Description of the area distribution of landmasses by Korcak exponent—the importance of the Arabic and Indian subcontinents in proper classification

Autor:	Attila R. Imre
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Fractal Distribution (number theory) Arabic Exponent language General Earth and Planetary Sciences Cartography language.human_language General Environmental Science Mathematics
Zdroj:	Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 8:3615-3619
ISSN:	1866-7538 1866-7511
DOI:	10.1007/s12517-014-1481-0
Popis:	Landmasses can be classified as “islands” or “continents” mainly by geological, rather than geographical, criteria but the classification is still a bit arbitrary. We are presenting a statistical method (a modified Korcak analysis) where the area distribution reveals an intrinsic classification of landmasses. Based on this analysis, one can separate island, subcontinents and continents using only a spatial or geographical criterion, the area. Although not completely, this classification gives more or less the same groups like the ones based on geological criteria.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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