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The relationship of fractals in geophysics to “the new science”

✍ Scribed by Donald L. Turcotte

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
76 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0960-0779

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✦ Synopsis

Many phenomena in geophysics satisfy fractal statistics, examples range from the frequency-area statistics of earthquakes to the time series of the earthÕs magnetic field. Solutions to classical differential equations cannot give this type of behavior. Several ''cellular automata'' models have successfully reproduced the observed statistics. For example, the slider-block model for earthquakes. Stephen WolframÕs recent book A New Kind of Science sets forth a ''new science'' based on cellular automata. This paper discusses the role of cellular automata in geophysics.

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