Application of Fractals in Earth Sciences

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

This text examines the emerging field of fractals and its applications in earth sciences. Topics covered include: concepts of fractal and multifractal chaos; the application of fractals in geophysics, geology, climate studies, and earthquake seismology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-01-01
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:A A Balkema Publishers
ISBN:9789054102847

Utforska kategorier

Geovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Matematik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

V.P. Dimri, Scientist of the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface, 1. An Introduction to Fractals and their Applications in Earth Science 2. Fractals 3. The Fractal Redux 4. The Percolating Fractals 5. Concepts Similar to Self-similarity in Science 6. Multifractals 7. Processing (Multi)Fractal Data Strings 8. Fractals and Geology 9. Crustal Fractal Magnetisation 10. Fractality of Seismic Wave Signature-A Mandelbrot Approach 11. Can Travel-time Curve Tunnel through Chaotic Regime 12. Application of Fractals in Seismology with Reference to Koyna Earthquakes 13. Chaotic Dynamics and Earthquakes 14. Multifractal Analysis of Earthquakes: An Overview 15. Application of Fractals in the Study of Rock Fracture and Rock burst-associated Seismicity 16. Fractal Dimension Analysis of Soil for Flow Studies 17. Detecting Chaos from Geophysical Time Series 18. Application of Catastrophe Theory to Some Non-linear Geophysical Problems 19. Application of Fractal Dimension in Studying Geomorphic Processes-A Case-study from Historical Climate Data Set Dhananjay A. Sant. Subject Index.