Computers in Geology - 25 Years of Progress

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.

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.

1. - Introduction
2. - Weights of evidence modeling and weighted logistic regression for mineral potential mapping
3. - Gold prospecting with factorial cokriging in the Limousin, France
4. - Recent experiences with Prospector II
5. - Correspondence analysis in heavy mineral interpretation
6. - Mathematics between source and trap: Uncertainty in hydrocarbon migration modeling
7. - Risk analysis of petroleum prospects
8. - Characteristic analysis as an oil exploration tool
9. - Subsurface stratigraphic analysis
10. - Automated correlation based on Markov analysis of vertical successions and Walther's Law
11. - Milankovitch cyclicity in the stratigraphic record - A review
12. - Can the Ginsburg model generate cycles?
13. - Quantitative genetics in paleontology: Evolution in tertiary ostracoda
14. - An integrated approach to forward modeling carbonate platform development
15. - Principal component analysis of three-way data
16. - A solution to the percentage-data problem in petrology
17. - Amplitude and phase in map and image enhancement
18. - Fractals in geosciences - challenges and concerns
19. - An executable notation, with illustrations from elementary crystallography
20. - Uncertainty in geology
21. - Expert systems in environmental geology
22. - From multivariate sampling to thematic maps with an application to marine geochemistry
23. - The kinematics of paleo landforms
24. - R.G.V. Eigen: Legendary father of mathematical geology