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Hasan Sözbilir is affiliated with Dokuz Eylül University in Turkey and specializes in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on geophysics. Their research output includes 92 publications, primarily covering topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, earthquake detection and analysis, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Their subfields of study include geophysics, artificial intelligence applications in earth sciences, mechanics of materials, atmospheric science, and earth-surface processes.

Key topics in Hasan Sözbilir's research address:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Earthquake detection and analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geochemistry and geologic mapping
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Rock mechanics and modeling

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Hasan Sözbilir are:

  • The 2023 Pazarcık (Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye) earthquake (M w 7.7): implications for surface rupture dynamics along the East Anatolian Fault Zone, 2023, Journal of the Geological Society
  • Distribution of geothermal arsenic in relation to geothermal play types: A global review and case study from the Anatolian plate (Turkey), 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Surface deformations of 24 January 2020 Sivrice (Elazığ)-Doğanyol (Malatya) earthquake (Mw = 6.8) along the Pütürge segment of the East Anatolian Fault Zone and its comparison with Turkey's 100-year-surface ruptures, 2020, Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews
  • GPS derived finite source mechanism of the 30 October 2020 Samos earthquake, Mw = 6.9, in the Aegean extensional region, 2021, TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
  • Present day strike-slip deformation within the southern part of the İzmir-Balıkesir Transfer Zone based on GNSS data and implications for seismic hazard assessment in western Anatolia, 2020, TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES

Hasan Sözbilir frequently publishes in these venues:

  • TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
  • Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni / Geological Bulletin of Turkey
  • Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews
  • Türk Deprem Araştırma Dergisi
  • Afyon Kocatepe University Journal of Sciences and Engineering

The scientist's research network shows collaborations with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Çağlar Özkaymak
  • Mustafa Softa
  • Orhan Tatar
  • Semih Eski
  • Ercan Aksoy

This body of work highlights a focus on seismic activity and geological processes within Turkey and related regions, with an emphasis on both observational data and analytical modeling relevant to earthquake science and geohazards.

Best Publications

  • Tectonic evolution of the Gediz Graben: field evidence for an episodic, two-stage extension in western Turkey

    Erdin Bozkurt;Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r

  • Multistage exhumation of the Menderes Massif, western Anatolia (Turkey).

    Andor L. W. Lips;Daniel Cassard;Hasan Sözbilir;Huseyin Yilmaz

  • Extensional Tectonics and the Geometry of Related Macroscopic Structures: Field Evidence from the Gediz Detachment, Western Turkey

    Hasan Sözbilir

  • Crustal structure and local seismicity in western Anatolia

    Nihal Akyol;Lupei Zhu;Brian J. Mitchell;Hasan Sözbilir

  • Geometry and origin of folding in the Neogene sediments of the Gediz Graben, western Anatolia, Turkey

    Hasan Sözbilir

  • Stratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous-Palaeogene sequences in the southern and eastern Menderes Massif (western Turkey)

    Sacit Özer;Hasan Sözbilir;İzver Özkar;Vedia Toker

  • Tectonic implications of transtensional supradetachment basin development in an extension-parallel transfer zone: the Kocaçay Basin, western Anatolia, Turkey

    Hasan Sözbilir;Bilal Sarι;Bora Uzel;Ökmen Sümer

  • Source of arsenic based on geological and hydrogeochemical properties of geothermal systems in Western Turkey

    Alper Baba;Hasan Sözbilir

  • Evidence for two episodes of volcanism in the Bigadiç borate basin and tectonic implications for western Turkey

    Fuat Erkül;Cahi̇t Helvaci;Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r

  • Geochemistry and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of Miocene volcanic rocks from the Karaburun Peninsula: Implications for amphibole-bearing lithospheric mantle source, Western Anatolia

    Cahit Helvacı;E. Yalçın Ersoy;Hasan Sözbilir;Fuat Erkül

  • Oligo-Miocene extension in the Lycian orogen: evidence from the Lycian molasse basin, SW Turkey

    Hasan Sözbilir

  • A geochemical approach to Neogene–Quaternary volcanic activity of western Anatolia: An example of episodic bimodal volcanism within the Selendi Basin, Turkey

    Y. Ersoy;C. Helvacı;H. Sözbilir;F. Erkül

  • Structural evidence for strike-slip deformation in the İzmir–Balıkesir transfer zone and consequences for late Cenozoic evolution of western Anatolia (Turkey)

    Bora Uzel;Hasan Sözbilir;Çağlar Özkaymak;Nuretdin Kaymakcı

  • The 2023 Pazarcık (Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye) earthquake (M <sub>w</sub> 7.7): implications for surface rupture dynamics along the East Anatolian Fault Zone

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  • Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the NE–SW-trending superimposed Selendi basin: Implications for late Cenozoic crustal extension in Western Anatolia, Turkey

    Yalçın E. Ersoy;Cahit Helvacı;Hasan Sözbilir

  • Evolution of the Large-scale Active Manisa Fault, Southwest Turkey: Implications on Fault Development and Regional Tectonics

    Erdin Bozkurt;Hasan Sözbilir

  • Neotectonic Evolution of an Actively Growing Superimposed Basin in Western Anatolia: The Inner Bay of İzmir, Turkey

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  • Tectonic evolution of the Kiraz Basin, Küçük Menderes Graben:Evidence for compression/uplift-related basin formation overprinted by extensional tectonics in west Anatolia

    Tahir Emre;Hasan Sözbilir

  • Tectonic geomorphology of the Spildağı High Ranges, western Anatolia

    Çağlar Özkaymak;Hasan Sözbilir

  • A palynostratigraphic approach to the SW Anatolian molasse basin: Kale-Tavas molasse and Denizli molasse

    Funda Akgün;Hasan Sözbilir

  • Geometry and origin of folding in the Neogene sediments of the Gediz Graben, western Anatolia, Turkey

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  • Tectonic evolution of the Söke Basin: Extension-dominated transtensional basin formation in western part of the Büyük Menderes Graben, Western Anatolia, Turkey

    Ökmen Sümer;Uğur İnci;Hasan Sözbilir

  • Presence and tectonic significance of Cretaceous rudist species in the so-called Permo-Carboniferous Göktepe Formation, central Menderes metamorphic massif, western Turkey

    Sacit Özer;Hasan Sözbilir

Frequent Co-Authors

Nuretdin Kaymakci
Nuretdin Kaymakci Middle East Technical University
Cahit Helvacı
Cahit Helvacı Dokuz Eylül University
Naki Akçar
Naki Akçar University of Bern
Erdin Bozkurt
Erdin Bozkurt Middle East Technical University
Cor G. Langereis
Cor G. Langereis Utrecht University
Murat Uysal
Murat Uysal New York University Abu Dhabi
Klaudia F. Kuiper
Klaudia F. Kuiper Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Christian Schlüchter
Christian Schlüchter University of Bern
Osman Parlak
Osman Parlak Cukurova University
Lupei Zhu
Lupei Zhu Saint Louis University

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