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Description / Table of Contents: Abstract Reservoir quality is studied using a wide range of similar techniques in both sandstones and carbonates. Sandstone and carbonate reservoir quality both benefit from the study of modern analogues and experiments, but modelling approaches are currently quite different for these two types of reservoirs. There are many common controls on sandstone and carbonate reservoir quality, but also distinct differences due primarily to mineralogy. Numerous controversies remain including the question of oil inhibition, the key control on pressure solution and geochemical flux of material to or from reservoirs. This collection of papers contains case-study-based examples of sandstone and carbonate reservoir quality prediction as well as modern analogue, outcrop analogue, modelling and advanced analytical approaches.

Description / Table of Contents: Field studies over a range of scales have been important in the upstream oil and gas industry for decades. Advances in digital outcrop characterization and data capture, coupled with increased computational capabilities, have resulted in a resurgence in fieldwork; these field studies are required to develop depositional, stratigraphic and structural concepts and provide the data which underpin the current generation of complex, computer generated, 3D subsurface models. These models provide an informed means of benchmarking the subsurface along with a more considered view of subsurface uncertainty and management of the risks identified. The papers in this volume cover safety in the field, frontier basin petroleum system assessment, field appraisal and development including unconventional resources, applications of techniques such as LiDAR and 3D photogrammetry, and uncertainty characterization. The studies were undertaken in diverse locations such as the Faroe Islands, Italy, Algeria, India, the USA and Trinidad; they represent a range of tectonic settings and a wide geological time frame. The spectrum of papers is testament to the value and integral position that fieldwork occupies within the modern hydrocarbon industry.

Description / Table of Contents: Field studies over a range of scales have been important in the upstream oil and gas industry for decades. Advances in digital outcrop characterization and data capture, coupled with increased computational capabilities, have resulted in a resurgence in fieldwork; these field studies are required to develop depositional, stratigraphic and structural concepts and provide the data which underpin the current generation of complex, computer generated, 3D subsurface models. These models provide an informed means of benchmarking the subsurface along with a more considered view of subsurface uncertainty and management of the risks identified. The papers in this volume cover safety in the field, frontier basin petroleum system assessment, field appraisal and development including unconventional resources, applications of techniques such as LiDAR and 3D photogrammetry, and uncertainty characterization. The studies were undertaken in diverse locations such as the Faroe Islands, Italy, Algeria, India, the USA and Trinidad; they represent a range of tectonic settings and a wide geological time frame. The spectrum of papers is testament to the value and integral position that fieldwork occupies within the modern hydrocarbon industry.

Description / Table of Contents: Ecologists and natural resource managers are charged with making complex management decisions in the face of a rapidly changing environment resulting from climate change, energy development, urban sprawl, invasive species and globalization. Advances in Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, digitization, online data availability, historic legacy datasets, remote sensors and the ability to collect data on animal movements via satellite and GPS have given rise to large, highly complex datasets. These datasets could be utilized for making critical management decisions, but are often “messy” and difficult to interpret. Basic artificial intelligence algorithms (i.e., machine learning) are powerful tools that are shaping the world and must be taken advantage of in the life sciences. In ecology, machine learning algorithms are critical to helping resource managers synthesize information to better understand complex ecological systems. Machine Learning has a wide variety of powerful applications, with three general uses that are of particular interest to ecologists: (1) data exploration to gain system knowledge and generate new hypotheses, (2) predicting ecological patterns in space and time, and (3) pattern recognition for ecological sampling. Machine learning can be used to make predictive assessments even when relationships between variables are poorly understood. When traditional techniques fail to capture the relationship between variables, effective use of machine learning can unearth and capture previously unattainable insights into an ecosystem's complexity. Currently, many ecologists do not utilize machine learning as a part of the scientific process. This volume highlights how machine learning techniques can complement the traditional methodologies currently applied in this field

