Fault populations and their relationship to the scaling of surface roughness
Fault populations and their relationship to the scaling of surface roughness
The relationship between the scaling properties of faulted geological surfaces and parameters describing the underlying fault population are investigated using simulations of a dip?slip faulted surface. Analysis of multiple simulations of sections through the surface allowed the construction of a statistical relationship between the parameters defining the fault population and the fractal dimension of the surface. The results indicate a direct, if complex, relationship between the fault population and the scaling of the surface roughness. The main determining factor is the displacement distribution, with spacing and dip having only a minor contribution. This relationship is tested against examples from the Moray Firth, Scotland, and the central Indian Ocean.
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Pickering, G.
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Bull, J.M.
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Sanderson, D.J.
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1999
Pickering, G.
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Bull, J.M.
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Sanderson, D.J.
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Pickering, G., Bull, J.M. and Sanderson, D.J.
(1999)
Fault populations and their relationship to the scaling of surface roughness.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 104 (B2), .
Abstract
The relationship between the scaling properties of faulted geological surfaces and parameters describing the underlying fault population are investigated using simulations of a dip?slip faulted surface. Analysis of multiple simulations of sections through the surface allowed the construction of a statistical relationship between the parameters defining the fault population and the fractal dimension of the surface. The results indicate a direct, if complex, relationship between the fault population and the scaling of the surface roughness. The main determining factor is the displacement distribution, with spacing and dip having only a minor contribution. This relationship is tested against examples from the Moray Firth, Scotland, and the central Indian Ocean.
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