Fractals in the Earth Sciences (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)

Fractals have changed the way we understand and study nature. This change has been brought about mainly by the work of B. B. Mandelbrot and his book The Fractal Geometry of Nature. Now here is a book that collects articles treating fractals in the earth sciences. The themes chosen span, as is appropriate for a discourse on fractals, many orders of magnitude; including earthquakes, ocean floor topography, fractures, faults, mineral crystallinity, gold and silver deposition. There are also chapters on dynamical processes that are fractal, such as rivers, earthquakes, and a paper on self-organized criticality. Many of the chapters discuss how to estimate fractal dimensions, Hurst exponents, and other scaling exponents. This book, in a way, represents a snapshot of a field in which fractals has brought inspiration and a fresh look at familiar subjects. New ideas and attempts to quantify the world we see around us are found throughout. Many of these ideas will grow and inspire further work, others will be superseded by new observations and insights, most probably with future contributions by the authors of these chapters.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1995
First published:	1995
Editors:	C. C. Barton • P. R. La Pointe
Dimensions:	250 x 170 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	265
Edition:	1995 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-44865-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Mathematics for scientists & engineers Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > General Promotions
LSN:	0-306-44865-3
Barcode:	9780306448652

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