Description / Table of Contents: Tsunamis: geology, hazards and risks – introduction / Ellie M. Scourse, Neil A. Chapman, David R. Tappin and Simon R. Wallis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 1-3, 28 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.13 --- Tsunami hazards globally --- The importance of geologists and geology in tsunami science and tsunami hazard / David R. Tappin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 5-38, 28 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.11 --- Geological studies in tsunami research since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake / Simon R. Wallis, Osamu Fujiwara and Kazuhisa Goto / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 39-53, 18 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.12 --- Tsunami simulations of mega-thrust earthquakes in the Nankai–Tonankai Trough (Japan) based on stochastic rupture scenarios / Katsuichiro Goda, Tomohiro Yasuda, P. Martin Mai, Takuma Maruyama and Nobuhito Mori / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 55-74, 22 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.1 --- Spatial variability in sediment lithology and sedimentary processes along the Japan Trench: use of deep-sea turbidite records to reconstruct past large earthquakes / Ken Ikehara, Kazuko Usami, Toshiya Kanamatsu, Kazuno Arai, Asuka Yamaguchi and Rina Fukuchi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 75-89, 3 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.9 --- Tsunami hazard in Central America: history and future / Conrad Lindholm, Wilfried Strauch and Mario Fernández / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 91-104, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.2 --- Block and boulder accumulations on the southern coast of Crete (Greece): evidence for the 365 CE tsunami in the Eastern Mediterranean / Sarah J. Boulton and Michael R. Z. Whitworth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 105-125, 9 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.4 --- Tsunami landfalls in the Maltese archipelago: reconciling the historical record with geomorphological evidence / Derek N. Mottershead, Malcolm J. Bray and Philip J. Soar / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 127-141, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.8 --- Cataloguing tsunami events in the UK / Dave Long / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 143-165, 29 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.10 --- The application of microtextural and heavy mineral analysis to discriminate between storm and tsunami deposits / Pedro J. M. Costa, G. Gelfenbaum, S. Dawson, S. La Selle, F. Milne, J. Cascalho, C. Ponte Lira, C. Andrade, M. C. Freitas and B. Jaffe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 167-190, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.7 --- Risk modelling --- Risk-informed tsunami warnings / Gordon Woo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 191-197, 23 January 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.3 --- The New Zealand Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Model: development and implementation of a methodology for estimating tsunami hazard nationwide / William Power, Xiaoming Wang, Laura Wallace, Kate Clark and Christof Mueller / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 199-217, 3 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.6 --- A global probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment from earthquake sources / Gareth Davies, Jonathan Griffin, Finn Løvholt, Sylfest Glimsdal, Carl Harbitz, Hong Kie Thio, Stefano Lorito, Roberto Basili, Jacopo Selva, Eric Geist and Maria Ana Baptista / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 219-244, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.5

Description / Table of Contents: Petroleum reservoir quality prediction: overview and contrasting approaches from sandstone and carbonate communities / R. H. Worden, P. J. Armitage, A. R. Butcher, J. M. Churchill, A. E. Csoma, C. Hollis, R. H. Lander and J. E. Omma / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 1-31, 1 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.21 --- Diagenetic pathways linked to labile Mg-clays in lacustrine carbonate reservoirs: a model for the origin of secondary porosity in the Cretaceous pre-salt Barra Velha Formation, offshore Brazil / Nicholas J. Tosca and V. Paul Wright / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 33-46, 20 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.1 --- Origin and evolution of microporosity in packstones and grainstones in a Lower Cretaceous carbonate reservoir, United Arab Emirates / Daniel Morad, Matteo Paganoni, Amena Al Harthi, Sadoon Morad, Andrea Ceriani, Howri Mansurbeg, Aisha Al Suwaidi, Ihsan S. Al-Aasm and Stephen N. Ehrenberg / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 47-66, 21 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.20 --- Distinguishing between eogenetic, unconformity-related and mesogenetic dissolution: a case study from the Panna and Mukta fields, offshore Mumbai, India / A. J. Barnett, V. P. Wright, V. S. Chandra and V. Jain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 67-84, 18 December 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.12 --- Role of facies diversity and cyclicity on the reservoir quality of the mid-Cretaceous Mishrif Formation in the southern Mesopotamian Basin, Iraq / Thamer A. Mahdi and Adnan A. M. Aqrawi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 85-105, 22 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.19 --- Burial estimates constrained by clumped isotope thermometry: example of the Lower Cretaceous Qishn Formation (Haushi-Huqf High, Oman) / Cédric M. John / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 107-121, 18 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.5 --- Feldspar alteration and Fe minerals: origin, distribution and implications for sandstone reservoir quality in estuarine sediments / Ehsan Daneshvar and Richard H. Worden / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 123-139, 13 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.17 --- Evolution of small-scale flow barriers in German Rotliegend siliciclastics / Benjamin Busch, Rebecca Winkler, Keyvan Osivandi, Georg Nover, Alexandra Amann-Hildenbrand and Christoph Hilgers / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 141-160, 18 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.3 --- Deformation band development as a function of intrinsic host-rock properties in Triassic Sherwood Sandstone / Joshua Griffiths, Daniel R. Faulkner, Alexander P. Edwards and Richard H. Worden / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 161-176, 19 January 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.11 --- Diagenetic controls on the location of reservoir sweet spots relative to palaeotopographical and structural highs / Jessica E. Poteet, Robert H. Goldstein and Evan K. Franseen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 177-215, 21 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.18 --- Evaluation of porosity change during chemo-mechanical compaction in flooding experiments on Liège outcrop chalk / Wenxia Wang, Merete V. Madland, Udo Zimmermann, Anders Nermoen, Reidar I. Korsnes, Silvana R. A. Bertolino and Tania Hildebrand-Habel / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 217-234, 26 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.10 --- Hydrothermal dolomitization: simulation by reaction transport modelling / Alberto Consonni, Alfredo Frixa and Chiara Maragliulo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 235-244, 14 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.13 --- Reservoir quality prediction of deep-water Oligocene sandstones from the west Niger Delta by integrated petrological, petrophysical and basin modelling / O. K. Chudi, Helen Lewis, D. A. V. Stow and J. O. Buckman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 245-264, 14 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.8 --- Diagenesis, plagioclase dissolution and preservation of porosity in Eocene and Oligocene sandstones at the Greeley oil field, southern San Joaquin basin, California, USA / D. T. Nguyen, R. A. Horton and A. B. Kaess / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 265-282, 28 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.14 --- History of hydrothermal fluid flow in the midcontinent, USA: the relationship between inverted thermal structure, unconformities and porosity distribution / Bradley D. King and Robert H. Goldstein / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 283-320, 17 August 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.16 --- Enhanced porosity preservation by pore fluid overpressure and chlorite grain coatings in the Triassic Skagerrak, Central Graben, North Sea, UK / Stephan Stricker and Stuart J. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 321-341, 5 January 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.4 --- Deciphering multiple controls on reservoir quality and inhibition of quartz cement in a complex reservoir: Ordovician glacial sandstones, Illizi Basin, Algeria / Martin Wells, Philip Hirst, Jon Bouch, Emma Whear and Nigel Clark / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 343-372, 11 December 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.6 --- Trace element composition of authigenic quartz in sandstones and its correlation with fluid–rock interaction during diagenesis / Thomas Götte / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 373-387, 19 January 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.2 --- Comparing clay mineral diagenesis in interbedded sandstones and mudstones, Vienna Basin, Austria / Susanne Gier, Richard H. Worden and Peter Krois / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 389-403, 20 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.9 --- The relevance of dawsonite precipitation in CO2 sequestration in the Mihályi-Répcelak area, NW Hungary / Csilla Király, Eszter Sendula, Ágnes Szamosfalvi, Réka Káldos, Péter Kónya, István J. Kovács, Judit Füri, Zsolt Bendő and György Falus / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 405-418, 20 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.15 --- Reactive transport modelling of compacting siliciclastic sediment diagenesis / C. Geloni, A. Ortenzi and A. Consonni / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 419-439, 10 December 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.7

