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Description / Table of Contents: Designed to accompany: Calculus : the language of change / Keith D. Stroyan. 2nd ed. c1998. - Rev. ed. of: Calculus using Mathematica. c1993

Description / Table of Contents: J. J. Veldkamp, M. G. Gaillard, H. A. Jonkers, B. K. Levell, M. G. Gaillard, and H. A. Jonkers: A Kimmeridgian time-slice through the Humber Group of the central North Sea: a test of sequence stratigraphic methods / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:1-28, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.01 --- Alan Carruthers, Tom Mckie, John Price, Robin Dyer, Gwydion Williams, and Paul Watson: The application of sequence stratigraphy to the understanding of Late Jurassic turbidite plays in the Central North Sea, UKCS / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:29-45, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.02 --- M. J. David: History of hydrocarbon exploration in the Moray Firth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:47-80, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.03 --- Richard J. Davies, Kevin J. Stephen, John R. Underhill, Richard J. Davies, and Kevin J. Stephen: A re-evaluation of Middle and Upper Jurassic stratigraphy and the flooding history of the Moray Firth Rift System, North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:81-108, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.04 --- S. D. Harker and M. Rieuf: Genetic stratigraphy and sandstone distribution of the Moray Firth Humber Group (Upper Jurassic) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:109-130, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.05 --- Claire R. Hallsworth, Andrew C. Morton, and Graham Dore: Contrasting mineralogy of Upper Jurassic sandstones in the Outer Moray Firth, North Sea: implications for the evolution of sediment dispersal patterns / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:131-144, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.06 --- R. E. Frost and J. F. Rose: Tectonic quiescence punctuated by strike-slip movement: influences on Late Jurassic sedimentation in the Moray Firth and the North Sea region / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:145-162, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.07 --- M. A. Martin, J. E. Pollard, and M. A. Martin: The role of trace fossil (ichnofabric) analysis in the development of depositional models for the Upper Jurassic Fulmar Formation of the Kittiwake Field (Quadrant 21 UKCS) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:163-183, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.08 --- Stuart Gowland: Facies characteristics and depositional models of highly bioturbated shallow marine siliciclastic strata: an example from the Fulmar Formation (Late Jurassic), UK Central Graben / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:185-214, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.09 --- S. J. C. Cannon and S. Gowland: Facies controls on reservoir quality in the Late Jurassic Fulmar Formation, Quadrant 21, UKCS / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:215-233, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.10 --- Geoff Freer, Andrew Hurst, and Paul Middleton: Upper Jurassic sandstone reservoir quality and distribution on the Fladen Ground Spur / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:235-249, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.11 --- C. Y. McCants and S. D. Burley: Reservoir architecture and diagenesis in downthrown fault block plays: the Lowlander Prospect of Block 14/20b, Witch Ground Graben, Outer Moray Firth, UK North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:251-285, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.12 --- Michael J. Pearson, Alasdair D. Duncan, and Alasdair D. Duncan: Biomarker maturity profiles in the Inner Moray Firth Basin and implications for inversion estimates / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:287-298, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.13 --- B. Dickinson: The Puffin Field: the appraisal of a complex HP-HT gas-condensate accumulation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:299-327, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.14 --- Susan Currie: The development of the Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and Hamish Fields, Block 15/21A, UK North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 114:329-341, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.15

Description / Table of Contents: Over long periods of time the tectonic evolution of the solid Earth has been recognized as the major control on the development of the global climate system. Tectonic activity acts in one of two different ways to influence regional and global climate: (i) through the opening and closing of oceanic gateways and its effect on the circulation patterns in the global ocean; (ii) through the growth and erosion of orogenic belts, resulting in changes in oceanic chemistry and disruption of atmospheric circulation. The Arabian Sea region has several features that make it the best area for studies of climate and palaeoceanographic responses to tectonic activity, most notably in the context of the South Asian monsoon and its relationship to the growth of high topography in the adjacent Himalayas and Tibet. The Tectonic and Climatic Evolution of the Arabian Sea Region brings together a collection of recent studies on the area from a wide group of international contributors. The paper range from high resolution, Holocene palaeoceanographic studies of the Pakistan margin to regional tectonic reconstructions of the ocean basin and surrounding margins throughout the Cenozoic. Marine geophysics, stratigraphy, isotope chemistry and neotectonics come together in a multidisciplinary approach to the study of interactions of land and sea. while much work remains to be done to understand fully the tectonic and climatic evolution of the Arabian Sea, a great deal has been achieved since the last major review, as detailed in the 26 contributions. This volume is essential reading for palaeoceanographers, sedimentologists and geophysicists. It will also be interest to structural geologists and those working in the petroleum industry.

Description / Table of Contents: Ireland is virtually encircled by sedimentary basins which developed in response to periods of rifting and thermal subsidence. These offshore basins have been the focus of intermittent phases of exploration since drilling of the first well in 1970 and, to date, 136 wells have been drilled. Most of the drilling so far has concentrated on structural traps, but recent exploration has begun to focus on a variety of stratigraphic traps, with greater emphasis on results obtained from studies of the Atlantic margin basins. The Petroleum Exploration of Ireland's Offshore Basins contains a set of 27 papers on a wide range of topics relating to recent exploration of the Irish offshore sedimentary basins. These papers address aspects of the structural and stratigraphic evolution, thermal history, petroleum systems, reservoir geology and sea-bed processes in the Irish offshore area. Although the main focus is on petroleum systems and those issues bearing on exploration risk, the exploration effort has yielded fundamental new insight into the wider development of starved passive continental margins. The volume will be of interest to oil industry explorationists and researchers focusing on NW European sedimentary basins and the evolution of the Irish Atlantic margin.

Description / Table of Contents: The Mineralogical Society of America sponsored a short course for which this was the text at Stanford University December 9 and 10, 1995, preceding the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union and MSA in San Fransisco, with about 100 professionals and graduate students in attendance. A silicate melt phase is the essential component of nearly all igneous processes, with dramatic consequences for the properties of the Earth's interior. Throughout Earth history and continuing to the present day, silicate melts have acted as transport agents in the chemical and physical differentiation of the Earth into core, mantle and crust. The occurrence of such magmatic processes leads to the definition of our planet as "active," and the resulting volcanism has a profound impact on the Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. Although near-surface melts are observed directly during volcanic eruptions, the properties of magmas deep within the Earth must be characterized and constrained by laboratory experiments. Many of these experiments are designed to aid in developing an atomic level understanding of the structure and dynamics of silicate melts under the P- T conditions of the Earth's crust and mantle, which will make extrapolation from the laboratory results to the behavior of natural magmas as reliable as possible. Silicate melts are also the archetypal glass-forming materials. Because of the ready availability of raw materials, and the ease with which molten silicates can be vitrified, commercial "glass" has necessarily implied a silicate composition, over most of the history of glass technology. The properties of the melt, or "slag" in metallurgical extractions, determine the nature of the glass formed, and the needs of the glass industry have provided much of the impetus for understanding the structure-property relations of molten silicates as well as for the glasses themselves. It is now recognized that any liquid might become glassy, if cooled rapidly enough, and understanding the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the glass transition, or passage between the liquid and glassy states of matter, has become a subject of intense interest in fundamental physics and chemistry. Glasses have also been studied in many geochemical investigations, often as substitutes for the high temperature melts, with the results being extrapolated to the liquid state. In many cases, in situ techniques for direct investigation of these refractory systems have only recently become available. Much valuable information concerning the melt structure has been gleaned from such studies. Nevertheless, there are fundamental differences between the liquid and glassy states. In liquids, the structure becomes progressively more disordered with increasing temperature, which usually gives rise to major changes in all thermodynamic properties and processes. These changes must, in general, be investigated directly by in situ studies at high temperature. Studies of glass only represent a starting point, which reflect a frozen image of the melt "structure" at the glass transition temperature. This is generally hundreds of degrees below the near-liquidus temperatures of greatest interest to petrologists. Since the early 1980s, a much deeper understanding of the structure, dynamics, and properties of molten silicates has been developed within the geochemical community, applying techniques and concepts developed within glass science, extractive metallurgy and liquid state physics. Some of these developments have far-reaching implications for igneous petrology. The purpose of this Short Course and volume is to introduce the basic concepts of melt physics and relaxation theory as applied to silicate melts, then to describe the current state of experimental and computer simulation techniques for exploring the detailed atomic structure and dynamic processes which occur at high temperature, and finally to consider the relationships between melt structure, thermodynamic properties and rheology within these liquids. These fundamental relations serve to bridge the extrapolation from often highly simplified melt compositions studied in the laboratory to the multicomponent systems found in nature. This volume focuses on the properties of simple model silicate systems, which are usually volatile-free. The behavior of natural magmas has been summarized in a previous Short Course volume (Nicholls and Russell, editors, 1990: Reviews in Mineralogy, Vol. 24), and the effect of volatiles on magmatic properties in yet another (Carroll and Holloway, editors, 1994: Vol. 30). In the chapters by Moynihan, by Webb and Dingwell, and by Richet and Bottinga, the concepts of relaxation and the glass transition are introduced, along with techniques for studying the rheology of silicate liquids, and theories for understanding the transport and relaxation behavior in terms of the structure and thermodynamic properties of the liquid. The chapter by Dingwell presents applications of relaxation-based studies of melts in the characterization of their properties. Chapters by Stebbins, by Brown, Farges and Calas, and by McMillan and Wolf present the principal techniques for studying the melt structure and atomic scale dynamics by a variety of spectroscopic and diffraction methods. Wolf and McMillan summarize our current understanding of the effects of pressure on silicate glass and melt structure. Chapters by Navrotsky and by Hess consider the thermodynamic properties and mixing relations in simple and multicomponent aluminosilicate melts, both from a fundamental structural point of view and empirical chemical models which can be conveniently extrapolated to natural systems. The chapter by Chakraborty describes the diffusivity of chemical species in silicate melts and glasses, and the chapter by Poole, McMillan and Wolf discusses the application of computer simulation methods to understanding the structure and dynamics of molten silicates. The emphasis in this volume is on reviewing the current state of knowledge of the structure, dynamics and physical properties of silicate melts, along with present capabilities for studying the molten state under conditions relevant to melting within the Earth, with the intention that these techniques and results can then be applied to understanding and modeling both the nature of silicate melts and the role of silicate melts in nature.