Download or read book Fractals in Petroleum Geology and Earth Processes written by C.C. Barton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1995-01-31 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of significant papers dealing with fractal geometry and the petroleum industry. Contributed by some of the pioneers in the field, they represent a broad spectrum of applications from petroleum exploration to production, and serve as an introduction to the subject. The collection begins with a contribution by Benoit Mandelbrot, the "Father of Fractals," on the Paretian distribution. The substantial (5-page) foreword to the volume is also by Mandelbrot. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR