Fractals and dynamic systems in geoscience Book

	Preface
1	Crustal Deformation and Fractals, a Review	7
2	Scaling Laws of Fragmentation	25
3	Fractal Structure and Deformation of Fractured Rock Masses	37
4	Multi-Scale Model of Damage Evolution in Stochastic Rocks: Fractal Approach	53
5	Fractal Characteristics of Joint Development in Stochastic Rocks	65
6	Correlation of Fractal Surface Description Parameters with Fracture Toughness	77
7	Fractal Dimension of Fracture Patterns - a Computer Simulation	87
8	The Formation of Extensional Veins: An Application of the Cantor-Dust Model	95
9	Fractal Fault Displacements: A Case Study from the Moray Firth, Scotland	105
10	High-Temperature Viscoelastic Behaviour and Long Time Tail of Rocks	121
11	The Fractal Geometry of Patterned Structures in Numerical Models of Rock Deformation	131
12	Non-Linear Processes in Earthquake Prediction Research, a Review	159
13	Fractal Analysis as a Tool to Detect Seismic Cycle Phases	169
14	Binary Descriptions of Stick-Slip Phenomena	181
15	Main Topics of Fractal Research into Earthquakes in China, a Review	197
16	Evidence for Self-Similarities in the Harmonic Development of Earth Tides	213
17	Global Relief: Evidence of Fractal Geometry	221
18	Fractal Geometry and the Mining Industry, a Review	233
19	The Fractal Distribution of Gold Deposits: Two Examples from the Zimbabwe Archaean Craton	247
20	Self-Organization of Mineral Fabrics	259
21	The Formation and Fragmentation of Periodic Bands Through Precipitation and Ostwald Ripening	269
22	Agates, Geodes, Concretions and Orbicules: Self-Organized Zoning and Morphology	283
23	The Formation of Manganese Dendrites as the Mineral Record of Flow Structures	307
24	Structure and Fractal Properties in Geological Crystallization Processes Due to Nucleation and Growth	319
25	Fractal Structure of Quasicrystals	337
26	Protolytic Weathering of Montmorillonite, Described by Its Effective Surface Fractal Dimension	349
27	Characteristics and Evolution of Artificial Anisotropic Rocks	355
28	Characteristic Multifractal Element Distributions in Recent Bioactive Marine Sediments	369
29	Fractal Analyses of Pleistocene Marine Oxygen Isotope Records	377
30	"Counter-Scaling" Method for Estimation of Fractal Properties of Self-Affine Objects	391
31	Application of the Grassberger-Procaccia Algorithm to the [actual symbol not reproducible] Record from ODP Site 659: Selected Methodical Aspects	399
	Appendix: List of Reviewers	415
	Subject Index	417