Donald L. Turcotte

Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics

Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in a greatly expanded second edition, this book relates fractals and chaos to a variety of geological and geophysical applications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1012g
• ISBN-13: 9780521567336
• ISBN-10: 0521567335
• Artikelnr.: 22712935

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Preface to the second edition
1. Scale invariance
2. Definition of a fractal set
3. Fragmentation
4. Seismicity and tectonics
5. Ore grade and tonnage
6. Fractal clustering
7. Self-affine fractals
8. Geomorphology
9. Dynamical systems
10. Logistic map
11. Slider-block models
12. Lorenz equations
13. Is mantle convection chaotic?
14. Rikitake dynamo
15. Renormalization group method
16. Self-organized criticality
17. Where do we stand?
References
Appendix A: glossary of terms
Appendix B: units and symbols
Answers to selected problems
Index.