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Figure 2.2 Length P of the west coast of Great Britain as a function of the length, r, of a measuring rod. Using equation 1.5, D = 1.25 (from Turcotte, 1992).

Figure 2.1 Simple deterministic fractals. (a) The Cantor set, D = 0.6309. The initiator is a line of unit length. The generator removes the middle third. n = order. (b) The Sierpinksi carpet, D = 1.8928. The initiator is a square. The generator is made up of N = 8 squares. (from Feder, 1989)

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Figure 2.3 Using the box counting method for estimating the fractal dimension of arocky coastline. (a) is a map of the coastline of Dear Island, Maine. (b) The shaded areacontains the square boxes with r = 1 km required to cover the coastline; N = 98.(c) As (b), but with 0.5 km boxes; N = 270. (d) Plot of N against r, yielding D = 1.4. (Turcotte, 1992)

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Figure 2.4 Schematic diagram showing the fractal measurement method for the correlation dimension (from Xie & Pariseau, 1993).

Figure 2.5 Estimation of the correlation dimension, D2, the gradient of a plot of log10 C(r) against log10 r. Black line represents least squares fit to points in the range rn < r < rs.

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Figure 2.6 Cartoon illustrating the processes hypothesised to occur during the fracture of rocks (from Henderson & Main, 1992).

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Figure 2.8 Graph showing (a) b-values and (b) fractal dimensions estimated for the Parkfield area, California. The time co-ordinate is the last earthquake in the 100-event analysis window. Large earthquakes are shown by stars (from Henderson & Main, 1992).

Figure 2.9 Graph showing the correlation of b-value and fractal dimension for theParkfield area, California. Line is fitted using the least-squares method (from Henderson & Main, 1992).

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Figure 2.10 Perspective view of the seismicity, after cluster analysis, from Joâo Câmara, north-eastern Brazil. Symbols represent data points belongingto cluster 1 (circles),cluster 2 (squares), and cluster 3 (crosses). Distances on axes are in kilometers measured from an arbitrary origin (from Henderson et al., 1994).

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Figure 2.11 Diagrams showing, for cluster 1, the evolution of (a) the b-value and (b) the fractal dimension. Error estimates are 95% confidence limits for b, and ± 10% for D. These are indicated by the vertical double-ended arrows. (c) shows the negative correlation between b and D for cluster 1 (from Henderson et al., 1994).

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Figure 2.12 As figure 2.11, but for cluster 2 (from Henderson et al., 1994).

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