Fractal models in the earth sciences /

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Author / Creator:Korvin, G. (Gabor)
Imprint:Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1992.
Description:xxviii, 396 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1416333
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ISBN:0444889078 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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505 2 0 |t Acknowledgements for reproductions of previously published material --  |g 1.  |t What on earth fractal?  |g 1.1.  |t The self-similarity of rivers.  |g 1.2.  |t How long is the Vistula river?  |g 1.3.  |t The paradox of tortuosity: permeability of kaolinite-bearing sandstones.  |g 1.3.1.  |t The permeability of shaly sandstones.  |g 1.3.2.  |t Basic concepts of percolation theory.  |g 1.3.3.  |t Percolation models of rock permeability.  |g 1.4.  |t Deadly quarrels and coastlines.  |g 1.4.1.  |t The coastline of Britain.  |g 1.4.2.  |t A fractal model of coastal erosion.  |g 1.4.3.  |t Bifractal coastlines.  |g 1.5.  |t The perimeter-area rule of Mandelbrot.  |g 1.5.1.  |t Islands and lakes.  |g 1.5.2.  |t The fractal shape of clouds.  |g 1.5.3.  |t The "slit island" analysis of fracture surfaces.  |g A1.  |t Mathematical appendix.  |g A1.1.  |t The functional equations of similarity.  |g A1.2.  |t Fractal curves are hot --  |g 2.  |t Fractals in Flatland: a romance of <2 dimensions.  |g 2.1.  |t The paradox of sedimentation rate.  |g 2.1.1.  |t Stratigraphic hiatuses and sedimentation rate.  |g 2.1.2.  |t From the Cantor dust to the Devil's staircase.  |g 2.1.3.  |t A fractal model for stratigraphic hiatuses.  |g 2.1.4.  |t Sadler's model of unsteady sedimentation and its fractal generalisation.  |g 2.2.  |t Fractal analysis along a line: slip lines and fractures.  |g 2.3.  |t Strange attractors, aggregates and geophysical networks.  |g 2.3.1.  |t Fractal characterisation of geophysical measuring networks.  |g 2.4.  |t Fractals in the plane: fractures-earthquakes-volcanoes.  |g 2.4.1.  |t Cellular structures.  |g 2.4.2.  |t Fracture networks, faults and earthquakes.  |g A2.  |t Mathematical appendix.  |g A2.1.  |t Different kinds of fractal dimensions and their numerical determination --  |g 3.  |t Korcak's law and fragmentation theory.  |g 3.1.  |t The size-frequency relation for islands, lakes and caves.  |g 3.2.  |t Fragmentation: from broken sea ice to the distribution of galaxies.  |g 3.2.1.  |t The fractal theory of fragmentation.  |g 3.2.2.  |t The Renormalization Group (RNG) model of rock fragmentation.  |g 3.2.3.  |t Maximum-entropy people and fractal people --  |g 4.  |t Fractal surfaces.  |g 4.1.  |t Fractal surfaces everywhere.  |g 4.2.  |t Simple geometrical models of fractal surfaces.  |g 4.3.  |t Analytical treatment of fractal surfaces.  |g 4.4.  |t Wave scattering from fractal surfaces.  |g 4.5.  |t Fractal models of porous rocks.  |g 4.5.1.  |t Why are the pores fractal rather than smooth?  |g 4.6.  |t Multifractal measures - not for the squeamish --  |g 5.  |t Of time and change.  |g 5.1.  |t Paradoxes of time.  |g 5.1.1.  |t The puzzle called the Hurst phenomenon.  |g 5.1.2.  |t Paradoxes of the 1/f noise.  |g 5.2.  |t On growth and form. 
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