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A Survey of Cascades with Applications from Geosciences

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Stochastic Models in Geosystems

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Our basic objective in this paper is to provide a mostly expository introduction to the salient mathematical features of cascades with some indication of their role in applications of interest in the geosciences. References to more comprehensive treatments are provided along the way.

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  1. Center for the Study of Earth From Space/CIRES, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80309, USA

    Vijay K. Gupta

  2. Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA

    Ed Waymire

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 28223, Charlotte, NC, USA

    Stanislav A. Molchanov

  2. Center for Stochastic and Chaotic Processes in Science and Technology, Case Western Reserve University, 44106, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Wojbor A. Woyczynski

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Gupta, V.K., Waymire, E. (1997). A Survey of Cascades with Applications from Geosciences. In: Molchanov, S.A., Woyczynski, W.A. (eds) Stochastic Models in Geosystems. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 85. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8500-4_6

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