Self-affine fractal geometry of agate

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-153

  Holten, Terje ^a   Jamtveit, Bjørn ^a   Meakin, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agate; Chaos; Fractal; Zoning

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; ZONING;

AGATE; GREYSCALE; HURST EXPONENTS; SELF-AFFINE; SELF-AFFINE FRACTALS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

FRACTALS;

AGATE; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; ZONATION;

EID: 0031941642     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/10/1/0149     Document Type: Article

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