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Reduction and predictability of natural disasters : proceedings of the workshop "Reduction and Predictability of Natural Disasters" held January 5-9, 1994 in Santa Fe, New Mexico / editors, John B. Rundle, Donald L. Turcotte, William Klein.

Material type: TextTextSeries: Proceedings volume XXV Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexityPublication details: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1996.Description: xv, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0201870487
  • 0201870495
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.349 21
Contents:
Preface / J. B. Rundle, B. Klein and D. L. Turcotte -- Scaling Laws for Natural Disaster Fatalities / S. P. Nishenko and C. C. Barton -- Global Fatalities from Earthquakes in the Past 2000 Years: Prognosis for the Next 30 / R. Bilham -- Diffusion-Limited Aggregation as a Paradigm for Modeling Dynamical Processes / L. M. Sander -- A Dynamical Systems Approach to Flood-Frequency Forecasting / D. L. Turcotte and K. Haselton -- Multiplicative Cascades and Spatial Variability in Rainfall, River Networks, and Floods / V. K. Gupta and E. Waymire -- Inference for a Channel Network Model and Implications for Flood Scaling / B. M. Troutman -- Thickness Statistics of Sedimentary Layers Generated by Gravity-Driven Flows / D. H. Rothman and J. P. Grotzinger -- Thoughts on Modeling and Prediction of Earthquakes / S. G. Eubank -- Complexity and Earthquake Forecasting / C. G. Sammis, D. Sornette and H. Saleur -- On the Scaling of Average Slip with Rupture Dimensions of Earthquakes / S. Gross.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / J. B. Rundle, B. Klein and D. L. Turcotte -- Scaling Laws for Natural Disaster Fatalities / S. P. Nishenko and C. C. Barton -- Global Fatalities from Earthquakes in the Past 2000 Years: Prognosis for the Next 30 / R. Bilham -- Diffusion-Limited Aggregation as a Paradigm for Modeling Dynamical Processes / L. M. Sander -- A Dynamical Systems Approach to Flood-Frequency Forecasting / D. L. Turcotte and K. Haselton -- Multiplicative Cascades and Spatial Variability in Rainfall, River Networks, and Floods / V. K. Gupta and E. Waymire -- Inference for a Channel Network Model and Implications for Flood Scaling / B. M. Troutman -- Thickness Statistics of Sedimentary Layers Generated by Gravity-Driven Flows / D. H. Rothman and J. P. Grotzinger -- Thoughts on Modeling and Prediction of Earthquakes / S. G. Eubank -- Complexity and Earthquake Forecasting / C. G. Sammis, D. Sornette and H. Saleur -- On the Scaling of Average Slip with Rupture Dimensions of Earthquakes / S. Gross.

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