Computers in Geology - 25 Years of Progress

TRAMA

This volume vividly demonstrates the importance and increasing breadth of quantitative methods in the earth sciences. With contributions from an international cast of leading practitioners, chapters cover a wide range of state-of-the-art methods and applications, including computer modeling and mapping techniques. Many chapters also contain reviews and extensive bibliographies which serve to make this an invaluable introduction to the entire field. In addition to its detailed presentations, the book includes chapters on the history of geomathematics and on R.G.V. Eigen, the "father" of mathematical geology. Written to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, the book will be sought after by both practitioners and researchers in all branches of geology.

NOTE EDITORE

This book vividly demonstrates the importance and increasing breadth of quantitative methods in the earth sciences. With contributions from an international cast of leading practitioners, it covers a wide range of state-of-the-art methods and applications, including computer modelling and mapping techniques. Many chapters also contain reviews and extensive bibliographies which serve to make this an invaluable introduction to the entire field. In addition to its detailed presentations, the book includes chapters on the history of geomathematics and also on Eigen - the father of mathematical geology.

SOMMARIO

1. - Introduction2. - Weights of evidence modeling and weighted logistic regression for mineral potential mapping3. - Gold prospecting with factorial cokriging in the Limousin, France4. - Recent experiences with Prospector II5. - Correspondence analysis in heavy mineral interpretation6. - Mathematics between source and trap: Uncertainty in hydrocarbon migration modeling7. - Risk analysis of petroleum prospects8. - Characteristic analysis as an oil exploration tool9. - Subsurface stratigraphic analysis10. - Automated correlation based on Markov analysis of vertical successions and Walther's Law11. - Milankovitch cyclicity in the stratigraphic record - A review12. - Can the Ginsburg model generate cycles?13. - Quantitative genetics in paleontology: Evolution in tertiary ostracoda14. - An integrated approach to forward modeling carbonate platform development15. - Principal component analysis of three-way data16. - A solution to the percentage-data problem in petrology17. - Amplitude and phase in map and image enhancement18. - Fractals in geosciences - challenges and concerns19. - An executable notation, with illustrations from elementary crystallography20. - Uncertainty in geology21. - Expert systems in environmental geology22. - From multivariate sampling to thematic maps with an application to marine geochemistry23. - The kinematics of paleo landforms24. - R.G.V. Eigen: Legendary father of mathematical geology

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780195085938
• Collana: International Association for Mathematical Geology Studies in Mathematical Geology
• Dimensioni: 241 x 25.1 x 162 mm Ø 1 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: colour plates, line figures, tables
• Pagine Arabe: 316