Seafloor topography: A record of a chaotic dynamical system?

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 17; no. 10; pp. 1541 - 1544
• Main Authors: Smith, Deborah K., Shaw, Peter R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.1990
• Subjects: Chaos theory; Dynamical systems; Dynamics; Geophysics; Marine; Meters; Sea beds; Searching; Topography

We suggest that limits on the number of independent variables that play a role in controlling the shape of the seafloor can be obtained directly from bathymetry data. To obtain this information, seafloor topography is considered as a product of a larger system that produces the oceanic lithosphere....