Split sea and walls of water

• DOI: 10.2183/pjab.78.24
• Publication Date: 2008-04-04T14:06:09Z
• Authors: Motoji IKEYA; Hideo SATOH; Ülkü ULUSOY; Ryuji KIMURA
• Keywords: Inflow; Outflow; Seabed

A statement of split sea in the Izmit Gulf, where North Anatolian Fault is extending, was obtained from a witness fisherman when we collected retrospective statements about unusual phenomena before earthquake 1999. The and walls seawater on both sides his boat, which name Moses' phenomenon after Exodus, were ascribed to larger outflow out fault zone at time faulting than inflow outside sea. water removal by preseismic dilatancy large areas fissures breccia addition horizontal due subsidence land floors overwhelmed zone; would be blocked narrow shallow channel Cape Gölcük. has hydrodynamically been calculated assuming“an open hydraulic flow”and reproduced experimentally an aquarium model. tidal withdrawal appearance floor as reported for great Kanto 1923 may also explained bay cut line limited submarine sand dunes.