Fractals in Geophysics

Front Matter....Pages i-v
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Multifractal Measures, Especially for the Geophysicist....Pages 5-42
The Fractal Geometry of Interfaces and the Multifractal Distribution of Dissipation in Fully Turbulent Flows....Pages 43-60
Fractal Velocity Models in Refraction Seismology....Pages 61-76
Variations in Geometric Measures of Topographic Surfaces Underlain by Fractured Granitic Plutons....Pages 77-97
Fractal Sinuosity of Stream Channels....Pages 99-109
The Fractal Geometry of Flow Paths in Natural Fractures in Rock and the Approach to Percolation....Pages 111-138
Testing Linear Models of Sea-Floor Topography....Pages 139-155
Fractal Dimension of Fault Systems in Japan: Fractal Structure in Rock Fracture Geometry at Various Scales....Pages 157-170
Fractals in Geology and Geophysics....Pages 171-196
Fractal Reconstruction of Sea-Floor Topography....Pages 197-210
Empirically Derived Relationships between Fractal Dimension and Power Law Form Frequency Spectra....Pages 211-239
Are Topographic Data Sets Fractal?....Pages 241-254
Fractals, Fault-Gouge, and Friction....Pages 255-271
Scaling Geology and Seismic Deconvolution....Pages 273-287
Fractured but Not Fractal: Fragmentation of the Gulf of Suez Basement....Pages 289-305
Fractal Analysis of Long-Range Paleoclimatic Data: Oxygen Isotope Record of Pacific Core V28-239....Pages 307-313
Back Matter....Pages 314-314