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Note: CONTENTS: 1 Overview. - 1.1 Introduction. - 1.2 Examples and Scope of This Book. - 2 Fundamental Concepts. - 2.1 Stochastic Processes. - 2.2 The Autocovariance and Autocarrelation Functions. - 2.3 The Partial Autocarrelation Function. - 2.4 White Noise Processes. - 2.5 Estimation of the Mean, Autocovariances, and Autocarrelations. - 2.5.1 Sample Mean. - 2.5.2 Sample Autocovariance Function. - 2.5.3 Sample Autocarrelation Function. - 2.5.4 Sample Partial Autocarrelation Function. - 2.6 Moving Average and Autoregressive Representations of Time Series Processes. - 2.7 Linear Difference Equations. - Exercises. - 3 Stationary Time Series Models. - 3.1 Autoregressive Processes. - 3.1.1 The First Order Autoregressive AR(1) Process. - 3.1.2 The Second Order Autoregressive AR(2) Process. - 3.1.3 The General pth Order Autoregressive AR(p)Process. - 3.2 Moving Average Processes. - 3.2.1 The First Order Moving Average MA(1) Process. - 3.2.2 The Second Order Moving Average MA(2) Process. - 3.2.3 The General qth Order Moving Average MA(q) Process. - 3.3 The Dual Relationship between AR(p) and MA(q) Processes. - 3.4 Autoregressive Moving Average ARMA(p,q) Processes. - 3.4.1 The General Mixed ARMA(p,q) Process. - 3.4.2 The ARMA(1, 1) Process. - Exercises. - 4 Nonstationary Time Series Models. - 4.1 Nonstationarity in the Mean. - 4.1.1 Deterministic Trend Models. - 4.1.2 Stochastic Trend Models and Differencing. - 4.2 Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average ARIMA Models. - 4.2.1 The General ARIMA Model. - 4.2.2 The Random Walk Model. - 4.2.3 The ARIMA(0, 1, 1) or IMA(1, 1) Model. - 4.3 Nonstationarity in the Variance and the Autocovariance. - 4.3.1 Variance and Autocovariance of the ARIMA Models. - 4.3.2 Variance Stabilizing Transformations. - Exercises. - 5 Forecasting. - 5.1 lntroduction. - 5.2 Minimum Mean Square Error Forecasts. - 5.2.1 Minimum Mean Square Error Forecasts for ARMA Models. - 5.2.2 Minimum Mean Square Error Forecasts for ARIMA Models. - 5.3 Computation of Forecasts. - 5.4 The ARIMA Forecast as a Weighted Average of Previous Observations. - 5.5 Updating Forecasts. - 5.6 Eventual Forecast Functions. - 5.7 A Numerical Example. - Exercises. - 6 Model ldentification. - 6.1 Steps for Model ldentification. - 6.2 Empirical Examples. - 6.3 Inverse Autocarrelation Function (IACF). - 6.4 Extended Sample Autocarrelation Function and Other ldentification Procedures. - 6.4.1 Extended Sample Autocarrelation Function (ESACF). - 6.4.2 Other ldentification Procedures. - Exercises. - 7 Parameter Estimation, Diagnostic Checking, and Model Selection. - 7.1 The Method of Moments. - 7.2 Maximum Likelihood Method. - 7.2.1 Conditional Maximum Likelihood Estimation. - 7.2.2 Unconditional Maximum Likelihood Estimationand Backcasting Method. - 7.2.3 Exact Likelihood Functions. - 7.3 Nonlinear Estimation. - 7.4 Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Estimation in Time Series Analysis. - 7.5 Diagnostic Checking. - 7.6 Empirical Examples for Series W1-W7. - 7.7 Model Selection Criteria. - Exercises. - 8 Seasonal Time Series Models. - 8.1 Introduction. - 8.2 Traditional Methods. - 8.2.1 Regression Method. - 8.2.2 Moving Average Method. - 8.3 Seasonal ARIMA Models. - 8.4 Empirical Examples. - Exercises. - 9 Intervention Analysis and Outlier Detection. - 9.1 Intervention Models. - 9.2 Examples of Intervention Analysis. - 9.3 Time Series Outliers. - 9.3.1 Additive and Innovational Outliers. - 9.3.2 Estimation of the Outlier Effect When theTiming of the Outlier ls Known. - 9.3.3 Detection of Outliers Using an Iterative Procedure. - 9.4 Examples of Outlier Analysis. - 9.5 Remarks on Outlier and Intervention Problems. - Exercises. - 10 Fourier Analysis. - 10.1 Introduction. - 10.2 Orthogonal Functions. - 10.3 Fourier Representation of Finite Sequences. - 10.4 Fourier Representation of Periodic Sequences. - 10.5 Fourier Representation of Nonperiodic Sequences - The Discrete-Time Fourier Transform. - 10.6 Fourier Representation of Continuous-Time Functions. - 10.6.1 Fourier Representation of Periodic Functions. - 10.6.2 Fourier Representation of Nonperiodic Functions - The