Fractal geometry and seismicity in the Mexican subduction zone

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F. Angulo-Brown
A. H. Ramírez-Guzmán
E. Yépez
A. Rudolf-Navarro
C. G. Pavía-Miller

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Mediante el método de conteo por cajas se calcula la dimensión fractal D de una distribución de fallas, fracturas y lineamientos en una región de la costa del sur del Pacífico mexicano. Los resultados sugieren que el valor b de la ley de Gutenberg-Richter y la dimensión fractal están positivamente correlacionadas. Proponemos también que D depende de la profundidad de la zona sismogénica.

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Angulo-Brown, F., Ramírez-Guzmán, A. H., Yépez, E., Rudolf-Navarro, A., & Pavía-Miller, C. G. (1998). Fractal geometry and seismicity in the Mexican subduction zone. Geofísica Internacional, 37(1), 29–33. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1998.37.1.2157
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