On measuring the fractal anisotropy of 2-D geometrical sets: Application to the spatial distribution of fractures

Geoderma

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 402-414

  Perez Lopez R ^a   Paredes, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fractal; Fracture map; Interval counting; Stress tensor

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTALS; SET THEORY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; TENSORS;

2-D SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURE MAP; INTERVAL-COUNTING; STRESS TENSOR;

FRACTURE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANISOTROPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; ORIENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS FIELD; TECTONICS; TERRAIN; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

CANTORIA;

EID: 33746705611     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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