Continuous-Time Fourier Transform. - 10.7 The Fast Fourier Transform. - Exercises. - 11 Spectral Theory of Stationary Processes. - 11.1 The Spectrum. - 11.1.1 The Spectrum and lts Properties. - 11.1.2 The Spectral Representation of Autocovariance Functions - The Spectral Distribution Function. - 11.1.3 Wold's Decomposition of a Stationary Process. - 11.1.4 The Spectral Representation of Stationary Processes. - 11.2 The Spectrum of Same Common Processes. - 11.2.1 The Spectrum and the Autocovariance Generating Function. - 11.2.2 The Spectrum of ARMA Models. - 11.2.3 The Spectrum of the Sum of Two Independent Processes. - 11.2.4 The Spectrum of Seasonal Models. - 11.3 The Spectrum of Linear Filters. - 11.4 Aliasing. - Exercises. - 12 Estimation of the Spectrum. - 12.1 Periodogram Analysis. - 12.1.1 The Periodogram. - 12.1.2 Sampling Properties of the Periodogram. - 12.1.3 Test for Hidden Periodic Components. - 12.2 The Sample Spectrum. - 12.3 The Smoothed Spectrum. - 12.3.1 Smoothing in the Frequency Domain - The Spectral Window. - 12.3.2 Smoothing in the Time Domain - The Lag Window. - 12.3.3 Some Commonly Used Windows. - 12.3.4 Approximate Confidence Intervals for Spectral Ordinates. - 12.4 ARMA Spectral Estimation. - Exercises. - 13 Transfer Function Models. - 13.1 Single-Input Transfer Function Models. - 13.1.1 General Concepts. - 13.1.2 Some Typical Impulse Response Functions. - 13.2 The Cross-Correlation Function and Transfer Function Models. - 13.2.1 The Cross-Correlation Function (CCF). - 13.2.2 The Relationship between the Cross-Correlation Function and the Transfer Function. - 13.3 Construction of Transfer Function Models. - 13.3.1 Sample Cross-Correlation Function. - 13.3.2 Identification of Transfer Function Models. - 13.3.3 Estimation of Transfer Function Models. - 13.3.4 Diagnostic Checking of Transfer Function Models. - 13.3.5 An Empirical Example. - 13.4 Forecasting Using Transfer Function Models. - 13.4.1 Minimum Mean Square Error Forecasts for Stationary Input and Output Series. - 13.4.2 Minimum Mean Square Error Forecasts for Nonstationary Input and Output Series. - 13.4.3 An Example. - 13.5 Bivariate Frequency-Domain Analysis. - 13.5.1 Cross-Covariance Generating Functions and the Cross-Spectrum. - 13.5.2 Interpretation of the Cross-Spectral Functions. - 13.5.3 Examples. - 13.5.4 Estimation of the Cross-Spectrum. - 13.6 The Cross-Spectrum and Transfer Function Models. - 13.6.1 Construction of Transfer Function Models through Cross-Spectrum Analysis. - 13.6.2 Cross-Spectral Functions of Transfer Function Models. - 13.7 Multiple Input Transfer Function Models. - Exercises. - 14 Vector Time Series Models. - 14.1 Covariance and Correlation Matrix Functions. - 14.2 Moving Average and Autoregressive Representations of Vector Processes. - 14.3 The Vector Autoregressive Moving Average Process. - 14.3.1 Vector AR(1) Models. - 14.3.2 Vector AR(p) Models. - 14.3.3 Vector MA(1) Models. - 14.3.4 Vector MA(q) Models. - 14.3.5 Vector ARMA(1, 1) Models. - 14.3.6 Remarks on Vector ARMA Representations. - 14.4 Nonstationary Vector Autoregressive Moving Average Models. - 14.5 Identification of Vector Time Series Models. - 14.5.1 Sample Correlation Matrix Function. - 14.5.2 Partial Autoregression Matrices. - 14.5.3 Partial Lag Correlation Matrix Function. - 14.6 Model Fitting and Forecasting. - 14.7 An Empirical Example. - 14.8 Partial Process and Partial Process Correlation Matrices. - 14.8.1 Covariance Matrix Generating Functions. - 14.8.2 Partial Covariance Matrix Generating Function. - 14.8.3 Partial Process Sample Correlation Matrix Functions. - 14.8.4 An Empirical Example - The U. S. Hog Data. - 14.9 Spectral Properties of Vector Processes. - Exercises. - 15 State Space Models and the Kaiman Filter. - 15.1 Introduction. - 15.2 The Relationship between State Space and ARMA models. - 15.3 State Space Model Fitting and Canonic

