Spatial distribution, scaling and self-similar behavior of fracture arrays in the Los Planes Fault, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 805-826

  Nieto Samaniego, Angel Francisco ^a   Alaniz Alvarez, S A ^a   Tolson, G ^b   Oleschko, K ^b   Korvin, G ^c   Xu, S S ^a   Perez Venzor J A ^d  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fractal analysis; Fracture arrays; Fracture density; Scaling law; Self similarity

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE GEOMETRY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17444405616     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2642-y     Document Type: Article

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