Anisotropic scaling models of rock density and the earth's surface gravity field

Progress in Geomathematics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 151-193

  Lovejoy, S ^a   Gaonac'H, H ^b   Schertzer, D ^c  

^a Physics McGill   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

fractals; Geogravity; geopotential theory; multifractals; scaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867402848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69496-0_9     Document Type: Chapter

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