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Note: Chapter 1. Structure and chemistry of zircon and zircon-group minerals by Robert J. Finch and John M. Hanchar, p. 1 - 26 Chapter 2. The composition of zircon and igneous and metamorphic petrogenesis by Paul W. O. Hoskin and Urs Schaltegger, p. 27 - 62 Chapter 3. Melt inclusions in zircon by J. B. Thomas, Robert J. Bodnar, Nobumichi Shimizu, and Craig A. Chesner, p. 63 - 88 Chapter 4. Zircon saturation thermometry by John M. Hanchar and E. Bruce Watson, p. 89 - 112 Chapter 5. Diffusion in zircon by Daniele J. Cherniak and E. Bruce Watson, p. 113 - 144 Chapter 6. Historical development of zircon geochronology by Donald W. Davis, Ian S. Williams, and Thomas E. Krogh, p. 145 - 182 Chapter 7. Zircon U-Th-Pb geochronology by isotope dilution—thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS) by Randall R. Parrish and Stephen R. Noble, p. 183 - 214 Chapter 8. Considerations in zircon geochronology by SIMS by Trevor R. Ireland and Ian S. Williams, p. 215 - 242 Chapter 9. Present trends and the future of zircon in geochronology: laser ablation ICPMS by Jan Kosler and Paul J. Sylvester, p. 243 - 276 Chapter 10. Detrital zircon analysis of the sedimentary record by Christopher M. Fedo, Keith N. Sircombe, and Robert H. Rainbird, p. 277 - 304 Chapter 11. High-precision U-Pb zircon geochronology and the stratigraphic record by Samuel A. Bowring and Mark D. Schmitz, p. 305 - 326 Chapter 12. Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope systems in zircon by Peter D. Kinny and Roland Maas, p. 327 - 342 Chapter 13. Oxygen isotopes in zircon by John W. Valley, p. 343 - 386 Chapter 14. Radiation effects in zircon by Rodney C. Ewing, Alkiviathes Meldrum, LuMin Wang, William J. Weber, and L. René Corrales, p. 387 - 426 Chapter 15. Spectroscopic methods applied to zircon by Lutz Nasdala, Ming Zhang, Ulf Kempe, Gérard Panczer, Michael Gaft, Michael Andrut, and Michael Plotze, p. 427 - 468 Chapter 16. Atlas of zircon textures by Fernando Corfu, John M. Hanchar, Paul W.O. Hoskin, and Peter Kinny, p. 469 - 500

Note: Chapter 1. Introduction to U-series Geochemistry by Bernard Bourdon, Simon Turner, Gideon M. Henderson and Craig C. Lundstrom, p. 1 - 22 Chapter 2. Techniques for Measuring Uranium-series Nuclides: 1992-2002 by Steven J. Goldstein and Claudine H. Stirling, p. 23 - 58 Chapter 3. Mineral-Melt Partitioning of Uranium, Thorium and Their Daughters by Jonathan Blundy and Bernard Wood, p. 59 - 124 Chapter 4. Timescales of Magma Chamber Processes and Dating of Young Volcanic Rocks by Michel Condomines, Pierre-Jean Gauthier, and Olgeir Sigmarsson, p. 125 - 174 Chapter 5. Uranium-series Disequilibria in Mid-ocean Ridge Basalts: Observations and Models of Basalt Genesis by Craig C. Lundstrom, p. 175 - 214 Chapter 6. U-series Constraints on Intraplate Basaltic Magmatism by Bernard Bourdon and Kenneth W. W. Sims, p. 215 - 254 Chapter 7. Insights into Magma Genesis at Convergent Margins from U-series Isotopes by Simon Turner, Bernard Bourdon and Jim Gill, p. 255 - 316 Chapter 8. The Behavior of U- and Th-series Nuclides in Groundwater by Donald Porcelli and Peter W. Swarzenski, p. 317 - 362 Chapter 9. Uranium-series Dating of Marine and Lacustrine Carbonates by R. L. Edwards, C. D. Gallup, and H. Cheng, p. 363 - 406 Chapter 10. Uranium-series Chronology and Environmental Applications of Speleothems by David A. Richards and Jeffrey A. Dorale, p. 407 - 460 Chapter 11. Short-lived U/Th Series Radionuclides in the Ocean: Tracers for Scavenging Rates, Export Fluxes and Particle Dynamics by J. K. Cochran and P. Masquè, p. 461 - 492 Chapter 12. The U-series Toolbox for Paleoceanography by Gideon M. Henderson and Robert F. Anderson, p. 493 - 532 Chapter 13. U-Th-Ra Fractionation During Weathering and River Transport by F. Chabaux, J. Riotte and O. Dequincey, p. 533 - 576 Chapter 14. The Behavior of U- and Th-series Nuclides in the Estuarine Environment by Peter W. Swarzenski, Donald Porcelli, Per S. Andersson and Joseph M. Smoakv, p. 577 - 606 Chapter 15. U-series Dating and Human Evolution by A. W. G. Pike and P. B. Pettitt, p. 607 - 630 Chapter 16. Mathematical-Statistical Treatment of Data and Errors for 230Th/U Geochronology by K. R. Ludwig, p. 631 - 656

Note: Chapter 1. An Overview of Biomineralization Processes and the Problem of the Vital Effect by Steve Weiner and Patricia M. Dove, p. 1 - 30 Chapter 2. Principles of Molecular Biology and Biomacromolecular Chemistry by John S. Evans, p. 31 - 56 Chapter 3. Principles of Crystal Nucleation and Growth by James J. De Yoreo and Peter G. Vekilov, p. 57 - 94 Chapter 4. Biologically Induced Mineralization by Bacteria by Richard B. Frankel and Dennis A. Bazylinskn, p. 95 - 114 Chapter 5. The Source of Ions for Biomineralization in Foraminifera and Their Implications for Paleoceanographic Proxies by Jonathan Erez, p. 115 - 150 Chapter 6. Geochemical Perspectives on Coral Mineralization by Anne L. Cohen and Ted A. McConnaughey, p. 151 - 188 Chapter 7. Biomineralization Within Vesicles: The Calcite of Coccoliths by Jeremy R. Young and Karen Henriksen, p. 189 - 216 Chapter 8. Biologically Controlled Mineralization in Prokaryotes by Dennis A. Bazylinski and Richard B. Frankel, p. 217 - 248 Chapter 9. Mineralization in Organic Matrix Frameworks by Arthur Veis, p. 249 - 290 Chapter 10. Silicification: The Processes by Which Organisms Capture and Mineralize Silica by Carole C. Perry, p. 291 - 328 Chapter 11. Biomineralization and Evolutionary History by Andrew H Knoll, p. 329 - 356 Chapter 12. Biomineralization and Global Biogeochemical Cycles by Philippe Van Cappellen, p. 357 -381

Note: Kaiserslautern, Technische Universität, Dissertation, 2003 (Nicht für den Austausch)

Note: The Economic-Legal System and the Role of Property Rights: An Introduction ; 1 Foundation Stones: Politically-Based Versus Judge-Made Law ; Efficiency ; Two Basic Propositions ; Two Major Theorems on Property Rights ; 2 Society's Machinery: Coordination and Constitutions ; Markets and Firms ; Political Processes ; 3 Property, Breach of Contract, Tort, Crime: Formalized Property Rights ; Injunctions ; Damages or Punishment? ; Negligence: The Simplest Case ; Joint Responsibility ; Intent, Strict Liability, Insurance ; The Stringency of Sanctions ; The Behavior of Disputant Parties and Courts ; 4 Contracts, Companies, Regulation: Contracts: Problems and Solutions ; The Contractual and Legal Structure of Firms ; Limits of Freedom of Contract ; 5 Epilogue: Conclusions and Final Comments

Note: Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Naturwissenschaften am Fachbereich Geowissenschaften der Universität Bremen, 2003

