Nonlinear Dynamics and Fractals: New Numerical Techniques for Sedimentary Data
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Nonlinear Dynamics and Fractals: New Numerical Techniques for Sedimentary Data
Gerard V. Middleton, Roy E. Plotnick, David M. Rubin
The intention of these notes is to provide sedimentary geologists with an introduction to the new techniques for analyzing experimental and observational data provided by the rapid development of those disciplines generally known as Fractals and Nonlinear Dynamics ("chaos theory").
PDF ebook file size: 60 mb
ISBN 978-1-56576-021-9
eISBN 978-1-56576-255-8
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The intention of these notes is to provide sedimentary geologists with an introduction to the new techniques for analyzing experimental and observational data provided by the rapid development of those disciplines generally known as Fractals and Nonlinear Dynamics ("chaos theory"). A general introduction to a minimum of theory is given, but most of the space is devoted to show how these ideas are useful for interpreting sedimentary data. The main applications are likely to be time series or spatial profiles or two-dimensional maps or images. Sedimentary geologists deal every day with actual time series, such as measurements of current velocity or suspended concentration at a station, or with "virtual" time series, such as stratigraphic sections, well logs, or topographic profiles - yet few geologists know much about the new numerical techniques available to analyze such data.
PDF ebook file size: 60 mb