Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics
Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics
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DOI：
10.1017/cbo9781139174695
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发表时间：
1992-03
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通讯作者：
D. Turcotte
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D. Turcotte
这本书介绍了分形几何和混沌动力学的基本概念。然后，这些概念与各种地质和地球物理问题相关，说明了混沌理论和分形真正告诉我们什么，以及它们如何应用于地球科学。石油和矿产储量、地震、地幔对流和磁场的产生都是受到仔细研究的地球属性。这是第一本书，涵盖这些主题在一个可访问的水平；这些概念是在尽可能低的数学水平上介绍的，并且始终是可以理解的，因此读者只需要基本的物理和数学背景。问题也包括供读者解决。
This book introduces the fundamental concepts of fractal geometry and chaotic dynamics. These concepts are then related to a variety of geological and geophysical problems, illustrating just what chaos theory and fractals really tell us and how they can be applied to the earth sciences. Petroleum and mineral reserves, earthquakes, mantle convection and magnetic field generation are among the earth's properties that come under scrutiny. This is the first book that covers these topics at an accessible level; the concepts are introduced at the lowest possible level of mathematics and are consistently understandable, so that the reader requires only a background in basic physics and mathematics. Problems are also included for the reader to solve.