Modeling geocomplexity: "A new kind of science"

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 413, Issue 413, 2006, Pages 39-50

  Turcotte, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Chaos; Complexity; Computational equivalence; Drainage networks; Earthquakes; Forest fires; Fractals; Geocomplexity; Landslides; Seismicity; Selforganized complexity; Topography

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; CHAOS THEORY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER GAMES; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FRACTALS; GEOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; PILES; TOPOGRAPHY;

COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL EQUIVALENCE; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; FOREST FIRES; GEOCOMPLEXITY; SEISMICITY; SELFORGANIZED COMPLEXITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; FOREST; FOREST FIRE; MODELING; POWER; SEISMICITY; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITE; WILDFIRE;

EID: 72449175888     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2413(04)     Document Type: Article

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