Size and spatial distributions of fault populations: Empirically synthesized evolution laws for the fractal geometries

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Goto, Kazuhisa ^a   Otsuki, Kenshiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fault population; Fractal; Size frequency; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRESSES;

ENERGY DENSITY; PRINCIPAL STRESS AXES;

GEOPHYSICS;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NEOGENE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 18344418558     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl018868     Document Type: Article

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