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Fractals in Geophysics

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Christopher H. Scholz

    1. Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, USA

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  2. Benoît B. Mandelbrot

    1. T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM, Yorktown Heights, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Introduction

    • C. H. Scholz, B. B. Mandelbrot
    Pages 1-4

  3. Multifractal Measures, Especially for the Geophysicist

    • Benoît B. Mandelbrot
    Pages 5-42

  4. The Fractal Geometry of Interfaces and the Multifractal Distribution of Dissipation in Fully Turbulent Flows

    • K. R. Sreenivasan, R. R. Prasad, C. Meneveau, R. Ramshankar
    Pages 43-60

  5. Fractal Velocity Models in Refraction Seismology

    • David J. Crossley, Oliver G. Jensen
    Pages 61-76

  6. Variations in Geometric Measures of Topographic Surfaces Underlain by Fractured Granitic Plutons

    • Denis Norton, Steve Sorenson
    Pages 77-97

  7. Fractal Sinuosity of Stream Channels

    • R. Scott Snow
    Pages 99-109

  8. The Fractal Geometry of Flow Paths in Natural Fractures in Rock and the Approach to Percolation

    • D. D. Nolte, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, N. G. W. Cook
    Pages 111-138

  9. Testing Linear Models of Sea-Floor Topography

    • Alberto Malinverno
    Pages 139-155

  10. Fractal Dimension of Fault Systems in Japan: Fractal Structure in Rock Fracture Geometry at Various Scales

    • Takayuki Hirata
    Pages 157-170

  11. Fractals in Geology and Geophysics

    • Donald L. Turcotte
    Pages 171-196

  12. Fractal Reconstruction of Sea-Floor Topography

    • Jean-Claude Mareschal
    Pages 197-210

  13. Empirically Derived Relationships between Fractal Dimension and Power Law Form Frequency Spectra

    • Christopher G. Fox
    Pages 211-239

  14. Are Topographic Data Sets Fractal?

    • Lewis E. Gilbert
    Pages 241-254

  15. Fractals, Fault-Gouge, and Friction

    • Charles G. Sammis, Ronald L. Biegel
    Pages 255-271

  16. Scaling Geology and Seismic Deconvolution

    • J. P. Todoeschuck, O. G. Jensen
    Pages 273-287

  17. Fractured but Not Fractal: Fragmentation of the Gulf of Suez Basement

    • Gabor Korvin
    Pages 289-305

  18. Fractal Analysis of Long-Range Paleoclimatic Data: Oxygen Isotope Record of Pacific Core V28-239

    • Richard H. Fluegeman Jr., R. Scott Snow
    Pages 307-313

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 314-314
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, USA

    Christopher H. Scholz

  • T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM, Yorktown Heights, USA

    Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fractals in Geophysics

  • Editors: Christopher H. Scholz, Benoît B. Mandelbrot

  • Series Title: Pageoph Topical Volumes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6389-6

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-6391-9Published: 11 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-6389-6Published: 22 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2504-3625

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3633

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 314

  • Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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