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Description / Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION The evaporite deposits of the Werra district, especially in the Hattorf mining field, are considered a worldwide unique location for the occurence of numerous basalt dikes and magmatic fluid phases fixed in salt rocks. In spite of the great number of studies dealing with the magmatites in the Werra region, previous investigations have rarely attempted more than a predominantly 'qualitative' description of the basaltic rocks and the effects of volcanism on the evaporites (see Chapter 2). The method of interpreting the mineralogical and chemical composition of the evaporites at the basalt contact is based on previous works (KNIPPING 1984; KNIPPING & HERRMANN 1985). This study should contribute to understanding (i) the mechanism of intrusion of the basaltic rnelts and (ii) the metamorphic processes occurring in the evaporites caused by mobile phases during volcanism. Hence, the following methods were applied: The mineralogical and chemical description of the basaltic rocks with recent nomenclature including the possible differences between individual dikes and between surface- and subsurface-exposed basalts. Seven surface and 48 subsurface exposures at the Hattorf mine of Kali & Salz AG were studied. Application of the most recent knowledge on basalt genesis for interpreting observational and experimental results. Studies on the sulfur and carbon isotope distributions of the native sulfur from several subsurface exposures and the enrichments of gases (predominantly CO2) in the evaporites. Calculation of the spatial and temporal temperature distribution in the evaporite rocks following intrusion of the basaltic melts. For purposes of clarity a few of the terms which will be used frequently here will first be defined: basalt - all of the intrusive rocks studied can be assigned mineralogically and chemically to the basalt family in a broader sense. Thus, the terms basaltic rock or, in short, basalt will be used for these rocks. rock salt - instead of the term salt for halitic rocks the term rock salt is used. Besides, the evaporites are generally designated as host rocks (for the basalt dikes) as well. gases - especially in the German literature the term carbon dioxide or carbonic acid (= Kohlensäure) is frequently used for the gases enclosed in the evaporites of the Werra-Fulda district. ACKERMANN et al (1964) found, in addition to carbon dioxide, considerable amounts of nitrogen and minor amounts of methane. In the following therefore the terms gas mixture or gas will be used. The various basalt dikes found in the Hattorf mining field are described here in terms of their mineralogy and geochemistry for the first time. In doing so it is necessary to number them from east to west. To avoid confusion with older numerations (e.g. SIEMENS 1971) the various dike systems are designated by capital letters (A to P).

Description / Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION Over the past 18 years the author and several colleagues have developed a mathematical model designed to predict the propagation characteristics of acoustic waves in marine sediments. The model is based on the classical work of Maurice Biot who developed a comprehensive theory for the mechanics of porous, deformable media in a series of papers spanning the time period from 1941 to 1973. Since our objective was to develop a practical working model that could be used as a guide in planning and interpreting experimental work, we began with the simplest possible form of the model and added various complexities only as they were needed to explain new variations in the data that were obtained. Thus the number of material parameters that had to be measured or assumed at any stage in the development of the model was kept to a minimum. Since the first version of the model was introduced in 1970, we have published over twenty technical papers covering various stages of its development and many papers have been published by colleagues who have utilized our work in various ways. This monograph is an attempt to summarize the development and use of the model to date. Acoustic waves in ocean sediments may be considered as a limiting case in the more general category of mechanical waves that can propagate in fluid-saturated porous media. The general problem of wave motion in this kind of material has been studied extensively over the past thirty years by engineers, geophysicists and acousticians for a variety of reasons. In some cases, interest is focused on low-frequency waves of rather large amplitude, such as those that arise near the source of an earthquake or near a building housing heavy, vibrating machinery. At other times, the main interest is in waves of low frequency and amplitude that have traversed long distances through the sediment. In still another category, high-frequency waves that are able to resolve thin layering and other fine structural details are of interest in studying near-bottom sediments. Thus the full spread of frequency and amplitude has been studied for geological materials ranging from soft, unconsolidated sediments to rock. Because of the almost limitless combinations of different types of sediment, stratification and structure, accurate mathematical description of the wave field produced by a particular source can be constructed only if accurate descriptions of the acoustic properties of individual components can be specified. These properties depend on the geological history of the sediment deposit, on the frequency content of the wave field and on a number of other factors that depend on the environment in situ. A survey of the literature suggests that there are a number of parameters that play principal roles in controlling the dynamic response of saturated sediments...

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES --- Architectural Elements and Bounding Surfaces in Channelized Clastic Deposits: Notes on Comparisons between Fluvial and Turbidite Systems / A. D. MIALL / pp. 3-15 --- A Simulation of Basin Margin Sedimentation to Infer Geometry and Lithofacies—A Carbonate Example— / K. NAKAYAMA and C. G. St. C. KENDALL / pp. 17-31 --- Gravel Fabric of Clast-Supported Resedimented Conglomerate / K. YAGISHITA / pp. 33-42 --- Magnetic Fabrics and Depositional Processes / A. TAIRA / pp. 43-77 --- Chapter 2: FLUVIAL TO COASTAL FACIES --- Sedimentation in Coarse-Grained Sand-Bedded Meanders: Distinctive Deposition of Suspended Sediment / F. ISEYA and H. IKEDA / pp. 81-112 --- Mechanism of Inverse Grading of Suspended Load Deposits / F. ISEYA / pp. 113-129 --- Coastal Eolian Dune Deposits of the Pleistocene Shimosa Group in Chiba, Japan / H. NAKAZATO, H. SATO, and F. MASUDA / pp. 131-141 --- Synsedimentary Conjugate Faults in the Pleistocene Tidal Deposits at Ushibori, Ibaraki, Japan / H. AONO and F. MASUDA / pp. 143-149 --- Description and Genesis of Tidal Bedding in the Cobequid Bay-Salmon River Estuary, Bay of Fundy, Canada / R. W. DALRYMPLE and Y. MAKINO / pp. 151-177 --- Petrofacies of Paleo-Tokyo Bay Sands, the Upper Pleistocene of Central Honshu, Japan / M.ITO and F.MASUDA / pp. 179-196 --- Faunal Condensation in Early Phases of Glacio-Eustatic Sea-Level Rise, Found in the Middle to Late Pleistocene Shimosa Group, Boso Peninsula, Central Japan / Y. KONDO / pp. 197-212 --- Chapter 3: SHALLOW MARINE FACIES --- Sedimentology and History of Sea Level Changes in the East China Sea and Adjacent Seas / B.-C. SUK / pp. 215-231 --- Sediments and Sedimentary Processes in the Yellow and East China Seas / J. D. MILLIMAN, Y. S. QIN, and Y. A. PARK / pp. 233-249 --- Bedforms and Their Migration Patterns in the Southern Bungo Strait, Japan / K. IKEHARA and Y. KIN05HITA / pp. 251-260 --- The Kuroshio-Generated Bedform System in the Osumi Strait, Southern Kyushu, Japan / K. IKEHARA / pp. 261-273 --- Ocean Current-Controlled Sedimentary Facies of the Pleistocene Ichijiku Formation, Kazusa Group, Boso Peninsula, Japan / N. NAKAYAMA and F. MASUDA / pp. 275-293 --- Multi-Layered Progradational Sequences in the Shelf and Shelf Slope of the Southwest Japan Forearc / Y. OKAMURA / pp. 295-318 --- Storm-Built Sand Ridges on the Inner Shelf of Kashima-Nada, Northeast Japan / Y. SAITO / pp. 319-330 --- Storm Deposits in the Inner Shelf and Their Recurrence Intervals, Sendai Bay, Northeast Japan / Modern Y. SAITO / pp. 331-344 --- Sea-Level Controlled Shallow-Marine Systems in the Plio-Pleistocene Kakegawa Group, Shizuoka, Central Honshu, Japan: Comparison of Transgressive and Regressive Phases / M. ISHIBASHI / pp. 345-363 --- Coarse Clastic Sedimentation in the Triassic Offshore Sequence of the South- eastern Kitakami Mountains, Japan / K. KAMADA / pp. 365-375 --- Depositional Facies of the Viséan (Carboniferous) Limestones in the South Kitakami Terrane, Northeast Japan / T. KAWAMURA / pp. 377-391 --- Chapter 4: SLOPE TO DEEP-WATER FACIES --- Depositional Scheme of Neogene Bedded Siliceous Rocks in an Active Upwelling Area-On the Wakkanai Formation, Northern Hokkaido, Japan / H. FUKUSAWA / pp. 395-419 --- Turbidites and Related Clastic Systems in the Tertiary Chichibu Basin, Central Japan / K. M. LATT / pp. 421-438 --- Two Stages of Submarine Fan Sedimentation in an Ancient Forearc Basin, Central Japan / S. TOKUHASHI / pp. 439-468 --- Synsedimentary Folding of a Sandstone Layer: Paleoslope Deduced from the Folding Process / M. FUSEYA / pp. 469-481 --- Miocene Offshore Tractive Current-Worked Conglomerates—Tsubutegaura, Chita Peninsula, Central Japan— / T. YAMAZAKI, M. YAMAOKA, and T. SHIKI / pp. 483-494 --- Coarse Clast Dominant Submarine Debrite, the Mio-Pliocene Fujikawa Group, Central Japan / W. SOH / pp. 495-510 --- Basal Structures of the Pleistocene Chikura Submarine Sliding Sheet in the Southernmost Boso Peninsula, Central Japan / T. ITO and S. SUGIYAMA / pp. 511-528 --- Topography and Sedimentary Facies of the Nankai Deep Sea Channel / K. SHIMAMURA / pp. 529-556 --- Ancient Trench-Fill and Trench-Slope Basin Deposits: An Example from the Permian Nishiki Group, Southwest Japan / A. HARA and K. KIMINAMI / pp. 557-575 --- Tectono-Sedimentary Settings of Seep Biological Communities—A Synthesis from the Japanese Subduction Zones— / K. FUJIOKA and A. TAIRA / pp. 577-602 --- Chapter 5: VOLCANIC FACIES --- Sedimentary Facies of the Mio-Pliocene Volcanotectonic Depressions along the Volcanic Front in Northeast Honshu, Japan / M. UTADA and T. ITO / pp. 605-618 --- Submarine Depositional Processes for Volcaniclastic Sediments in the Mio- Pliocene Misaki Formation, Miura Group, Central Japan / W. SOH, A. TAIRA, Y. OGAWA, H. TANIGUCHI, K. T. PICKERING, and D. A. V. STOW / pp. 619-630 --- Chapter 6: TECTONICS AND SEDIMENTATION --- Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene Kuji Basin of Northeast Japan: Tectonic Controls on Strike-Slip Basin Sedimentation / K. MINOURA and H. YAMAUCHI / pp. 633-658 --- The Itsukaichimachi Group: A Middle Miocene Strike-Slip Basin-Fill in the Southeastern Margin of the Kanto Mountains, Central Honshu, Japan / M. ITO / pp. 659-673 --- Structural Control on Sedimentation of Coal-Bearing Formations in Japan / K. FUJII / pp. 675-688 --- Coarse-Grained Turbidite Sedimentation Resulting from the Miocene Collision Event in Central Hokkaido, Japan / K. HOYANAGI / pp. 689-709 --- Eocene Foreland Thrust-Fold Belt of the Central Ryukyu Island Arc: Deduced from Sedimentary Structures in the Kayo Formation / H. UJIIE / pp. 711-722 --- Rifting of the Gondwanaland and Uplifting of the Himalayas Recorded in Mesozoic and Tertiary Fluvial Sediments in the Nepal Himalayas / H. SAKAI / pp. 723-732

Description / Table of Contents: The study of earthquakes combines science, technology and expertise in infrastructure and engineering in an effort to minimize human and material losses when their occurrence is inevitable. This book is devoted to various aspects of earthquake research and analysis, from theoretical advances to practical applications. Different sections are dedicated to ground motion studies and seismic site characterization, with regard to mitigation of the risk from earthquake and ensuring the safety of the buildings under earthquake loading. The ultimate goal of the book is to encourage discussions and future research to improve hazard assessments, dissemination of earthquake engineering data and, ultimately, the seismic provisions of building codes.

Description / Table of Contents: The Indian shield represents a vast repository of the Palaeoproterozoic geological record. Built over the four large amalgamated Archaean nuclei (Dharwar, Bastar, Singhbhum and Aravalli–Bundelkhand) the major and minor Palaeoproterozoic sedimentary basins and supracrustal sequences in India are comparable in scale, and perhaps also in development, to those of North America, Africa, Australia and Brazil. The deformation of these supracrustal sequences, attendant metamorphism and emplacement of plutonic bodies hold important clues to their connection with major orogenies. Research in these areas has led to investigations into global correlation, which in turn has had a direct bearing on refining models of Palaeoproterozoic supercontinent assembly and break-up. This book covers various aspects of regional geology as well as broader issues of the Indian Palaeoproterozoic geology and its global context. It is an outcome of the UNESCO-IGCP 509 Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution research project.

Description / Table of Contents: PRELIMINARY PREFACE TO NMSOP-2 Ten years have passed since the first printed edition of the IASPEI New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice (NMSOP 2002). Some 2,000 hard copies are currently in use in more than 100 countries at seismological observatories, data and analysis centers, in teaching, research, and field applications, national and international seismology training courses, or by private enterprises and individual scientists. In 2006, Seismological Press Beijing published a two-volume hard cover edition in Chinese. In 2010 the Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG) in Jakarta, with support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), published the first 3 Chapters of NMSOP in (Bahasa) Indonesian language. Three more Chapters are currently being translated and scheduled for publication in 2012. The first four Chapters have been translated into Turkish, with more being in preparation, and Russian translations of several NMSOP Chapters are used at seismological observatories and analysis centers in Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) already since 2006. Such global adaptation and use signals a growing demand for the kind of information provided by the NMSOP and time for a rigorous update. NMSOP-2 will be published as a pure electronic edition. It is again the result of a great cooperative international effort: 73 authors from 18 countries have contributed to (or are still working on) it. More than 70 experts from 20 countries provided peer reviews, and Dr. Siegfried Wendt, himself author and co-author of several contributions to this Manual, has compiled a long-period filtered teleseismic broadband record section of the Collm (CLL) observatory in Germany, which now embellishes the front cover page of NMSOP-2. In this spirit, with this aim, the NMSOP needs to be maintained and further developed under the auspices of IASPEI and its Commission on Seismological Observation and Interpretation (CoSOI). Only then is it assured that the seismological community can always refer to an up-to-date and IASPEI-authorized guidance in observatory practice in the widest sense of modern applications [...]

Description / Table of Contents: The field of groundwater hydrology and the discipline of hydrogeology have attracted a lot of attention during the past few decades. This is mainly because of the increasing need for high quality water, especially groundwater. This book, written by 15 scientists from 6 countries, clearly demonstrates the extensive range of issues that are dealt with in the field of hydrogeology. Karst hydrogeology and deposition processes, hydrogeochemistry, soil hydraulic properties as a factor affecting groundwater recharge processes, relevant conceptual models, and geophysical exploration for groundwater are all discussed in this book, giving the reader a global perspective on what hydrogeologists and co-scientists are currently working on to better manage groundwater resources. Graduate students, as well as practitioners, will find this book a useful resource and valuable guide.

Description / Table of Contents: This topical issue of the Journal of Pure and Applied Geophysics focuses on research related to dew and various types of fog occurring around the globe which was presented on July 25-30, 2010, at the 5th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection, and Dew in Münster, Germany. The areas of knowledge in this field include surface in-situ and remote sensing observations of fog, dew, fog collection, applications of the various fog models (such as 1D, 2D, and 3D fog and forecasting models), microphysical parameterizations, and climatology. This volume gives a very good review of the existing knowledge and highlights the remaining difficulties in predicting and measuring fog at various scales of time and space. It also represents an important step in the direction of addressing new scientific challenges in fog and dew related research, teaching, and operational applications. Students as well as researchers, who are interested either in fog, in association with cloud physics, physical meteorology, aviation meteorology, climatology, weather forecasting and nowcasting, or in other adjacent disciplines like hydrometeorology, environment, and agriculture, will benefit from consulting and reading this topical issue. This publication was significantly supported by the Canadian National Search And Rescue (SAR) Secretariat by funding the Fog Remote Sensing and Modeling (FRAM) Project led by Dr. Ismail Gultepe since 2005.

Description / Table of Contents: The tsunami from the 1960 Chilean earthquake affected the entire Pacific Ocean and motivated the international coordination of tsunami research and warning systems around the Pacific. However, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami affected the entire world, and reminded that tsunamis are not a local or regional problem but a global issue. This volume contains 15 papers, mostly presented at the 24th International Tsunami Symposium held on 14-16 July 2009 in Novosibirsk, Russia. They reflect the current state of tsunami science, including studies of recent tsunamis, tsunami statistics and warning, and modeling tsunami runup and inundation.

Description / Table of Contents: Advances in carbonate exploration and reservoir analysis / J. Garland, J. Neilson, S. E. Laubach and K. J. Whidden / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 1-15, 30 October 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.15 --- Carbonate rocks and petroleum reservoirs: a geological perspective from the industry / Trevor P. Burchette / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 17-37, 19 October 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.14 --- Lacustrine carbonates in rift settings: the interaction of volcanic and microbial processes on carbonate deposition / V. Paul Wright / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 39-47, 26 June 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.2 --- The Grosmont: the world's largest unconventional oil reservoir hosted in carbonate rocks / Hans G. Machel, Mary Luz Borrero, Eugene Dembicki, Harald Huebscher, Luo Ping and Yi Zhao / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 49-81, 21 September 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.11 --- Reservoir characteristics of fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomite bodies: Ramales Platform case study / J. Dewit, M. Huysmans, Ph. Muchez, D. W. Hunt, J. B. Thurmond, J. Verges, E. Saura, N. Fernandez, I. Romaire, P. Esestime and R. Swennen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 83-109, 26 June 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.1 --- Reservoir properties and petrophysical modelling of carbonate sand bodies: outcrop analogue study in an epicontinental basin (Triassic, Germany) / Denis Palermo, Thomas Aigner, Bjoern Seyfang and Sergio Nardon / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 111-138, 26 June 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.6 --- Reservoir characterization of an intra-orogenic Carbonates platform: Pila Spi Formation, Taq Taq oil field, Kurdistan, Iraq / Basim Al-Qayim and Divan Othman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 139-168, 26 June 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.7 --- Mechanical stratigraphy and (palaeo-) karstification of the Murge area (Apulia, southern Italy) / Carl Jacquemyn, Rudy Swennen and Paola Ronchi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 169-186, 26 June 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.4 --- Effects of diagenesis (cement precipitation) during fracture opening on fracture aperture-size scaling in carbonate rocks / J. N. Hooker, L. A. Gomez, S. E. Laubach, J. F. W. Gale and R. Marrett / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 187-206, 26 June 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.9 --- Interplay between fracturing and hydrothermal fluid flow in the Asón Valley hydrothermal dolomites (Basque–Cantabrian Basin, Spain) / E. Iriarte, M. A. López-Horgue, S. Schroeder and B. Caline / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 207-227, 5 September 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.10 --- Geomodelling of carbonate mounds using two-point and multipoint statistics / Xavier Janson and Darrin D. Madriz / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 229-246, 26 June 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.5 --- Characterization of karstic networks by automatic extraction of geometrical and topological parameters: comparison between observations and stochastic simulations / A. Fournillon, S. Abelard, S. Viseur, B. Arfib and J. Borgomano / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 247-264, 26 June 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.8 --- Relevance of the stochastic stratigraphic well correlation approach for the study of complex carbonate settings: application to the Malampaya buildup (Offshore Palawan, Philippines) / Florent Lallier, Guillaume Caumon, Jean Borgomano, Sophie Viseur, Francois Fournier, Christophe Antoine and Théophile Gentilhomme / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 265-275, 5 September 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.12 --- A new workflow for carbonate reservoir modelling based on MPS: shoal bodies in outcrop analogues (Triassic, SW Germany) / Andre Jung, Thomas Aigner, Denis Palermo, Sergio Nardon and Marco Pontiggia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 277-293, 17 September 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.13 --- An algorithm for 3D simulation of branchwork karst networks using Horton parameters and A★ Application to a synthetic case / Pauline Collon-Drouaillet, Vincent Henrion and Jeanne Pellerin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370, 295-306, 26 June 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.3

Description / Table of Contents: Data assimilation is a novel, versatile methodology for estimating atmospheric and oceanic variables. The estimation of a quantity of interest via data assimilation involves the combination of observational data with the underlying dynamical principles governing the system under observation. This volume contains many original findings in data assimilation and its applications related to atmospheric, oceanic and environmental systems. This covers various data assimilation techniques with in Bayesian and non-Bayesian framework ranging from Least-Square, nudging, three dimensional variational (3DVAR), four-dimensional variational (4DVAR), Local Ensemble Kalman filter, Genetic algorithm etc. This also covers the applications to extreme weather event, hurricane, Asian summer monsoon, structure of the barrier layer in the equatorial Pacific ocean and identification of emission sources. This volume will be useful as a reading material in graduate level courses dealing with data assimilation and its application to meteorology, ocean and air quality. The scientific community at large especially younger scientists will find this book a useful addition to their personal and institutional libraries.

Description / Table of Contents: This book, the third in the InTech Tsunami series, has been published in order to deepen efforts towards the understanding of tsunami dynamics that seems to be never enough. As the previous books in this series, "The Tsunami Threat - Research and Technology" (January 2011) and "Tsunami - A Growing Disaster" (December 2011), this multi-disciplinary volume compiles a collection of scientific papers showing the state-of-the-art of tsunami research at different levels. The various contributions cover an array of themes that span from geological evidence to post-trauma human care, encompassing pre-tsunami analyses and modeling to post-tsunami management and preparedness techniques. As its counterparts, "Tsunami - Analysis of a Hazard: from physical interpretation to human impact" continues to present evidence and case studies from different regions of the World: from the isolated Hawaiian Islands and Northern Indian Ocean, to the edges of the Atlantic and Eastern Mediterranean.

Description / Table of Contents: Earthquake fault zones exhibit hierarchical damage and granular structures with evolving geometrical and material properties. Understanding how repeated brittle deformation form the structures and how the structures affect subsequent earthquakes is a rich problem involving coupling of various processes that operate over broad space and time scales. The diverse state-of-the-art papers collected here show how insight can come from many fields including statistical physics, structural geology and rock mechanics at large scales; elasticity, friction and nonlinear continuum mechanics at intermediate scales; and fracture mechanics, granular mechanics and surface physics at small scales. This volume will be useful to students and professional researchers from Earth Sciences, Material Sciences, Engineering, Physics and other disciplines, who are interested in the properties of natural fault zones and the processes that occur between and during earthquakes.

Description / Table of Contents: 'Building materials' as a generic term encompasses steel, aluminum, copper and a range of metal alloys, glass and glaze, particulate materials like sand, gravel, or crushed rock, and natural stone of sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic origin. Each of these materials sees a wide range of applications, from structural/bearing via functional to merely ornamental and decorative. The wide range of 'building materials' application is achieved through an equally wide range of processing, from use 'as is' (e.g., stacking boulders to make a retaining wall), through simple re-dimensioning and fitting (e.g., splitting and sizing of roofing slate) to purification and complex treatment in multi-stage processing (e.g., glass, Portland cement clinker, concreting). The use of building materials, their applications and processing has changed considerably with the development of civilization and technology. Consequently, comprehensive coverage of building materials, applications, processing and history would require multiple volumes. This volume contains a selection of papers on the applied mineralogy of cement and concrete, by far the most popular modern building material by volume, with an annual production exceeding 9 billion cubic meters, and steadily growing. Not even all 'concrete' topics can be covered by a single volume, but an interesting assortment was finally obtained. The seven chapters deal with mineralogy and chemistry of (alumina) clinker production and hydration (Pöllmann), alternative raw clinkering materials to reduce CO2 emission (Justnes), assessment of clinker constituents by optical and electron microscopy (Stutzman), industrial assessment of raw materials, cement and concrete using X-ray methods in different applications (Meier et al.), in situ investigation of clinker and cement hydration based on quantitative crystallographic phase analysis (Aranda et al.), characterization and properties of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) to improve cement and concrete properties (Snellings et al.), and deleterious alkali-aggregate reaction (AAR) in concrete (Broekmans).

Description / Table of Contents: J. A. Crame: Origins and evolution of the Antarctic biota: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:1-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.01 --- L. R. M. Cocks: Antarctica’s place within Cambrian to Devonian Gondwana / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:9-14, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.02 --- Françoise Debrenne and Peter D. Kruse: Cambrian Antarctic archaeocyaths / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:15-28, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.03 --- Gerald F. Webers and Ellis L. Yochelson: Late Cambrian molluscan faunas and the origin of the Cephalopoda / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:29-42, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.04 --- G. C. Young: The Aztec fish fauna (Devonian) of Southern Victoria Land: Evolutionary and biogeographic significance / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:43-62, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.05 --- Sherri L. DeFauw: Patterns of evolution in the Dicynodontia, with special reference to austral taxa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:63-84, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.06 --- W. G. Chaloner and G. T. Creber: The phenomenon of forest growth in Antarctica: a review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:85-88, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.07 --- Mary E. Dettmann: Antarctica: Cretaceous cradle of austral temperate rainforests? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:89-105, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.08 --- Rosemary A. Askin: Endemism and heterochroneity in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) to Paleocene palynofloras of Seymour Island, Antarctica: implications for origins, dispersal and palaeoclimates of southern floras / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:107-119, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.09 --- T. H. Rich, P. V. Rich, B. Wagstaff, J. McEwen-Mason, C. B. Douthitt, and R. T. Gregory: Early Cretaceous biota from the northern side of the Australo-Antarctic rift valley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:121-130, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.10 --- R. E. Molnar: Terrestrial tetrapods in Cretaceous Antarctica / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:131-140, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.11 --- G. R. Stevens: The nature and timing of biotic links between New Zealand and Antarctica in Mesozoic and early Cenozoic times / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:141-166, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.12 --- Peter Doyle and Philip Howlett: Antarctic belemnite biogeography and the break-up of Gondwana / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:167-182, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.13 --- Rodney M. Feldmann and Dale M. Tshudy: Evolutionary patterns in macrurous decapod crustaceans from Cretaceous to early Cenozoic rocks of the James Ross Island region, Antarctica / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:183-195, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.14 --- Sankar Chatterjee and Bryan J. Small: New plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:197-215, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.15 --- Judd A. Case: Antarctica: the effect of high latitude heterochroneity on the origin of the Australian marsupials / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:217-226, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.16 --- K. Birkenmajer and E. Zastawniak: Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary floras of King George Island, West Antarctica: their stratigraphic distribution and palaeoclimatic significance / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:227-240, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.17 --- J. T. Eastman and L. Grande: Evolution of the Antarctic fish fauna with emphasis on the Recent notothenioids / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:241-252, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.18 --- Andrew Clarke and J. Alistair Crame: The origin of the Southern Ocean marine fauna / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:253-268, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.19 --- R. Ewan Fordyce: Origins and evolution of Antarctic marine mammals / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:269-281, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.20 --- Ellen Thomas: Development of Cenozoic deep-sea benthic foraminiferal faunas in Antarctic waters / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:283-296, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.21 --- Les Watling and Michael H. Thurston: Antarctica as an evolutionary incubator: evidence from the cladistic biogeography of the amphipod Family Iphimediidae / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 47:297-313, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.047.01.22

Description / Table of Contents: T. P. Young and W. E. G. Taylor: Preface / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:vii-viii, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.01 --- T. P. Young: Phanerozoic ironstones: an introduction and review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:ix-xxv, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.02 --- Geochemical and Mineralogical Framework --- B. Velde: Phyllosilicate formation in berthierine peloids and iron oolites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:3-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.03 --- Hermann Harder: Mineral genesis in ironstones: a model based upon laboratory experiments and petrographic observations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:9-18, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.04 --- D. A. Spears: Aspects of iron incorporation into sediments with special reference to the Yorkshire Ironstones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:19-30, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.05 --- Stratigraphic Patterns --- F. B. Van Houten and M. A. Arthur: Temporal patterns among Phanerozoic oolitic ironstones and oceanic anoxia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:33-49, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.06 --- T. P. Young: Eustatically controlled ooidal ironstone deposition: facies relationships of the Ordovician open-shelf ironstones of Western Europe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:51-63, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.07 --- Roland Dreesen: Oolitic ironstones as event-stratigraphical marker beds within the Upper Devonian of the Ardenno-Rhenish Massif / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:65-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.08 --- T. Teyssen: A depositional model for the Liassic Minette ironstones (Luxemburg and France), in comparison with other Phanerozoic oolitic ironstones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:79-92, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.09 --- D. P. Bhattacharyya: Concentrated and lean oolites: examples from the Nubia Formation at Aswan, Egypt, and significance of the oolite types in ironstone genesis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:93-103, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.10 --- Ulf Bayer: Stratigraphic and environmental patterns of ironstone deposits / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:105-117, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.11 --- Fabrics --- C. R. Hughes: The application of analytical transmission electron microscopy to the study of oolitic ironstones: a preliminary study / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:121-131, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.12 --- A. U. Gehring: The formation of goethitic ooids in condensed Jurassic deposits in northern Switzerland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:133-139, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.13 --- A. T. Kearsley: Iron-rich ooids, their mineralogy and microfabric: clues to their origin and evolution / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:141-164, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.14 --- J-J. Chauvel and S. Guerrak: Oolitization processes in Palaeozoic ironstones of France, Algeria and Libya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:165-173, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.15 --- A. Siehl and J. Thein: Minette-type ironstones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:175-193, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.16 --- Case Studies --- S. Guerrak: Time and space distribution of Palaeozoic oolitic ironstones in the Tindouf Basin, Algerian Sahara / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:197-212, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.17 --- R. J. B. Trythall: The mid-Ordovician oolitic ironstones of North Wales: a field guide / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:213-220, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.18 --- K. J. Myers: The origin of the Lower Jurassic Cleveland Ironstone Formation of North-East England: evidence from portable gamma-ray spectrometry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:221-228, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.19 --- E. Garzanti, R. Haas, and F. Jadoul: Ironstones in the Mesozoic passive margin sequence of the Tethys Himalaya (Zanskar, Northern India): sedimentology and metamorphism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 46:229-244, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.046.01.20

