*Hulya Kurt¹, Christopher SORLIEN², Leonardo SEEBER³, Michael STECKLER³, Donna SHILLINGTON³, Gunay CIFCI⁴, Derman DONDURUR⁴, Seda OKAY⁴ (1.Istanbul Technical University, Department of Geophysics, 2.Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, 3.Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 4.Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology)