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Self-similar seismogenic structure of the crust: A review of the problem and a mathematical model

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The paper presents a brief review of studies of the structural organization of a seismogenic medium showing that the crust of seismically active regions possesses a fractal structure. A new mathematical model of the self-similar seismogenic structure (SSS) of the crust generalizing the reviewed publications is proposed on the basis of the scaling correspondence between the fault, seismic, and seismic energy multifractal fields of the crust. Multifractal fields of other physical origin can also be incorporated in the SSS model.

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Stakhovsky, I.R. Self-similar seismogenic structure of the crust: A review of the problem and a mathematical model. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 43, 1012–1023 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106935130712004X

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