Description / Table of Contents: N. J. Price and K. R. McClay: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:1-5, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.01 --- J. G. Dennis, R. A. Price, J. K. Sales, R. Hatcher, A. W. Bally, W. J. Perry, H. P. Laubscher, R. E. Williams, D. Elliott, D. K. Norris, D. W. Hutton, T. Emmett, and K. R. McClay: What is a Thrust? What is a Nappe? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:7-9, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.02 --- I. Mechanics of Thrusts and Nappes --- A. W. Bally: Thoughts on the tectonics of folded belts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:13-32, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.03 --- P. E. Gretener: Pore pressure, discontinuities, isostasy and overthrusts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:33-39, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.04 --- G. Mandl and W. Crans: Gravitational gliding in deltas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:41-54, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.05 --- D. V. Wiltschko: Thrust sheet deformation at a ramp: summary and extensions of an earlier model / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:55-63, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.06 --- D. A. Rodgers and W. D. Rizer: Deformation and secondary faulting near the leading edge of a thrust fault / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:65-77, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.07 --- G. Mandl and G. K. Shippam: Mechanical model of thrust sheet gliding and imbrication / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:79-98, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.08 --- S. A. F. Murrell: The rock mechanics of thrust and nappe formation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:99-109, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.09 --- A. G. Smith: Subduction and coeval thrust belts, with particular reference to North America / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:111-124, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.10 --- H. Ramberg: The role of gravity in orogenic belts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:125-140, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.11 --- II. Rock Products of Thrusting --- J. H. Spang and S. P. Brown: Dynamic analysis of a small imbricate thrust and related structures, Front Ranges, Southern Canadian Rocky Mountains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:143-149, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.12 --- S. M. Schmid, M. Casey, and J. Starkey: The microfabric of calcite tectonites from the Helvetic Nappes (Swiss Alps) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:151-158, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.13 --- J. Aprahamian and J.-L. Pairis: Very low grade metamorphism with a reverse gradient induced by an overthrust in Haute-Savoie (France) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:159-165, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.14 --- H. J. Behr, H. Ahrendt, A. Schmidt, and K. Weber: Saline horizons acting as thrust planes along the southern margin of the Damara Orogen (Namibia/SW-Africa) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:167-172, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.15 --- C. J. Talbot: Sliding and other deformation mechanisms in a glacier of salt, S Iran / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:173-183, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.16 --- A.-M. Boullier and J.-M. Quenardel: The Caledonides of northern Norway: relation between preferred orientation of quartz lattice, strain and translation of the nappes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:185-195, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.17 --- R. H. Sibson, S. H. White, and B. K. Atkinson: Structure and distribution of fault rocks in the Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:197-210, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.18 --- C. J. Adams: Uplift rates and thermal structure in the Alpine Fault Zone and Alpine Schists, Southern Alps, New Zealand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:211-222, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.19 --- III. Thrust and Nappe Regimes. A. ‘The Old World’: Caledonides --- M. A. Cooper: The internal geometry of nappes: criteria for models of emplacement / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:225-234, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.20 --- N. J. Milton and G. D. Williams: The strain profile above a major thrust fault, Finnmark, N Norway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:235-239, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.21 --- K. R. McClay and M. P. Coward: The Moine Thrust Zone: an overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:241-260, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.22 --- D. H. W. Hutton: Tectonic slides in the Caledonides / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:261-265, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.23 --- W. E. A. Phillips: Estimation of the rate and amount of absolute lateral shortening in an orogen using diachronism and strike slipped segments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:267-274, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.24 --- M. P. Coward and J. H. Kim: Strain within thrust sheets / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:275-292, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.25 --- Alpine --- J. G. Ramsay: Tectonics of the Helvetic Nappes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:293-309, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.26 --- H. P. Laubscher: The 3D propagation of décollement in the Jura / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:311-318, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.27 --- O. A. Pfiffner: Fold-and-thrust tectonics in the Helvetic Nappes (E Switzerland) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:319-327, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.28 --- A. Beach: Some observations on the development of thrust faults in the Ultradauphinois Zone, French Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:329-334, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.29 --- R. H. Graham: Gravity sliding in the Maritime Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:335-352, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.30 --- Eurasia --- Ph. Matte and J. P. Burg: Sutures, thrusts and nappes in the Variscan Arc of western Europe: plate tectonic implications / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:353-358, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.31 --- N. H. Woodcock and A. H. F. Robertson: Wrench related thrusting along a Mesozoic-Cenozoic continental margin: Antalya Complex, SW Turkey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:359-362, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.32 --- R. D. Lawrence, R. S. Yeats, S. H. Khan, A. Farah, and K. A. DeJong: Thrust and strike slip fault interaction along the Chaman transform zone, Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:363-370, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.33 --- J. A. Jackson, T. J. Fitch, and D. P. McKenzie: Active thrusting and the evolution of the Zagros fold belt / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:371-379, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.34 --- V. C. Thakur: An overview of thrusts and nappes of western Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:381-392, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.35 --- R. von Huene, M. Arthur, and B. Carson: Ambiguity in interpretation of seismic data from modern convergent margins: an example from the IPOD Japan Trench transect / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:393-406, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.36 --- M. G. Audley-Charles: Geometrical problems and implications of large scale over-thrusting in the Banda Arc -Australian margin collision zone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:407-416, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.37 --- J. Milsom: Neogene thrust emplacement from a frontal arc in New Guinea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:417-424, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.38 --- IV. Thrust and Nappe Regimes. B. ‘The New World’ --- The Americas --- R. A. Price: The Cordilleran foreland thrust and fold belt in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:427-448, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.39 --- R. I. Thompson: The nature and significance of large ‘blind’ thrusts within the northern Rocky Mountains of Canada / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:449-462, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.40 --- R. L. Brown: Metamorphic complex of SE Canadian Cordillera and relationship to foreland thrusting / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:463-473, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.41 --- H. A. K. Charlesworth and W. E. Kilby: Thrust nappes in the Rocky Mountain Foothills near Mountain Park, Alberta / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:475-482, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.42 --- D. S. Cowan and R. B. Miller: Deformational styles in two Mesozoic fault zones, western Washington, USA / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:483-490, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.43 --- R. D. Hatcher, Jr.: Thrusts and nappes in the North American Appalachian Orogen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:491-499, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.44 --- J. A. Brewer, F. A. Cook, L. D. Brown, J. E. Oliver, S. Kaufman, and D. S. Albaugh: COCORP seismic reflection profiling across thrust faults / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:501-511, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.45 --- Margaret A. Winslow: Mechanisms for basement shortening in the Andean foreland fold belt of southern South America / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9:513-528, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.46

Description / Table of Contents: In Coal in Our Veins, Erin Thomas employs historical research, autobiography, and journalism to intertwine the history of coal, her ancestors' lives mining coal, and the societal and environmental impacts of the United States' dependency on coal as an energy source. In the first part of her book, she visits Wales, native ground of British coal mining and of her emigrant ancestors. The Thomases' move to the coal region of Utah—where they witnessed the Winter Quarters and Castle Gate mine explosions, two of the worst mining disasters in American history—and the history of coal development in Utah form the second part. Then Thomas investigates coal mining and communities in West Virginia, near her East Coast home, looking at the Sago Mine collapse and more widespread impacts of mining, including population displacement, mountain top removal, coal dust dispersal, and stream pollution, flooding, and decimation. The book's final part moves from Washington D.C.—and an examination of coal, CO2, and national energy policy—back to Utah, for a tour of a coal mine, and a consideration of the Crandall Canyon mine cave-in, back to Wales and the closing of the oldest operating deep mine in the world and then to a look at energy alternatives, especially wind power, in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Description / Table of Contents: Living with natural hazards in the Asia–Pacific region / James R. Goff and James P. Terry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 1-2, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.1 --- The special vulnerability of Asia–Pacific islands to natural hazards / James P. Terry and James R. Goff / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 3-5, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.2 --- Flood generation during the SW monsoon season in northern Thailand / Han She Lim and Kanokporn Boochabun / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 7-20, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.3 --- Marine inundation hazards in French Polynesia: geomorphic impacts of Tropical Cyclone Oli in February 2010 / Samuel Etienne / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 21-39, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.4 --- Records of submarine natural hazards off SW Taiwan / Chih-Chieh Su, Jing-Yi Tseng, Ho-Han Hsu, Cheng-Shing Chiang, Ho-Shing Yu, Saulwood Lin and James T. Liu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 41-60, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.5 --- Bedding structures in Indian tsunami deposits that provide clues to the dynamics of tsunami inundation / Adam D. Switzer, S. Srinivasalu, N. Thangadurai and V. Ram Mohan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 61-77, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.6 --- Tsunami hazard related to a flank collapse of Anak Krakatau Volcano, Sunda Strait, Indonesia / T. Giachetti, R. