Hipsometría, asimetría y otros índices morfométricos aplicados para el segmento sur de la falla Girón

Abstract

Abstract: The research is based on the application of morphometric techniques, to analyze, through indirect methods, the possible neotectonic activity in the area, related to the Girón dextral reverse fault system, it is known that these structures have generated important events in the area, the The unit to study are the first and second order watersheds, which represents the unit of elemental analysis based on the proposed classification of Strahler (1957) and analyze the drainage patterns, as well as the shape and distribution of the basins. Tectonics has allowed the construction of orogens such as the Andes, this same process has allowed the development of structures, which are capable of generating seismicity and thereby triggering an earthquake, therefore, the Girón system is considered seismogenic with a average seismicity rate of 3 Mw. The analysis was carried out from a high quality digital terrain model, where hypsometry, gradients, sinuosity of the mountain front, elongation were run, the results have allowed the generation of some cartographic inputs such as: Hypsometry, Gradient, Elongation and Sinuosity of the mountain front. Mountain.