Fractal Dimension Analysis Applied to Soil CO<sub>2</sub> Fluxes in Campotosto’s Seismic Area, Central Italy

Simone D’Incecco; Piero Di Carlo; Eleonora Aruffo; Nikolaos Chatzisavvas; Ermioni Petraki; Georgios Priniotakis; Ioannis Voyiatzis; Panayiotis H. Yannakopoulos; Dimitrios Nikolopoulos

doi:10.3390/geosciences10060233

Geosciences (Jun 2020)

Fractal Dimension Analysis Applied to Soil CO<sub>2</sub> Fluxes in Campotosto’s Seismic Area, Central Italy

Simone D’Incecco,
Piero Di Carlo,
Eleonora Aruffo,
Nikolaos Chatzisavvas,
Ermioni Petraki,
Georgios Priniotakis,
Ioannis Voyiatzis,
Panayiotis H. Yannakopoulos,
Dimitrios Nikolopoulos

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Simone D’Incecco: Department of Psychological, Health & Territorial Sciences, University ‘G. D’Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara, via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
Piero Di Carlo: Department of Psychological, Health & Territorial Sciences, University ‘G. D’Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara, via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
Eleonora Aruffo: Department of Psychological, Health & Territorial Sciences, University ‘G. D’Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara, via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
Nikolaos Chatzisavvas: Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, Petrou Ralli & Thivon 250, GR122 44 Aigaleo, Greece
Ermioni Petraki: Department of Computer Engineering, University of West Attica, Agiou Spyridonos, GR122 43 Aigaleo, Greece
Georgios Priniotakis: Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, Petrou Ralli & Thivon 250, GR122 44 Aigaleo, Greece
Ioannis Voyiatzis: Department of Computer Engineering, University of West Attica, Agiou Spyridonos, GR122 43 Aigaleo, Greece
Panayiotis H. Yannakopoulos: Department of Computer Engineering, University of West Attica, Agiou Spyridonos, GR122 43 Aigaleo, Greece
Dimitrios Nikolopoulos: Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, Petrou Ralli & Thivon 250, GR122 44 Aigaleo, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10060233
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 6
p. 233

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This article reports fractal dimension analysis applied to soil CO2 fluxes measured in an Italian seismic area. The work was carried out with the use of a calibrated flux chamber unit. The fractal dimension (FD) from isotropic variograms was used as a method to understand related scale-dependent phenomena. The aim was to investigate the spatial variability of CO2 flux measurements in four directions (horizontal, vertical, 45° and 135° directions) related to different distances between the measuring points and from a fault. High fractal dimension values were found (2.5 ≤ FD ≤ 3.0). These imply strong anti-persistent behavior near to and far from the fault. Lower fractal dimensions were addressed at longer distances from the fault.

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ISSN: 2076-3263 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Geology
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