Multifractals, generalized scale invariance and complexity in geophysics

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3417-3456

  Schertzer, Daniel ^a   Lovejoy, Shaun ^b  

^a Universite Paris Est   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

generalized scale invariance; geophysics; Multifractals; scaling

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS;

CASCADE MODEL; GENERALIZED SCALE; MULTIFRACTALS; SCALING; UNIVERSALITY CLASS;

FRACTALS;

EID: 84856726831     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127411030647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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