Geometría fractal de la Zona de Falla de Lorca-Alhama (Murcia, SE España)

Fractal theory is applied in a quantitative analysis of the Lorca-Alhama Fault Zone geometry. Direct estimates of fractal dimension [D] of portions of the Lorca-Alhama Fault, has been based on the different geometric segments proposed by Silva e t al (1992). Individual fractal dimensions are obtaine...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Silva, P. G.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1996
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/12883
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/12883
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fractal geometry
Fault segmentation
Seismicity
Lorca-Alhama Fault
SE Spain
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Sumario:Fractal theory is applied in a quantitative analysis of the Lorca-Alhama Fault Zone geometry. Direct estimates of fractal dimension [D] of portions of the Lorca-Alhama Fault, has been based on the different geometric segments proposed by Silva e t al (1992). Individual fractal dimensions are obtained from a set of measured fault lenghts, analogous to the lenghts of coastlines discussed by Mandelbrot (1982). Based on fault traces mapped at a scale of 1:25.000, [D] is 1,25 for the entire fault zone. But in the segmented analysis, reaches chatracterized by complicated fault geometry, are associated with larger values of [D]. In contrast, reaches with lowest values o f [D], are related to are asof moderate/low seismic activity. In particular, sectors with [D] lowest than 1.15 are totally a seismic, and seem to be necesary to exceed [D] values of 1.4 to nucleate major earthquakes