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Fractal Analysis for Natural Hazards
Giuseppe CelloBruce D. Malamud
出版Geological Society of London, 2006
主題Mathematics / Geometry / GeneralNature / Natural DisastersScience / Physics / GeophysicsScience / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism
ISBN18623920139781862392014
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ntCjZybNOp4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In the Earth Sciences, the concept of fractals and scale invariance is well-recognized in many natural objects. However, the use of fractals for spatial and temporal analyses of natural hazards has been less used (and accepted) in the Earth Sciences. This book brings together twelve contributions that emphasize the role of fractal analyses in natural hazard research, including landslides, wildfires, floods, catastrophic rock fractures and earthquakes. A wide variety of spatial and temporal fractal-related approaches and techniques are applied to 'natural' data, experimental data, and computer simulations. These approaches include probabilistic hazard analysis, cellular-automata models, spatial analyses, temporal variability, prediction, and self-organizing behaviour. The main aims of this volume are to present current research on fractal analyses as applied to natural hazards, and to stimulate the curiosity of advanced Earth Science students and researchers in the use of fractals analyses for the better understanding of natural hazards.