Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 12275: Advancing Complexity Research in Earth Sciences and Geography

Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 12275: Advancing Complexity Research in Earth Sciences and Geography

Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app132212275

Authors: Jianbo Gao

Many complex phenomena in earth sciences and geography, including nonlinear fluid motions in the atmosphere, oceans, rivers, and lakes, coastal morpho dynamics, volcanic and seismic activities, the spatiotemporal dynamics of species, human movement trajectory, and city transportation dynamics, among many others, have played significant roles in the creation and development of complexity science, particularly chaos theory and fractal geometry [...]