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I'm not denying the benefits of mathematical modelling for any science, but in order to show that chaos theory/complexity has any benefit or application towards any science, you have to show that it applies to the theories and processes that those sciences already espouse. In any case, there's more to mathematical modelling than chaos or complexity theory.
If you can show that chaos has any application to fossilisation, sedimentation processes, ore forming processes, orogenesis, coal and oil formation, remote sensing, structural geology etc etc etc, then you might have some chance of having geologists take it onboard. I've used plenty of mathematical models in geology but not once have I ever had to use chaos theory or complexity to model rather complex geological systems.
Like any theory, it's just a tool that can be applied in some situations, but not all.
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