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The so-called “gliding box method” of lacunarity analysis has been investigated for implementing multifractal modeling in comparison with the ordinary box-counting method. Newly derived results show that the lacunarity index is associated with the dimension (codimension) of fractal, multifractal and some types of nonfractals in power-law relations involving box size; the exponent of the lacunarity function corresponds to the fractal codimension (E – D) for fractals and nonfractals, and to the correlation codimension (E – τlpar;2)) for multifractals. These results are illustrated with two case studies: De Wijs's zinc concentration values from the Pulacayo sphalerite-quartz vein in Bolivia and Cochran's tree seedlings example. Both yield low lacunarities and slightly depart from translational invariance.
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Cheng, Q. Multifractal Modeling and Lacunarity Analysis. Mathematical Geology 29, 919–932 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022355723781
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