Geometry and growth of an inner rift fault pattern: the Kino Sogo Fault Belt, Turkana Rift (North Kenya)

Generalized statistical mechanics approaches to earthquakes and tectonics

“…This type of scaling in fault-length distributions has been observed in mid-ocean ridges [54], in the Turcana Rift (Northern Kenya) [55] and in high-strain zones in the Corinth Rift [56] and the Afar Rift [57]. The power-law frequency-size distribution and the self-similar structure across the wide range of scales have been considered as strong indications of fractal geometries in fracture systems (e.g.…”

Statistical mechanics and scaling of fault populations with increasing strain in the Corinth Rift

“…Zygouri et al (2008) used a different dataset to study only active faults in the Rift and drew similar conclusions about fracture saturation and maturity, although the authors interpreted their fault-length distributions as "bi-fractal" and linked this property to the underlying rock rheology. The authors also suggested that for small faults (<5 km) nucleation is more pronounced in the offshore than the onshore population and above this length the two fault populations follow similar growth patterns (Zygouri et al, 2008). By contrast, our analysis that includes the complete fault population of the Rift, suggests that coalescence dominates over nucleation and growth in the offshore active Rift zone.…”

The Late Oligocene to Early Miocene early evolution of rifting in the southwestern part of the Roer Valley Graben

“…Since the length of these systems was established during previous (Mesozoic) rifting and inversion phases (see Deckers et al 2014a), it was abnormally high in respect to the displacements during their Chattian reactivation (very low D-L ratio; c.f. Walsh et al 2002;Vetel et al 2005). The focus of strain upon the growth of some faults into long systems is coincident with the end of activity along other faults in the basal part of the Voort Member.…”