TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Fractal geometry of faults in relation to the 12 October 1992 Cairo earthquake
JO  - Natural hazards
A1  - Arab, Nimr
A1  - Kazi, Asadullah
A1  - Rieke, Herman H.
SP  - 221
EP  - 233
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
N2  - The aim of this study is to demonstrate how the 12 October 1992 Cairo earthquake relates to the spatial geometry of the northern Egyptian fault systems. A box-counting algorithm was used, in a focused down approach (from regional to local scales) to analyze the fractal dimensions of the existing faults. The results indicate that these faults display fractal geometries that are self-similar over two to three orders of magnitude. It is shown that the northwest-southeast (Northern Red Sea) trending fault system has the lowest fractal dimension value. Coincidentally, this fault trend is the one that the fault plane solution shows to be active.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0921-030X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00596143
ID  - ref1
ER  -