Fractals and Dynamic Systems in Geoscience

Kruhl, Jörn H. (Editor) / Renftel, L.-O. (Assistant)

ISBN 10: 3662073064 / ISBN 13: 9783662073063

Editore: Springer, 2014

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Titolo: Fractals and Dynamic Systems in Geoscience

Casa editrice: Springer

Data di pubblicazione: 2014

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Brand New

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Riassunto:

This book advances the use of fractal geometry as a tool, especially for geoscientists. The aim of this volume is to give an overview of the applications of fractal geometry und the theory of dynamic systems in the geosciences.

Contenuti:

I Deformation and Tectonic Structures.- 1 Crustal Deformation and Fractals, a Review.- 2 Scaling Laws of Fragmentation.- 3 Fractal Structure and Deformation of Fractured Rock Masses.- 4 Multi—Scale Model of Damage Evolution in Stochastic Rocks: Fractal Approach.- 5 Fractal Characteristics of Joint Development in Stochastic Rocks.- 6 Correlation of Fractal Surface Description Parameters with Fracture Toughness.- 7 Fractal Dimension of Fracture Patterns a Computer Simulation.- 8 The Formation of Extensional Veins: An Application of the Cantor—Dust Model.- 9 Fractal Fault Displacements: A Case Study from the Moray Firth, Scotland.- 10 High—Temperature Viscoelastic Behaviour and Long Time Tail of Rocks.- 11 The Fractal Geometry of Patterned Structures in Numerical Models of Rock Deformation.- II Physical Features and Behaviour of the Earth.- 12 Non-Linear Processes in Earthquake Prediction Research, a Review.- 13 Fractal Analysis as a Tool to Detect Seismic Cycle Phases.- 14 Binary Descriptions of Stick-Slip Phenomena.- 15 Main Topics of Fractal Research into Earthquakes in China, a Review.- 16 Evidence for Self—Similarities in the Harmonic Development of Earth Tides.- 17 Global Relief: Evidence of Fractal Geometry.- III Formation, Structure and Distribution of Minerals and Matter.- 18 Fractal Geometry and the Mining Industry, a Review.- 19 The Fractal Distribution of Gold Deposits: Two Examples from the Zimbabwe Archaean Craton.- 20 Self-Organization of Mineral Fabrics.- 21 The Formation and Fragmentation of Periodic Bands Through Precipitation and Ostwald Ripening.- 22 Agates, Geodes, Concretions and Orbicules: Self-Organized Zoning and Morphology.- 23 The Formation of Manganese Dendrites as the Mineral Record of Flow Structures.- 24 Structure and Fractal Properties in Geological Crystallization Processes Due to Nucleation and Growth.- 25 Fractal Structure of Quasicrystals.- 26 Protolytic Weathering of Montmorillonite, Described by Its Effective Surface Fractal Dimension.- 27 Characteristics and Evolution of Artificial Anisotropic Rocks.- 28 Characteristic Multifractal Element Distributions in Recent Bioactive Marine Sediments.- 29 Fractal Analyses of Pleistocene Marine Oxygen Isotope Records.- IV Methods.- 30 “Counter—Scaling” Method for Estimation of Fractal Properties of Self—Affine Objects.- 31 Application of the Grassberger—Procaccia Algorithm to the ?18O Record from ODP Site 659: Selected Methodical Aspects.- Appendix List of Reviewers.