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Application of Fractals in Earth Sciences
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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.
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Physical SciencesSubtopic
Geology & Earth SciencesTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Foreword
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- 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 Rockburst-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
- Subject Index
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