Seismic attractor can assist in finding of geothermal area?

Abstract The seismic active zone is a distributed system consisting of various subareas. To understand a state of the system during a given period of time so called ‘the linear gradient frame’ technique was developed to search the stable characteristics for subareas. The search is based on analysis of geographic components, least-squares inversion and statistical estimators of seismic data. The stable subarea includes hypocenters of earthquakes, the space-time trajectories of which are restricted by a certain domain (seismic attractor). Fractal structures obtained in south of Iceland are in an agreement with geological history. The results are promising for the geothermal exploration. Graphical Abstract Diagram of the developed technique and demonstration of one from outcomes.

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