Note: Landslide Tsunamis: Recent Findings and Research Directions / J.-P. Bardet, C. E. Synolakis, H. L. Davies, F. Imamura… / Pages 1793-1809 --- Characterization of Earthquake Strong Ground Motion / P. G. Somerville, R. W. Graves / Pages 1811-1828 --- The 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake and its Fault Plane Estimated from Relocated Aftershocks / Nobuo Hurukawa, Yoshinobu Tsuji, Budi Waluyo / Pages 1829-1841 --- T Waves from the 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake and its Aftershocks: Timing the Tsunamigenic Slump / Emile A. Okal / Pages 1843-1863 --- Triggering Mechanisms of Slope Instability and their Relationship to Earthquakes and Tsunamis / S. G. Wright, E. M. Rathje / Pages 1865-1877 --- Landslide-generated Tsunamis: Geotechnical Considerations / W. D. Liam Finn / Pages 1879-1894 --- The Aitape 1998 Tsunami: Reconstructing the Event from Interviews and Field Mapping / H. L. Davies, J. M. Davies, R. C. B. Perembo, W. Y. Lus / Pages 1895-1922 --- Possible Coseismic Large-scale Landslide off the Northern Coast of Papua New Guinea in July 1998: Geophysical and Geological Results from SOS Cruises / Takeshi Matsumoto, David R. Tappin / Pages 1923-1943 --- Tectonics and Slumping in the Source Region of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami from Seismic Reflection Images / S. Sweet, E. A. Silver / Pages 1945-1968 --- Erosion and Sedimentation from the 17 July, 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami / Guy Gelfenbaum, Bruce Jaffe / Pages 1969-1999 --- Mitigation Lessons from the July 17, 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami / Lori Dengler, Jane Preuss / Pages 2001-2031 --- Large-scale Basement-involved Landslides, California Continental Borderland / M. R. Legg, M. J. Kamerling / Pages 2033-2051 --- Failure of Marine Deposits and their Redistribution by Sediment Gravity Flows / J. P. M. Syvitski, E. W. H. Hutton / Pages 2053-2069 --- Re-examination of the Source Mechanism of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake and Tsunami / Fumihiko Imamura, Kazumasa Hashi / Pages 2071-2086 --- The July 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake: Mechanism and Quantification of Unusual Tsunami Generation / Kenji Satake, Yuichiro Tanioka / Pages 2087-2118 --- Field Survey and Numerical Simulations: A Review of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami / Patrick J. Lynett, Jose C. Borrero, Philip L.-F. Liu… / Pages 2119-2146 --- Tsunami Wave Height Dependence on Landslide Volume / T. S. Murty / Pages 2147-2153 --- Some Aspects of Energy Balance and Tsunami Generation by Earthquakes and Landslides / L. J. Ruff / Pages 2155-2176 --- A Theoretical Comparison of Tsunamis from Dislocations and Landslides / Emile A. Okal, Costas E. Synolakis / Pages 2177-2188 --- Normal Mode Energetics for Far-field Tsunamis Generated by Dislocations and Landslides / Emile A. Okal / Pages 2189-2221

Note: Contents: Contents: 1. A long, dark shadow over democratic politics ; 2. The doctrine of democratic irrationalism ; 3. Is democratic voting inaccurate? ; 4. The Arrow general possibility theorem ; 5. Is democracy meaningless? Arrow's condition of unrestricted domain ; 6. Is democracy meaningless? Arrow's condition of the independence of irrelevant alternatives ; 7. Strategic voting and agenda control ; 8. Multidimensional chaos ; 9. Assuming irrational actors: the Powell Amendment ; 10. Assuming irrational actors: the Depew amendment ; 11. Unmanipulating the manipulation: the Wilmot proviso ; 12. Unmanipulating the manipulation: the election of Lincoln ; 13. Antebellum politics concluded ; 14. More of Riker's cycles debunked ; 15. Other cycles debunked ; 16. New dimensions ; 17. Plebiscitarianism against democracy : 18. Democracy resplendent

