Power-law Distribution of Normal Fault Displacement and Length and Estimation of Extensional Strain due to Normal Faults:A Case Study of the Sierra de San Miguelito, Mexico
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Power-law Distribution of Normal Fault Displacement and Length and Estimation of Extensional Strain due to Normal Faults:A Case Study of the Sierra de San Miguelito, Mexico
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    1 IntroductionFor many deterministic fractals the scale invariance isobvious, but in nature the self-similarity is statistical and itrefers to the geometry shown by a specific parameter of thephysical object. Some parameters of natural faults likelength, displacement, spacing or clustering, show a self-similar geometry (e. g., Walsh et al., 1991; Marrett andAllmendinger, 1992; Poulimenos, 2000). The self-similarity of these parameters is reflected by their power-law distribution and it is co…

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    The Sierra de San Miguelito is a relatively uplifted area and is constituted by a large amount of silicic volcanic rocks with ages from middle to late Cenozoic. The normal faults of the Sierra de San Miguelito are Domino-style and nearly parallel. The cumulative length and displacement of the faults obey power-law distribution. The fractal dimension of the fault traces is -1.49. Using the multi-line one-dimensional sampling, the calculated exponent of cumulative fault displacements is -0.66. A cumulative curve combining measurements of all four sections yielded a slope of -0.63. The displacement-length plot shows a non-linear relationship and large dispersion of data. The large dispersion in the plot is mainly due to the fault linkage during faulting. An estimation of extensional strain due to the normal faults is ca. 0.1830. The bed extension strain is always less than or equal to the horizontal extension strain. The deformation in the Sierra de San Miguelito occurred near the surface, producing pervasive faults and many faults are too small to appear in maps and sections at common scales. The stretching produced by small faults reach ca. 33% of the total horizontal elongation.

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A. F. NIETO-SAMANIEEGO, S. A. ALANIZ-LVAREZ.2005. Power-law Distribution of Normal Fault Displacement and Length and Estimation of Extensional Strain due to Normal Faults:A Case Study of the Sierra de San Miguelito, Mexico[J]. ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA(English edition),79(1):

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