, Se-Syntaxis of Zagros, Iran: New Insights Into the Tectonic Deformation Decoupling Process. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES 82(22), 533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-11232-3
• Şentürk E., Adil M.A., Toker M., Iban M.C., Akyürek Ö., 2023. Long-Term Ion Hydration Process and Lithosphere-Atmosphere Coupling Following the 2021 Fagradalsfjall Volcanic Eruption Using Remotely Sensed Data. ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 71(8), 3122–3139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.12.008
• Dokukin P., Güvenaltin M.A., Kaftan V., Toker M., 2023. Co- and Pre-Seismic Crustal Deformations Related to Large Earthquakes Between Years of 2009 and 2023 Using Continuous CORS-TR GNSS Observations in the Anatolian Diagonal (Turkey). RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES 23(5), ES5005. https://doi.org/10.2205/2023ES000877
• Kaftan V.I., Guvenaltin M.A., Dokukin P.A., Toker M., Irmak T.S., 2023. Fifteen-Year Evolution of the Crustal Inner Shear Deficit in a Reference to the Recent East Anatolian Earthquakes. ESDB REPOSITORY. GCRAS, Moscow. https://doi.org/10.2205/ESDB-000877-d03
• Dokukin P.,Güvenaltın M. A., Irmak T.S., Kaftan V., Toker M. 2023. Evolution of the crustal inner displacement deficit in a reference to Elazig earthquake series just before occurring the devastate Ekinozu-Nuradagi earthquakes (M 7.5–7.8, 2023-02-06). ESDB REPOSITORY. GCRAS, Moscow. https://doi.org/10.2205/ESDB-Ekinozu-Nurdagi-quakes
• Alkan H., Toker M., Akkaya I. 2023. An Overview of the Seismicity of Lake Van Basin and its Surrounding Area. YYU FBED 28 (1), 317-333. https://doi.org/10.53433/yyufbed.1138320
• Toker M., Sahin S. 2022. Upper- to mid-crustal seismic attenuation structure above the mantle wedge in East Anatolia, Turkey: Imaging crustal scale segmentation and differentiation. PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS 329–330, 106908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2022.106908
• Toker, M., Sentürk, E., Bayık, C. 2021. Early preliminary results on co-seismic deformation of the island of Samos associated with co-seismic slip following the October 2020 Mw 6.9 Samos earthquake (Greece). ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 14, 2691. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-08951-x
• Toker, M., 2021. Symptomatic discretization of small earthquake clusters reveals seismic coupling to 2017 Bodrum earthquake (Mw 6.6) in the Gulf of Gökova (SW corner of Turkey): Viscous-compliant seismogenesis over back-arc setting. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES 177, 104156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104156 
• Toker, M., 2019. Azimuthal rotation-dependent spatial distributional patterns of small repeaters estimated from microseismic data-set of Gokova Gulf (SW-Turkey). 10TH CONGRESS OF BALKAN GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY, BGS 2019, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201902655
• Toker, M., Pinar, A., 2019. Extensive strike-slip faulting to NNW-part of Lake Erçek region by finite source and coulomb modeling (E-Anatolia).1-5 10TH CONGRESS OF BALKAN GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY, BGS 2019, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201902653
• Toker, M., 2019.  FK-array response to four Greenland glacial earthquakes from geopsy transfer functions. GEOPHYSICA 54(2), 23-43
• Toker, M., Şahin, 2019. Crustal Poisson's ratio tomography and velocity modeling across tectono-magmatic lake regions of Eastern Anatolia (Turkey): New geophysical constraints for crustal tectonics. JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS 131, 101651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2019.101651 
• Abdikan, S., Imamoglu, M., Alasag, T., Toker, M., Kutoglu, S.H., Sahin, S., 2019. Insar analysis of ayvacik 2017 (mw 5.3) earthquake swarm (canakkale, nw-Turkey). INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE PHOTOGRAMMETRY, REMOTE SENSING AND SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCES - ISPRS ARCHIVES 42(2/W13), 1907-1911. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W13-1907-2019
• Toker M., Tur H., 2018. Structural patterns of the Lake Ercek Basin, eastern Anatolia (Turkey): evidence from single-channel seismic interpretation. MARINE GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH 39(4), 567-588 .https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-017-9333-4
• Toker M., Pinar A., Tur H., 2017. Source mechanisms and faulting analysis of the aftershocks in the Lake Ercek area (Eastern Anatolia, Turkey) during the 2011 Van event (Mw 7.1): Implications for the regional stress field and ongoing deformation processes. JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES 150(73-86). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.09.017
• Toker M., Uygun M., 2017. a Translation of Cumcumename in Chagatai TURKISH TURKIYAT ARASTIRMALARI DERGISI-JOURNAL OF STUDIES IN TURKOLOGY 42(23-33)  
• Toker M., Sengor A. M. C., Schluter F.D., Demirbag E., Cukur D., Imren C., Niessen F., 2017. The structural elements and tectonics of the Lake Van basin (Eastern Anatolia) from multi-channel seismic reflection profiles. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES 129 (165-178). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.01.002
• Cukur D., Krastel S., Tomonaga Y., Schmincke H.U., Sumita M., Meydan A.F., Cagatay M.N., Toker M., Kim S.P., Kong G.S., Horozal S., 2017. Structural characteristics of the Lake Van Basin, eastern Turkey, from high-resolution seismic reflection profiles and multibeam echosounder data: geologic and tectonic implications. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES 106(1), 239-253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-016-1312-5
• Kutoglu H.S., Toker M., Mekik C., 2016. The 3-D strain patterns in Turkey using geodetic velocity fields from the RTK-CORS (TR) network (vol 115, pg 246, 2016). JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES 124, 517-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.06.012
• Toker M., 2016. a Prayer Book Written in Kazan Tatar TURKIYAT ARASTIRMALARI DERGISI-JOURNAL OF STUDIES IN TURKOLOGY 40, 195-204
• Kutoglu H.S., Toker M., Mekik C., 2016. The 3-D strain patterns in Turkey using geodetic velocity fields from the RTK-CORS (TR) network. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES 115, 246-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.12.002
• Toker M., 2014. Discrete characteristics of the aftershock sequence of the 2011 Van earthquake. JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES 92(SI), 168-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.06.015