Note: CONTENTS Carlo Doglioni and Eugenio Carminati: The effect of four subductions in N/E-Italy Alfred Hirn: Geophysical data and collisional belt: Pyrenees and Himalayas Onno Oncken: The Andes mountain belt - comparing the geophysical architecture of a subduction orogen with collisional belts Ewald Lueschen, Helmut Gebrande, Karl Millahn und Rinaldo Nicolich: Seismic profiling by the TRANSALP WORKING GROUP: deep crustal vibroseis and explosive profiling Daniela Borrini, Luca Bertelli, Roberto Fantoni, Alfredo Mazzotti, Giacomo Mezzadra and Rinaldo Nicolich: High resolution processing of vibrosets data Karl Millahn, Ewald Lueschen and Helmut Gebrande: Seismic profiling by the TRANSALP Working Group: cross-line recording for 3D-Control Florian Bleibinhaus: Seismic profiling by the TRANSALP Working Group: refraction and wide-angle reflection seismic traveltime tomography Jörn Kummerow, Reiner Kind, Onno Oncken Kurt Wylegalla, and Frank Scherbaum: Seismic profiling by the TRANSALP Working Croup: receiver functions image and Upper Mantle anisotropy Rüdiger Thomas, Kurt Bram, Klaus Schwerd and Jürgen Fertig: High-resolution reflection seismics and hydrocarbon industry profiles at the northern part of the TRANSALP profile Marcello Bernabini, Pierluigi Bernardelli, Carlo Comin, Franco Coren, Salvatore Giammetti, Roberto Longoni, Rinaldo Nicolich, Luciana Orlando, Franco Palmieri and Claudio Zanolla: Gravimetnc data base and 2001 surveys Jörg Ebbing and Hans-Jürgen Götze: The collision of the European and Adriatic plates in the Eastern Alps - insights from 3D density modelling and isostatic investigations Roberto Cassinis and Salvatore Scarascia: The structure of the deep crust and Moho boundary along the TRANSALP according to the DSS data: a contribution to the lateral extension of the model Stefano Solarino, Eduard Kissling, Dario Slejko, Claudio Eva, Elena Eva, and Alessandro Rebez: Seismotectonics of eastern Veneto in the light of the TRANSALP experiment Wolfgang A. Lenhardt: Seismicity in Tyrol in relation to the TRANSALP profile Jörg Ansorge, Regina Lippitsch and Eduard Kissling: Lithosphere structure of the Alpine arc: new evidence from high-resolution teleseismic tomography Giuliano F. Panza, Reneta Raykova, Chimera Giordano and Abdelkarim Aoudia: Multiscale surface wave tomography in the Alps Antonella Peresan, Alexandre Gorshkov, Alexandre Soloviev, Inessa Vorobieva, and Giuliano F. Panza : Morfostructural zonation and block model dynamics in the Alps and surrounding regions Ernst Willingshofer, Dimitrios Sokoutis and Jean-Pierre Burg : Collisional tectonics and the deep structure of the Eastern Alps: inferences from lithospheric-scale analogue modelling Klaus Ullemeyer, Siegfried Siegesmund, and Patrick N. J. Rosolofosaon: Experimental and texture-derived P-wave velocities from the TRANSALP seismic traverse - preliminary results Hans-Dieter Vosteen, Christoph Clauser, and Bernd Lammerer: The thermal regime of the Eastern Alps: results from inverse analyses along tbe TRANSALP traverse Stefan Schlömer, Eckhard Faber, Alfred Hollerbach, Manfred Teschner, Bernd Lammerer, Ewald Lueschen, and Jürgen Poggenburg: Hydrocarbon gases in sediments from shot holes - Transalp Section Carla Braitenberg, Jörg Ebbing, and Hans-Jürgen Götze: New Inputs from the Transalp transect to the understanding of isotasy in the Eastern Alps Igor Cerovsky, Wolfgang Frisch and Bruno Meurers: Gravity and magnetic modelling in 3D Andrea Argnani and Claudia Piromallo: The evolution of the Alpine orogen of Eastern Europe: insights from plate kinematics and comparison with mantle tomography Franco Pettenati, Livio Sirovich and Francesco Gentile: Validation of some Transalp results (southern segment) by source inversion of the Cansiglio, 1936 earthquake Francesco Paolo Sassi, Luigi Burlini, Bernardo Cesare, Antonio Galgaro, Claudio Mazzoli, Sandro Meli, Luca Peruzzo, Raffaele Sassi, and Richard Spiess: Crustal modelling of a type area in Eastern Alps: a multidisciplinary