Crustal Dynamics: Chaotic Behavior and Fractal Structures Workshop

地壳动力学：混沌行为和分形结构研讨会

• 批准号: 8910697
• 负责人: Robert Wesson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: UNITED STATES DEPT OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Interagency Agreement
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-04-15 至 1989-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8910697&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Crustal; Dynamics; Chaotic; Behavior; Fractal

During the preceeding decade, the general area of chaotic behavior in complicated dynamical systems has received a great deal of attention in a variety of fundamental and applied scientific disciplines. Closely related subjects are fractals, phase transitions, nucleation, and the renormalization group approach. The recognition of the existence of deterministic chaos raises important questions about the role of causality, chance, and the prospects for deterministic prediction of physical processes, such as earthquakes, in the earth sciences. Only a small number of earth scientists are actively working in these areas. This award contributes support to a small workshop - format conference, which will be invaluable in stimulating interest and developing expertise in this area. 20 - 30 earth scientists will informally meet with 10 - 20 nonlinear dynamicists to explore how these newly developed ideas might best be used in understanding the complexity seen in the dynamics of the earth's crust.

在过去的十年中，复杂动力系统中混沌行为的一般领域受到了各种基础和应用科学学科的广泛关注。密切相关的主题是分形、相变、成核和重正化群方法。对确定性混沌存在的认识提出了关于因果关系、机会的作用以及地球科学中地震等物理过程的确定性预测前景的重要问题。只有少数地球科学家在这些领域积极工作。该奖项为小型研讨会形式的会议提供支持，这对于激发该领域的兴趣和发展专业知识将具有无价的价值。 20 - 30 名地球科学家将与 10 - 20 名非线性动力学家进行非正式会面，探讨如何最好地利用这些新发展的想法来理解地壳动力学的复杂性。