Fractals - Concepts and Applications in Geosciences

This book provides theoretical concepts and applications of fractals and multifractals to a broad range of audiences from various scientific communities, such as petroleum, chemical, civil and environmental engineering, atmospheric research, and hydrology.

List of contents

An Introduction to Multifractals and Scale Symmetry Groups. Fractal Capillary Pressure Curve Models. Two- and three- phase fractal models of porous media: A multiscale approach. The Mathematics of Complexity in the study of soil and granular-porous media. The Fractals of Percolation Theory in the Geosciences. Nonlocal Models for Transport in Fractal Media. Multifractals and Geostatistics. Why the warming can’t be natural: the nonlinear geophysics of climate closure. Fractals and Multifractals in Geophysical Time Series. Multi-fractal Random Walk and its Application in Petro-physical Quantities. Combining Fractals and Multifractals to Model Geoscience Records. Use of Constructal Theory in Modeling in the Geosciences.

About the author

Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences. Dr. Ghanbarian is employed in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Allen G. Hunt received his Ph.D. in Physics, Condensed Matter. Dr. Hunt is employed in the Department of Physics and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wright State University.

Summary

This book provides theoretical concepts and applications of fractals and multifractals to a broad range of audiences from various scientific communities, such as petroleum, chemical, civil and environmental engineering, atmospheric research, and hydrology.

Product details

• Authors: Behzad (University of Texas At Austin Ghanbarian, Behzad Hunt Ghanbarian
• Assisted by: Behzad Ghanbarian (Editor), Behzad (University of Texas At Austin Ghanbarian (Editor), Ghanbarian Behzad (Editor), Allen G. Hunt (Editor), Allen G. (Wright State University Hunt (Editor), Hunt Allen G. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2017
• EAN: 9781498748711
• ISBN: 978-1-4987-4871-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Geometry; Geophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, MATHEMATICS / Geometry / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Geology & The Lithosphere, Fractal geometry