attempt Muriel Gerbault, and Ernst Willingshofer: Thermo-mechanical modelling and indentation tectonics: how important is lower crustal rheology? Gian Battista Vai: Palaeozoic palaeotectonis of the eastern Southern Alps: implications for the Transalp Profile Silvano Sinigoi, James E. Quick, Gabriella Peressini and Adriano Mayer: An example of the Apulian lower crust: the lvrea-Verbano zone Maria Iole Spalla and Guido Grosse: Permian-Triassic magmatism and the tectonothermal evolution of the Austroalpine and South-Alpine lithosphere Claudio L. Rosenberg: Ascent of tbe Periadriatic Plutons: a review with implications for the TRANSALP transect Alfonso Bosellini, Piero Gianolla and Marco Stefani: The evolution of the Triassic carbonate platforms in the Dolomites, Northern Italy Vincenzo Picotti, Miriam Cobianchi, Roberto Fantoni, and Daniele Masetti: Platform to basin transittons: tectonic control and patterns in the Mesozoic of the eastern Southern Alps Patrizia Macera, Daniela Gasperini, Katiuscia Maffei, Silvana Martin and Claudia Piromallo: Tertiary magmatism in the Eastern Alps Luca Bertelli, Luigi Cantelli, Alberto Castellarin, Roberto Fantoni, Alessandro Mosconi, Mattia Sella and Luigi Selli: Upper crustal style, shortening and deformation ages in the Alps along the southern sector of the TRANSALP profile Massimiliano Zattin, Andrea Cuman, Roberto Fantoni, Silvana Martin, Paolo Scotti, and Cristina Stefani: Thermochronological evolution of the Southern Alps along the TRANSALP profile Roberto Fantoni, Bruno Della Vedova, Michela Giustiniani, Rinaldo Nicolich, Chiara Barbieri, Anna Del Ben, Icilio Finetti and Alberta Castellarin: Deep seismic profiles through the Venetian and Adriatic foreland (Northern Italy) Chiara Barbieri, Giovanni Bertotti, Daniele Catellani, Andrea Di Giulio, Roberto Fantoni and Nicoletta Mancin: Flexural response of the Venetian foreland to the Southalpine orogeny analysed through 2D crustal modelling Alberta M. RrvA and Marco M. SrEFANI: Synvolcanic deformation and intraplat/orm collapsing: the Latemar case history from the Middle Triassic of the Dolomites Marco Stefani and Riccardo Caputo: Synvolcanic carbonate production at scalloped platform margins: examples from the Middle Triassic Catinaccio Buildups (Dolomites, Italy) Riccardo Caputo and Marco Stefanil: Understanding poly nucleated carbonate platforms through palinspastic restoration: example from Middle Triassic of the Dolomites Giovanni Battista Carulli, Andrea Cozzi, Daniele Masetti, Enrico Pernarcic, Fulvio Podda and Maurizio Ponton: Middle Triassic- Early Jurassic extensional tectonics in the Carnian Prealps (eastern Southern Alps, N. E. Italy) Riccardo Caputo, Eliana Pou and Adriano Zanferrari: Neogene-Quaternary twist tectonics in the eastern Southern Alps, Italy Adriano Zanferrari, Eliana M. Pou and Sergio Rogledi: The external thrust-belt of eastern Southern Alps in Friuli (NE Italy) Martin Thöni: Garnet chronometry in the Eastern Alps: insight into the polyphase nature of a composite orogenic structure Silvana Martin: Tectonic setting and pre-Alpine evolution of the Tonale nappe, Eastern Austroalpine Georg Hoinkes: The "Alpine" metamorphic evolution of the Austroalpine basement: comparative petrological data from the Ötztal- and Wölz-Complex Franz Neubauer: Tectonic evolution of the Eastern Alps: from Permian rifting to Cretaceous and Tertiary collisions Mark R. Handy, Claudio. L. Rosenberg, Ralph Wagner and Maja Wegmann: Tertiary exhumation and strike-slip tectonics in the Austroalpine basement: implications for deep structure of the TRANSALP section Bernd Lammerer: The Tauern Window - key to the understanding of the Eastern Alps Franz Neubauer, Ada Kiss and Cestmir Tomek: Control of the collisional architecture by inherited, passive-margin structures: the European crust in the TRANSALP section compared with borehole and other seismic sections of the northern Eastern Alps Hugo Ortner, Franz Reiter and Reiner Brandner: Kinematic

Note: Literaturverz. S. 265 - 280

Note: Contents: 1 Introduction ; 2 Income Taxation ; 3 Models of Optimal Lifetime Income Taxation with Time-Consistent Preferences ; 4 Models of Optimal Lifetime Income Taxation with Time-Inconsistent Preferences ; 5 Incomplete Markets and Social Security ; 6 Models of Optimal Retirement Incentives with Varying Disutility of Labor ; 7 Models of Optimal Retirement Incentives with Varying Life Expectancy ; 8 Pension Insurance Reform with a Focus onGermany ; 9 Theory and Policy

Note: Contents: List of Figures. - List of Plates. - List of Tables. - List of Contributors. - 1. Tectonics and geology / Nikolay Koronovsky. - 2. Climatic change and the development of landscapes / Andrey Velichko and Irina Spasskaya. - 3. Climate at the present and in the historical past / Maria Shahgedanova. - 4. Soils / Igor Zamotaev. - 5. Rivers, lakes, inland seas, and wetlands / Nikolay Koronkevich. - 6. Permafrost / Nelly Tumel. - 7. Biodiversity and productivity of ecosystems / Roman Zlotin. - 8. The arctic environments / Maria Shahgedanova and Mikhail Kuznetsov. - 9. Boreal forests / Arkady Tishkov. - 10. Mixed and deciduous forests / Leonid Serebryanny. - 11. Steppe and forest-steppe / Alexander Chibilyov. - 12. Arid environments / Elena Lioubimtseva. - 13. The mountains of Northern Russia / Maria Shahgedanova, Veniamin Perov, and Yury Mudrov. - 14. The mountains of Southern Siberia / Maria Shahgedanova, Nikolay Mikhailov, Sergey Larin, and Aleksandr Bredikhin. - 15. The Caucasus / Natalya Volodicheva. - 16. The mountains of Central Asia and Kazakhstan / Irina Merzlyakova. - 17. Lake Baikal / Anson Mackay, Roger Flower, and Liba Granina. - 18. The Far East / Andrey Ivanov. - 19. Radioactive contamination / Philip R. Pryde. - 20. Environmental impact of oil and gas development / Gregory Vilchek. - 21. Air pollution / Maria Shahgedanova. - 22. The Aral Sea / Nick Middleton. - 23. Deforestation and degradation of forests / Leonid Serebryanny and Igor Zamotaev. - 24. Nature protection and conservation / Arkady Tishkov. - List of plant names in Latin and English. - Index.

