Self-organized criticality: Does it have anything to do with criticality and is it useful?

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 8, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 193-196

  Turcotte, D L ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICS; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOLID EARTH;

EID: 0034768542     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-8-193-2001     Document Type: Article

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