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.

1. Introduction, Vaclav Nemec 2. Weights of Evidence Modeling and Weighted Logistic Regression for Mineral Potential Mapping, F.P. Agterberg, et al. 3. Gold Prospecting with Factorial Cokriging in the Limousin, France, Hans Wackernagel and Henri Sanguinetti 4. Recent Experiences with Prospector II, Richard B. McCammon 5. Correspondence Analysis in Heavy Mineral Interpretation, J. Tourenq, V. Rohrlich and H. Teil 6. Mathematics Between Source and Trap: Uncertainty in Hydrocarbon Migration Modeling, Marek Kacewicz 7. Risk Analysis of Petroleum Prospects, John W. Harbaugh and Johannes Wendebourg 8. Characteristic Analysis as an Oil Exploration Tool, H.A.F. Chaves 9. Information Management and Mapping System for Subsurface Stratigraphic Analysis, D. Gill et al. 10. Automated Correlation Based on Markov Analysis of Vertical Successions and Walther's Law, D.R. Collins and J.H. Doveton 11. Milankovitch Cyclicity in the Stratigraphic Record--A Review, S.B. Kelly and J.M. Cubitt 12. Can the Ginsburg Model Generate Cycles?, W. Schwarzacher 13. Quantitative Genetics in Paleontology: Evolution in Tertiary Ostracoda, Richard A. Reyment and K.G. McKenzie 14. An Integrated Approach to Forward Modeling Carbonate Platform Development, Helmut Mayer 15. Principal Component Analysis of Three-Way Data, Michael E. Hohn 16. A Solution to the Percentage-Data Problem in Petrology, E.H. Timothy Whitten 17. Amplitude and Phase in Map and Image Enhancement, Joseph E. Robinson 18. Fractals in Geosciences--Challenges and Concerns, Ute Christina Herzfeld 19. An Executable Notation, with Illustrations from Elementary Crystallography, Donald B. McIntyre 20. Uncertainty in Geology, C. John Mann 21. Expert Systems in Environmental Geology, W. Skala and S. Heynisch 22. From Multivariate Sampling to Thematic Maps with an Application to Marine Geochemistry, J.E. Harff, R.A. Olea and G.C. Bohling 23. The Kinematics of Paleo Landforms, R.G. Craig 24. R.G.V. Eigen: Legendary Father of Mathematical Geology, J.H. Doveton and J.C. Davis

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