Note: Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:1993-

Note: Contents Introduction 1 Climatic System: Data, Processes, Scales, and Deterministic Models 1.1 Main Components of the Climate System 1.1.1 "Thick" Subsystems 1.1.2 "Thin" Subsystems 1.1.3 Local and Discrete Objects 1.2 Climate Processes 1.2.1 Overview of Climate Processes 1.2.2 External Climate Mechanisms 1.2.3 Internal Mechanisms of Climatie Variations 1.2.4 Transfer-Accumulation Processes 1.3 Scales of Climatic Variability 1.3.1 Spatial Scales 1.3.2 Temporal Scales 1.4 Deterministic Climate Models 1.4.1 General Circulation Models and Coupled Models 1.4.2 Other Types of Climate Models 1.5 Observational Basis for Stochastic Climate Theory 1.5.1 Data on Variability of "Thick" Climatic Subsystems 1.5.1.1 Near-Surface Air Temperature 1.5.1.2 Other Atmospheric Variables 1.5.1.3 Sea Surface Temperature 1.5.1.4 Sea Level 1.5.1.5 lce Sheets 1.5.2 Data on Variables of Thin Earth Covers 1.5.2.1 Snow Cover 1.5.2.2 Sea lce 1.5.2.3 Vegetation Cover 1.5.3 Data on Discrete and Local Climatic Objects 1.5.3.1 River Runoff 1.5.3.2 Lakes 1.5.3.3 Mountain Glaciers 1.5.4 Conclusions on Observational Data 2 Theoretical Foundations of the Stochastic Approach to Climate Variability Studies 2.1 Basic Ideas and Principles of the Stochastic Climate Theory 2.1.1 Mathematical Models and Natural Processes 2.1.2 A Climatic Variable as a Random Variable 2.1.3 Evolution of a Climatic Variable as a Random Function 2.1.4 Stationarity of Climatic Processes 2.2 Introduction to the Theory of Random Functions with Emphasis on Climate Variability 2.2.1 Moments, Mean Value, Correlation Function 2.2.2 The Ergodicity of Climate Variability 2.2.3 Examples of Stationary Random Sequences 2.2.3.1 Uncorrelated Random Variables 2.2.3.2 Moving Averages 2.2.4 Spectral Representation of the Random Process 2.2.5 Climatic Meanings of the Spectral Distribution Function 2.2.6 Spectral Representation of Stationary Sequences 2.2.7 The Markov Sequence 2.2.8 The Discrete Wiener Process 2.2.9 Other Types of Random Functions 2.2.9.1 Autoregressive Models 2.2.9.2 Seasonal Models 2.2.9.3 Threshold Models 2.3 Estimation of Model Parameters 2.3.1 Theoretical Models and the Practice of Model Identification 2.3.2 Informational Approach to the Identification of Stochastic Models 2.3.3 Maximum Entropy Method and Autoregressive Models 2.3.4 Model Identification and Estimation of Model Parameters 2.3.5 An Example ofModel Identification and Parameter Estimation 2.3.6 Frequency Truncation Method of Normalized Spectral Estimates 2.3.7 Other Methods of Time Series Processing 2.3.7.1 Conventional Methods. Moving Average and ARMA models 2.3.7.2 "Deterministic Chaos". Other Methods of Nonlinear Analysis 2.4 Physical Basis of the Stochastic Climate Theory 2.4.1 Atmospheric Forcing ofthe Climate System 2.4.1.1 Observational Evidence 2.4.1.2 Atmospheric Model Results 2.4.1.3 Simple Nonlinear Model as Analog of Atmospheric Forcing 2.4.2 Hasselmann's Stochastic Climate Models 2.4.2.1 Hypothesis on Weather-Climate Two-Scale Separation 2.4.2.2 Classification of Climate Models 2.4.2.3 Analogies with Turbulent Fluid, Brownian Motion, and Other Physical Processes. The Central Limit Theorem 2.4.2.4 Spectra and Correlation Functions of the Stochastic Climate Models. Models Without Feedback 2.4.2.5 Models with Feedback 3 Stochastic Models of Recent Climatic Changes 3.1 Changes in Thick Climatic Subsystems 3.1.1 Local Changes 3.1.1.1 Analysis of Observational Data 3.1.1.2 Local Stochastic Dynamical Models 3.1.2 Regional, Spatially Averaged, and Two-Dimensional Patterns 3.1.2.1 20 Stochastic Patterns of Observational Data 3.1.2.2 Stochastic Dynamical Regional Models 3.1.2.3 Stochastic Models of ENSO Events 3.1.3 Globally Averaged Climate Variables 3.1.3.1 Global Water Mass Exchange. Global Mean Sea Level 3.1.3.2 Global Temperatures 3.1.3.3 "Minus Two" Law of Climatic Variability 3.1.3.4 Stochastic Dynamical Models of Global Temperatures 3.1.3.5 Local-Global Polarization Phenomenon 3.2 Variabilities of Thin Climatic Subsystems 3.2.1 Analyzed Oata 3.2.1.1 37 GHz Polarization Oifference and Related Data 3.2.1.2 Snow and Sea lce Remotely Sensed Data 3.2.1.3 Related Satellite-Based and Conventional Data on Global Air and Sea Temperatures 3.2.2 Comparison of Results for Remotely Sensed and Conventional Data 3.2.2.1 Comparison of Results on Local Scales 3.2.2.2 Globally Averaged 37 GHz Polarization Difference Data. Concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere 3.2.3 Results of Stochastic Analysis of Local and Regional Hydrological Changes 3.2.3.1 Results of 37 GHz PD Data Analysis for Floodable Areas 3.2.3.2 Results for 37 GHz PD Data on Vegetation Cover in Different Natural Zones 3.2.4 Results of Analysis of Global Changes in Hydrological and Related Parameters 3.2.5 Modeling the Dynamics of Thin Subsystems 3.2.6 Local-Global Polarization Phenomenon and Thin Climatic Subsystems 3.2.7 Discussion on the Global Climatic Subsystems 3.3 Changes in Local and Discrete Climatic Objects 3.3.1 Rivers and River Runoff 3.3.2 Mountain Glaciers 4 Stochastic Models for Glacial Cycles 4.1 Stochastic Analysis of Reconstructed Data on Glacial Cycles 4.1.1 Existing Paleoreconstructed Time Series 4.1.2 Results of Stochastic Analysis of the Last Deglaciation Period, 0 - 18 ka B.P. 4.1.3 Analysis of 200 - 300 ka Time Series 4.1.4 Longer Time Series. Features of Cyclicity 4.1.5 High Resolution Paleorecords 4.2 Zero-Dimensional Model of Glacial Cycles 4.2.1 Hypotheses, Assumptions, and Equations 4.2.2 Results of Numerical Experiments 4.3 Two-Dimensional Stochastic Dynamical Model of Glacial Cycles 4.3.1 Mathematical Model, Parameters, and Experiments 4.3.1.1 Computational Area 4.3.1.2 Equations and Parameters of the Model 4.3.1.3 Numerical Experiments 4.3.2 Results 4.3.2.1 Experiments Without External Forcing 4.3.2.2 Experiments With External Forcing. Globally Averaged Results 4.3.2.3 Zonally Averaged Results 4.3.2.4 Regional Results Conclusion References Index