Modelling Critical and Catastrophic Phenomena in Geoscience A Statistical Physics Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bhattacharyya, Pratip (Editor), Chakrabarti, Bikas K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 705
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Earth Sciences, general.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.
• Physical Description: XXII, 527 p. 292 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540353751
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;

This book presents a broad survey of models for critical and catastrophic phenomena in the geosciences, with strong emphasis on earthquakes. It assumes the perspective of statistical physics, which provides the theoretical frame for dealing with complex systems in general. This volume addresses graduate students wishing to specialize in the field and researchers working or interested in the field having a background in the physics, geosciences or applied mathematics.