Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics

Name: Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics
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ISBN: 9780521567336

ISBN-10: 0521567335

ISBN-13: 9780521567336

Edition: 2nd 1997 (Revised)

Authors: Donald L. Turcotte

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Turcotte relates fractals and chaos to a variety of geological and geophysical applications including drainage networks and erosion, floods, earthquakes, mineral and petroleum resources, fragmentation, mantle convection and magnetic field generation.

Book details

List price: $110.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/13/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 7.99" wide x 9.92" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English



Preface


Preface to the second edition



Scale invariance



Definition of a fractal set



Fragmentation



Seismicity and tectonics



Ore grade and tonnage



Fractal clustering



Self-affine fractals



Geomorphology



Dynamical systems



Logistic map



Slider-block models



Lorenz equations



Is mantle convection chaotic?



Rikitake dynamo



Renormalization group method



Self-organized criticality



Where do we stand?


References



glossary of terms



units and symbols


Answers to selected problems


Index