caa a22 4500 477048080 CHVBK 20180405111335.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00877480 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00877480 Fractal dimension of faults network in the upper silesian coal basin (Poland): Preliminary studies [Elektronische Daten] [Adam Idziak, Lesław Teper] Fractal analysis of faults network, tremor foci spatial distribution as well as the Gutenberg-Richter relationship could further explain whether the biggest seismic events are connected with recent tectonic activity. Fractality of fault systems geometry, as a first step of the analysis, was tested fro a part of the USCB embodying the main structural units. The cluster analysis and the box counting methods were employed. The calculated fractal dimension of fault network was 1.98 for the whole area yet for considered structural units it was close to 1.6. The results point to similarity of studied fault pattern to river network. Faults within selected tectonic units make separate sets which have a distinct geometry and origin. The value of 1.6 is an upper limit to the fracture geometry of rocks that can be explained on the basis of Griffith energy balance concept. Birkhäuser Verlag, 1996 Fractal dimension nationallicence faults nationallicence cool basin nationallicence Poland nationallicence Idziak Adam Faculty of Earth Sciences, Silesian University, ul. Bedzinska 60, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland aut Teper Lesław Faculty of Earth Sciences, Silesian University, ul. Bedzinska 60, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland aut pure and applied geophysics Birkhäuser-Verlag 147/2(1996-07-01), 239-247 0033-4553 147:2<239 1996 147 24 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00877480 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00877480 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Idziak Adam Faculty of Earth Sciences, Silesian University, ul. Bedzinska 60, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Teper Lesław Faculty of Earth Sciences, Silesian University, ul. Bedzinska 60, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- pure and applied geophysics Birkhäuser-Verlag 147/2(1996-07-01), 239-247 0033-4553 147:2<239 1996 147 24 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer