Resumen de Modelado fractal de la distribución del tamaño de dolinas en la Sierra de las Nieves (Málaga)

Eulogio Pardo Igúzquiza, Juan José Durán Valsero, P.A. Robledo

• The study of the spatial distribution of dolines in karst terrains can provide very valuable information to understand the evolution of the karst landscape including possible tectonic controls. Furthermore, the distribution of the sizes of dolines according to a power law or to a non-power law may provide information on the stage of kart evolution. The spatial distribution of dolines in the Sierra de las Nieves karst aquifer (Málaga, Southern Spain) has been analysed. The dolines of Sierra de las Nieves show a strong structural control having being developed along the main directions of large fractures and faults. Additionally they appear clustered and their size follows a power-law distribution indicating a fractal behaviour. The power-law distribution of the size of dolines could be characteristic of dolines in flat areas, that in the case of Sierra de las Nieves corresponds with a relic polje and karst plateau.