This text examines the emerging field of fractals and its applications in earth sciences. Topics covered include: concepts of fractal and multifractal chaos; the application of fractals in geophysics, geology, climate studies, and earthquake seismology.
Preface,
1. An Introduction to Fractals and their Applications in Earth
Science
2. Fractals
3. The Fractal Redux
4. The Percolating Fractals
5.
Concepts Similar to Self-similarity in Science
6. Multifractals
7. Processing
(Multi)Fractal Data Strings
8. Fractals and Geology
9. Crustal Fractal
Magnetisation
10. Fractality of Seismic Wave Signature-A Mandelbrot Approach
11. Can Travel-time Curve Tunnel through Chaotic Regime
12. Application of
Fractals in Seismology with Reference to Koyna Earthquakes
13. Chaotic
Dynamics and Earthquakes
14. Multifractal Analysis of Earthquakes: An
Overview
15. Application of Fractals in the Study of Rock Fracture and Rock
burst-associated Seismicity
16. Fractal Dimension Analysis of Soil for Flow
Studies
17. Detecting Chaos from Geophysical Time Series
18. Application of
Catastrophe Theory to Some Non-linear Geophysical Problems
19. Application of
Fractal Dimension in Studying Geomorphic Processes-A Case-study from
Historical Climate Data Set Dhananjay A. Sant. Subject Index.
V.P. Dimri, Scientist of the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India.
