Da Vinci's paleodictyon: The fractal beauty of traces

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-17

  Baucon, Andrea ^a,b  

^a Geopark Naturtejo Meseta Meridional   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extended organism; Fractal; History of science; Ichnology; Leonardo da vinci

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; ICHNOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL;

EID: 77749340103     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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