Okan Tüysüz

Istanbul Technical University (IU), Professor (Retired), PhD, Oil and Energy Industry, Geological Engineer and Advisor (Consultant)

Okan Tüysüz received his PhD in Tectonics from IU’s Dept. of Geological Engineering. He is a retired professor in Structural Geology-Tectonics and was the Director of Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences. He has published more than 130 papers and a textbook, Earthquake and Turkey. These publications were cited more than 9,000 times. He has participated in more than 40 national and international projects, and is one of the first to initiate the applications of GIS in geology in Turkey. After the 1999 Kocaeli earthquakes, he worked on mapping of active faults, seismicity and site selection in many parts of Turkey. His main research and publications include Palaeo- and neo-tectonics of Turkey, active tectonics and morphotectonics of Asia Minor, geology and oil potential of the Black Sea, tectonic evolution of the Central Anatolian basins, seismicity of power plants and natural gas lines, and geothermal resource investigations.

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