Note: M. P. Searle and P. J. Treloar: Himalayan Tectonics — an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:1-7, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.01 --- Karakoram and Afghanistan --- Alessandro Caporali: Recent gravity measurements in the Karakoram / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:9-20, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.02 --- Andrea Zanchi: Structural evolution of the North Karakoram cover, North Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:21-38, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.03 --- Maurizio Gaetani, Flavio Jadoul, Elisabetta Erba, and Eduardo Garzanti: Jurassic and Cretaceous orogenic events in the North Karakoram: age constraints from sedimentary rocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:39-52, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.04 --- M. B. Crawford and M. P. Searle: Collision-related granitoid magmatism and crustal structure of the Hunza Karakoram, North Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:53-68, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.05 --- Peter J. Treloar and Christopher N. Izatt: Tectonics of the Himalayan collision between the Indian Plate and the Afghan Block: a synthesis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:69-87, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.06 --- North and West Pakistan --- Zulfiqar Ahmed: Leucocratic rocks from the Bela ophiolite, Khuzdar District, Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:89-100, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.07 --- Mohammad Arif and M. Qasim Jan: Chemistry of chromite and associated phases from the Shangla ultramafic body in the Indus suture zone of Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:101-112, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.08 --- M. Qasim Jan, M. Asif Khan, and M. Sufyan Qazi: The Sapat mafic-ultramafic complex, Kohistan arc, North Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:113-121, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.09 --- M. Asif Khan, M. Qasim Jan, and B. L. Weaver: Evolution of the lower arc crust in Kohistan, N. Pakistan: temporal arc magmatism through early, mature and intra-arc rift stages / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:123-138, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.10 --- M. A. Sullivan, B. F. Windley, A. D. Saunders, J. R. Haynes, and D. C. Rex: A palaeogeographic reconstruction of the Dir Group: evidence for magmatic arc migration within Kohistan, N. Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:139-160, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.11 --- Ugo Pognante, Piera Benna, and Patrick Le Fort: High-pressure metamorphism in the High Himalayan Crystallines of the Stak valley, northeastern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:161-172, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.12 --- Mark T. George, Nigel B. W. Harris, and Robert W. H. Butler: The tectonic implications of contrasting granite magmatism between the Kohistan island arc and the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, Pakistan Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:173-191, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.13 --- V. S. Cronin, G. J. Schurter, and K. A. Sverdrup: Preliminary Landsat lineament analysis of the northern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, northwest Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:193-206, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.14 --- Joseph A. Dipietro, Kevin R. Pogue, Robert D. Lawrence, Mirza S. Baig, Ahmad Hussain, and Irshad Ahmad: Stratigraphy south of the Main Mantle Thrust, Lower Swat, Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:207-220, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.15 --- Antonio Greco and David A. Spencer: A section through the Indian Plate, Kaghan Valley, NW Himalaya, Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:221-236, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.16 --- Tethyan Himalaya --- J. C. Vannay and L. Spring: Geochemistry of the continental basalts within the Tethyan Himalaya of Lahul-Spiti and SE Zanskar, northwest India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:237-249, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.17 --- L. Spring, F. Bussy, J.