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.

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 grad...