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Fractals and Chaos in the Earth Sciences

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. C. G. Sammis
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  2. M. Saito
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  3. Geoffrey C. P. King

    1. Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, Cedex, France

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Introduction

    • Geoffrey C. P. King
    Pages 529-529

  3. Towards a New View of Earthquake Phenomena

    • Keisuke Ito
    Pages 531-548

  4. An Asperity Model to Simulate Rupture along Heterogeneous Fault Surfaces

    • John M. Kemeny, Roberta M. Hagaman
    Pages 549-567

  5. Chaotic Seismic Faulting with a Mass-spring Model and Velocity-weakening Friction

    • Jie Huang, D. L. Turcotte
    Pages 569-589

  6. Multifractal Analysis of Earthquakes

    • Tadashi Hirabayashi, Keisuke Ito, Toshikatsu Yoshii
    Pages 591-610

  7. The Mechanisms of Finite Brittle Strain

    • Geoffrey C. P. King, Charles G. Sammis
    Pages 611-640

  8. Stress-induced Crack Path in Aji Granite under Tensile Stress

    • Yozo Kudo, Osam Sano, Naokuni Murashige, Yoshiaki Mizuta, Koji Nakagawa
    Pages 641-656

  9. Relation of Fracture Resistance to Fabric for Granitic Rocks

    • Osam Sano, Yozo Kudo
    Pages 657-677

  10. Fractures: Finite-size Scaling and Multifractals

    • L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, L. R. Myer, D. D. Nolte
    Pages 679-706
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, Cedex, France

    Geoffrey C. P. King

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fractals and Chaos in the Earth Sciences

  • Editors: C. G. Sammis, M. Saito, Geoffrey C. P. King

  • Series Title: Pageoph Topical Volumes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6191-5

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-2878-8Published: 01 January 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-6191-5Published: 22 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2504-3625

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3633

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 180

  • Number of Illustrations: 56 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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