Geological processes exhibit a multitude of hierarchies: techtonics, sedementation, erosion. | ||||||
Little surprise, then, that mountains have fractal and multifractal characteristics. | ||||||
Careful tuning of random models to match observed numerical characteristics of real mountains has led to natural-looking pictures of artificial mountains. | ||||||
As mentioned in Forgeries of Nature, we note three ages of fractal landscapes. | ||||||
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Despite increasing realism, these simulations have not become much larger files. | ||||||
Fractal and multifractal approaches appear to capture something of the essence of complicated physical processes. | ||||||
The success of these simulations is strong evidence of this claim. |