-C. Vannay, S. Huon, and M. A. Cosca: Early Permian granitic dykes of alkaline affinity in the Indian High Himalaya of Upper Lahul and SE Zanskar: geochemical characterization and geotectonic implications / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:251-264, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.18 --- A. Steck, L. Spring, J.-C. Vannay, H. Masson, H. Bucher, E. Stutz, R. Marchant, and J.-C. Tieche: The tectonic evolution of the Northwestern Himalaya in eastern Ladakh and Lahul, India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:265-276, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.19 --- Eduardo Garzanti: Sedimentary evolution and drowning of a passive margin shelf (Giumal Group; Zanskar Tethys Himalaya, India): palaeoenvironmental changes during final break-up of Gondwanaland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:277-298, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.20 --- Alastair H. F. Robertson and Paul J. Degnan: Sedimentology and tectonic implications of the Lamayuru Complex: deep-water facies of the Indian passive margin, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:299-321, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.21 --- High Himalaya --- Ugo Pognante and Piera Benna: Metamorphic zonation, migmatization and leucogranites along the Everest transect of Eastern Nepal and Tibet: record of an exhumation history / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:323-340, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.22 --- Bruno Lombardo, Piero Pertusati, and Sandro Borghi: Geology and tectonomagmatic evolution of the eastern Himalaya along the Chomolungma-Makalu transect / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:341-355, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.23 --- Christian Schneider and Ludwig Masch: The metamorphism of the Tibetan Series from the Manang area, Marsyandi Valley, Central Nepal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:357-374, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.24 --- Steven M. Reddy, Michael P. Searle, and John A. Massey: Structural evolution of the High Himalayan Gneiss sequence, Langtang Valley, Nepal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:375-389, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.25 --- Nigel Harris, John Massey, and Simon Inger: The role of fluids in the formation of High Himalayan leucogranites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:391-400, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.26 --- Philip England and Peter Molnar: Cause and effect among thrust and normal faulting, anatectic melting and exhumation in the Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:401-411, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.27 --- S. Guillot, A. Pêcher, P. Rochette, and P. Le Fort: The emplacement of the Manaslu granite of Central Nepal: field and magnetic susceptibility constraints / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:413-428, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.28 --- M. P. Searle, R. P. Metcalfe, A. J. Rex, and M. J. 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Note: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 69:vii-viii, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.069.01.01 --- K. Gibbons, T. Hellem, A. Kjemperud, S. D. Nio, and K. Vebenstad: Sequence architecture, facies development and carbonate-cemented horizons in the Troll Field reservoir, offshore Norway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 69:1-31, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.069.01.02 --- Richard W. Lahann, Jon A. Ferrier, and Susan Corrigan: Reservoir heterogeneity in the Vanguard Field, UKCS / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 69:33-56, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.069.01.03 --- W. D. Clelland, J. D. Kantorowicz, and T. W. Fens: Quantitative analysis of pore structure and its effect on reservoir behaviour: Upper Jurassic Ribble Member sandstones, Fulmar Field, UK North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 69:57-79, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.069.01.04 --- Philip Lowry and Torgrim Jacobsen: Sedimentological and reservoir characteristics of a fluvial-dominated