Fractal and Chaotic Properties of Earthquakes

• Main Author: Goltz, Christian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1997.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 77
• Subjects: Geophysics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

This book deals with the application of fractal and nonlinear time-series analysis to seismicity and earthquakes within the framework of earthquake prediction research. Emphasis is on theoretical foundations as well as practical implementation and pitfalls to enable readers to conduct their own anal...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Earthquakes and Fractal: Fractal Concepts
• A Sample Application to Landslides
• Some Fractal Properties of Earthquakes
• The Hurst Phenomenon
• Multifractal Spectra as Precursors
• Fractal Precursory Behaviour
• Fractal Properties of Aftershocks
• Earthquakes and Chaos: Chaos
• A Modified Box-Counting Algorithm
• Fractal Cluster Analysis.