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Using Natural Archives to Track Sources and Long-Term Trends of Pollution: An Introduction / Jules M. Blais, Michael R. Rosen and John P. Smol. - The Influence of Hydrology on Lacustrine Sediment Contaminant Records / Michael R. Rosen. - The Stability of Metal Profiles in Freshwater and Marine Sediments / P. M. Outridge and F. Wang. - Calculating Rates and Dates and Interpreting Contaminant Profiles in Biomixed Sediments / Zou Zou A. Kuzyk, Robie W. Macdonald and Sophia C. Johannessen. - Contaminants in Marine Sedimentary Deposits from Coal Fly Ash During the Latest Permian Extinction / Hamed Sanei, Stephen E. Grasby and Benoit Beauchamp. - Lake Sediment Records of Preindustrial Metal Pollution / Colin A. Cooke and Richard Bindler. - Lacustrine Archives of Metals from Mining and Other Industrial Activities - A Geochemical Approach / John Boyle, Richard Chiverrell and Dan Schillereff. - Organic Pollutants in Sediment Core Archives / Jennifer B. Korosi, Wenhan Cheng and Jules M. Blais. - Environmental Archives of Contaminant Particles / Neil L. Rose and Meri Ruppel. - Tracking Long-range Atmospheric Transport of Contaminants in Arctic Regions Using Lake Sediments / Jane Kirk and Amber Gleason. - Tracking Long-Range Atmospheric Transport of Trace Metals, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Organohalogen Compounds Using Lake Sediments of Mountain Regions / Jordi Catalan. - Using Peat Records as Natural Archives of Past Atmospheric Metal Deposition / Sophia V. Hansson, Richard Bindler and François De Vleeschouwer. - Historical Contaminant Records from Sclerochronological Archives / Jessica Carilli, Branwen Williams, Bernd R. Schöne, Richard A. Krause and Stewart J. Fallon. - Contaminant Records in Ice Cores / Paolo Gabrielli and Paul Vallelonga. - Use of Catalogued Long-term Biological Collections and Samples for Determining Changes in Contaminant Exposure to Organisms / Linda M. Campbell and Paul E. Drevnick. - Tracking Contaminant Transport From Biovectors / Roland Kallenborn and Jules M. Blais. - Using Natural Archives to Track Sources and Long-Term Trends of Pollution: Some Final Thoughts and Suggestions for Future Directions / Jules M. Blais, Michael R. Rosen and John P. Smol. - Index.

Description / Table of Contents: The human footprint on the global environment now touches every corner of the world. This book explores the myriad ways that environmental archives can be used to study the distribution and long-term trajectories of chemical contaminants. The volume first focuses on reviews that examine the integrity of the historic record, including factors related to hydrology, post-depositional diffusion, and mixing processes. This is followed by a series of chapters dealing with the diverse archives and methodologies available for long-term studies of environmental pollution, such as the use of sediments, ice cores, sclerochronology, and museum specimens.