delta-front sequence: Ferron Sandstone Member (Turonian), East-central Utah, USA / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 69:81-103, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.069.01.05 --- Øistein Høimyr, Amund Kleppe, and Johan P. Nystuen: Effects of heterogeneities in a braided stream channel sandbody on the simulation of oil recovery: a case study from the Lower Jurassic Statfjord Formation, Snorre Field, North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 69:105-134, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.069.01.06 --- Tom Dreyer: Geometry and facies of large-scale flow units in fluvial-dominated fan-delta-front sequences / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 69:135-174, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.069.01.07 --- Jan Alexander: A discussion on the use of analogues for reservoir geology / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 69:175-194, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.069.01.08 --- Gavin I. F. Cameron, John D. Collinson, Malcolm H. Rider, and Li Xu: Analogue dipmeter logs through a prograding deltaic sandbody / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 69:195-217, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.069.01.09 --- Lawrence T. Bourke, N. Corbin, Stuart G. Buck, and Gavin Hudson: Permeability images: a new technique for enhanced reservoir characterization / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 69:219-232, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.069.01.10

Note: Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Geochronology of phanerozoic granitoids from folded areas of Eastern Europe / Ye. N. Bartnitsky ; O. Z. Dudauri ; L. M. Stepanyuk. - Isotopic dating of the oldest granulite-gneiss terranes: an example of the Aldan Shield and Antarctica / B. V. Beliatsky ; I. M. Morozova. - Pb-Pb and Rb.Sr Dating of granitoids from Lusatian Block / K.-H. Bielicki ; G. Haase ; J. Eidam ; H. Kemnitz ; F. Schust ; H. Gerstenberger ; H. Hiller ; M. Habedank. - Radiocarbon dating of sediments from the Bunger Oasis (East Antarctica) / D. Bolshiyanov ; S. Verkulich ; V. Klokov ; V. Makeev ; H. Arslanov. - 287Pb-286Pb-age determinations on single zircons from the GDR by thermal ion mass spectrometry / K. Bombach ; M. Hengst ; J. Pilot. - U/PB and SM/ND geochronological investigations of unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada / C. Carl ; A. Hoehndorf ; E. von Pechmann. - Isotopic age of Mesozoic intrusive formations of Georgia (Tanscaucasus) / O. Z. Dudauri ; M. G. Togonidze ; V. I. Vinogradov. - Isotopic composition of Pb in archaeology: finds of bronze in the far east of the USSR / N. N. Fefelov ; N. V. Konkova ; N. V. Zarudneva ; S. B. Brandt. - Whole rock isotope systematics of granitoids in Central Europe / H. Gerstenberger. - Rb-Sr and Pb-Pb geochronology of plutonic rocks from the Central German Crystalline Zone and adjacent regions / G. Haase ; K.-H. Bielicki ; G. Rölling ; H. Gerstenberger ; M. Habedank ; H. Hiller. - On the Sr-isotope heterogeneity of kimberlites / M. N. Maslovskaya ; A. I. Kiselyov ; A. A. Lunegov ; I. K. Beckmann ; S. B. Brandt. - Rb-Sr isochron age of quartzite-gneisses from the supracomplex of the Anabar Shield / A. I. Melnikov ; V. S. Lepin ; V. N. Solodyankina ; S. B. Brandt. - Geochronology of granitoids from the Ukrainian Shield / N. P. Shcherbak ; V. M. Verkhoglyad. - Radiocarbon dating of holocene fluviatile sediments in North-Eastern Bohemia / J. Šilar ; A. Zeman. - Apatite fission track ages of the Erzgebirge / D. Stams. - Dating by uranium/thorium disequilibrium / J. van der Plicht ; H. Heijnis. - First single zircon 287Pb/286Pb-ages from the Saxonian Granulite Massif / Th. Wenzel ; J. Pilot ; M. Hengst ; J. Hofmann. - Geochronological study of some types of granitoids from the Elbe Valley-Zone / Th. Wenzel ; W. Schmidt ; M. Hengst ; D. Wolf ; J. Pilot. - Istotopic composition of minerals in Greisen-type ore deposits of the Primorsky Region / L. V. Borovik ; A. V. Ignatyev ; V. I. Gvozdev. - Reason for abnormally high δD values in granitoids from Thuringia / T. Böttger ; A. L. Devirts ; Yu. A. Shukolyukov ; G. Stiehl ; U. Wand. - Oxygen isotope geochemistry of pegmatites from a high-grade metamorphic terrain (Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica): preliminary results / Yu. A. Borshchevskiy ; Kh. B. Amosova ; S. L. Borisova ; N. I. Medvedovskaya ; E. I. Belkov ; U. Wand. - 15N characteristics of sedimentary rocks of the Thuringian Forest (GDR) at the proterozoic-phanerozoic boundary / K. Bräuer ; K. Hahne ; G. Stiehl ; M. Gehre. - 15N variations of rocks from the Lusatian Granodiroite Massif, GDR / K. Bräuer ; G. Stiehl ; U. Wand ; M. Gehre. - Methanogenesis in town gas stored in an underground storage gas reservoir / F. Buzek ; V. Onderka ; P. Vančura ; I. Wolf. - Isotopic characteristics of some ore deposits related to influence of meteoric and connate waters: examples of barite and copper silver deposits / Y. Fuchs. - Investigations on the secular trend of the δ18O-values of cherts and carbonates using a mathematical diagenesis model / O. Gebhardt. - The origin of magnesite deposits from Polish foresudetic block ophiolites: the preliminary δ13C and δ18O investigations / S. Hałas ; M. O. Jędrysek ; M. Boduch ; J. Lis. - Isotopically light aquatic kerogen in the Hungarian oligocene / E. Hertelendi ; I. Vető. - Nitrogen isotope characteristics of breccias, granitoids and greisens from Eastern Erzgebirge tin ore deposits (Sadisdorf, Altenberg), GDR / F. Junge ; R. Seltmann ; G. Stiehl. - Geochemistry of carbon, oxygen, sulphur isotopes in skarn deposits of Dalnegorsk Ore Field, South Prymorye, USSR / V. I. Kiselyev ; A. V. Ignatyev ; N. A. Nosenko. - A dolomite fossil smoker chimney in the Holy Cross Mts, Poland: petrographic and isotopic evidence / Z. M. Migaszewski ; S. Halas. - Isotope variations of H, C, N, and O in granitoids from the Central German Crystalline Zone, GDR (Delitzsch and Pretzsch-Prettin Plutonite Complexes) / H.-M. Nitzsche ; T. Böttger ; D. Haendel ; G. Röllig ; G. Stiehl ; U. Wand. - Use of the methane/ethane conception: first experience received by about 500 natural gas samples from deposits all over the world / H. Schütze ; K. Mühle. - Nitrogen isotope characteristics of parametamorphic rocks / G. Stiehl. - Nitrogen isotope characteristics of magmatic rocks / G. Stiehl. - Temperature-time-matter related convection model of a granitic intrusion / R. Thomas ; G. Strauch ; K.-H. Bielicki ; G. Haase ; H. Kaempf ; W. Klemm. - The Akhomten Massif on Kamchatka: natural model of the granitoid generation / V. I. Vinogradov ; I. I. Vishnevskaya ; V. S. Grigoriev ; B. G. Pokrovsky. - C, O, N, and Sr isotope characteristics of carbonatites from the Central German Crystalline Zone, GDR / U. Wand ; G. Stiehl ; G. Rölling ; K. Mühle ; G. Haase ; H. Gerstenberger. - Drastic change of the Sr and S isotopic composition in seawater at the end of the paleozoic / K. H. Wedepohl ; U. Kramm. - Isotope geochemistry of carbonate rocks from the Ukrainian shield / V. N. Zagnitko. - Stable isotope study of vertical zoning of the Březové Hory (Příbram) vein hydrothermal deposit (Czechoslovakia) / K. Žak. , Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 2: On the δD variation of Iraqi autumn precipitation / K. Farjo. - Sulphur and oxygen isotopes behaviour in sulphates of atmospheric-groundwater system / A. Trembaczowski. - On the origin of saline groundwaters in an aquifer system determined with uranium isotopes / R. Gellermann ; R. Trettin ; J. Tesch. - The evaluation of runoff components on the slope of the open-pit mine by means of environmental isotopes O-18 and T / F. Buzek ; J. Hanzlík ; M. Hrubý ; P. Tryzna. - Isotope composition and genesis of groundwaters in vulcano-tectonic lignite basins in the SE of Lusatia, GDR / R. Trettin ; F. Junge ; A. Hiller ; W. Kurze ; R. Höfling ; P. Kowski ; E. Raithel. - Complex isotope investigations of groundwater from a lignite basin originated by halokinetics in the Berlin Glacial Valley / R. Trettin ; A. Hiller ; W. Kurze , W. Richter ; A. Müller ; J. Tesch. - An oxygen-18 thermometer from snow of Northern Queen Maud Land (Antarctica) / W.-D. Hermichen ; P. Kowski ; R. Vaikmäe. - Isotope data from ice-cored moraines suggest a higher ice sheet surface in Central Queen Maud Land (Antarctica) during cold stages / W.