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GIS-Practical Experience in the Boundaries Definition of the Platform Deep Crustal Blocks on the Studying of the Earth’s Surface Fractal Divisibility: Example of the White Sea-Kuloi Plateau

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I. S. Sergeev

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DOI:10.17265/2332-8223/2016.01.003

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St. Petersburg State University, Institute of Earth Sciences, Russia

ABSTRACT

This study examines the use of the geographic information systems (GIS) in structural geomorphology to build the model of the crust based on fractal analysis of relief. Fractal theory, developed by B. Mandelbrot, used to determination morpho-bloc divisibility of the Earth’s surface. There is the traceable statistically recurring relief structure indicate the appropriate tiered hierarchy of crustal blocks forming the tectonic and kinematic layers. This hypothesis tested on a digital elevation model (DEM) of the White Sea-Kuloi Plateau — an area of tectonic and magmatic activity of the Paleozoic era. Found the correlation of position the kimberlite magmatic bodies with the tectonic blocks certain depth according to a fractal analysis.

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Structural relief, tectonic blocs, geographic information systems, digital elevation model, fractal dimension.

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