-D. Hermichen ; P. Kowski ; R. Vaikmäe. - Oxygen isotopes in permafrost and in ground ice - a new tool for paleoclimatic investigations / R. Vaikmäe. - Stable isotope composition of Antarctic salt efflorescences: a palaeoclimatical tool? / G. Strauch ; U. Wand. - Verification of annual growth rings in Egyptian trees by C-14 method / N. Belacy ; F. Abou El-Nour ; G. C. Jacoby. - The variations of 13C/12C ratios and CO2 concentration in soil air under Rosa Lilli in Lublin City / A. Dudziak ; S. Halas. - Carbon isotope composition of atmospheric CO2 / J. Szaran. - Carbon isotope studies on global methane production with emphasis on paddy fields / E. Wada ; K. Nakamura. - Measurement of uptake of NO2 by leaves using 15N-labelled gas / H. Förstel ; C. Latus ; A. Neubert. - Origin and isotope effects of oxygen in compounds of the nitrogen cycle / H.-L. Schmidt ; S. Voerkelius. - Radioactive noble gases in the environment / T. Florkowski. - A model for water contamination prediction in fallout situations / M. Jurk. - Distribution of caesium isotopes in soil after Chernobyl accident / K. Skubacz ; St. Chałupnik. - Distribution pattern of artificial radionuclides in the Baltic Sea in the special event of the Chernobyl fallout / D. Weiss. - Arguments in favour of a panel discussion on the application of isotopes in environmental research in the program of the fifth working meeting "Isotopes in Nature" / K. Wetzel. - Environmental influence on isotopic discrimination in biological systems / H.-L. Schmidt. - Application of the natural variation of stable isotopes to resolve urgent environmental problems, panel contribution / H. Förstel. - Use of δ15N as a source indicator of N2O during oxidation-reduction processes / E. Wada. - Environmental radioisotopes and underground disposal of high radioactive waste / T. Florkowski. - Human activities and environmental stress: a brief statement of the essentials / M. Schidlowski. - Computerized simulations of isotope separation by capillary flow of gases / S. Fritzsche. - Intermolecular interaction contributions to thermodynamic isotope effects: high density fluid isochores / H.-L. Vörtler ; J. Heybey. - Influences of composition and state conditions on isotope exchange factor in dense geological systems / H. Schmid ; J. Heybey ; H.-L. Vörtler. - Effect of pressure on isotope fractionation in the system CaO-MgO-SiO2-C-H-O / J. Heybey ; U. Wand. - The effect of pressure on the equilibrium isotopic fractionation in soilds / V. B. Polyakov ; N. N. Kharlashina. - Quantum statistical development of the method of isotopic bond number / V. B. Polykov. - Fractioning and non-fractioning ("normalized") isotopes / S. B. Brandt ; L. V. Dneprovskaya. - Fractional crystallization in open systems / G. Christoph. - H/D Isotopic exchange between hydrogen and water vapour on Ni/Cr2O3/ThO2 catalysts / F. Abou El-Nour ; N. Belacy ; M. Abdel-Khalik ; T. Khalil ; H. F. Aly. - Isotope effects in desorption processes at elevated pressures / P. Harting ; K. Weingart ; G. Schwarz. - Pressure dependence of deuterium isotope effects in the system hydrogen-hexadecane / G. Schwarz ; P. Harting ; St. Engel ; U. Schröter. - Comments on carbon isotope fractionation by radiolytic separation of gaseous hydrocarbons from crude oil and coal / G. Weise ; I. Maass ; H. Schütze ; K. Mühle. - Computer and interpretation of experimental coalification tests / I. Maass ; O. Gebhardt ; Ch. Henze. - Fractionation of carbon isotopes in microbial processes / A. A. Ivlev ; D. A. Knyazev ; A. D. Yesikov ; I. N. Matyushenko. - Carbon-Extractor / U. Morgenstern ; D. Hebert. - Preparation of hydrogen for isotope analysis by means of magnesium / S. Halas ; W. Wolacewicz. - Automated equipment for determining C, N, O, S isotopic composition and techniques of sample preparation / A. V. Ignatyev ; L. V. Borovik. - Determination of δD-values using a mass spectrometer "delta E" / D. Rohmer ; M. Gehre ; H. Gerstenberger. - A program for gamma spectrum analysis and computations for neutron activation analysis / St. Chałupnik ; B. Michalik. - Problems in building up a 14C-database / J. Görsdorf. - List of participants.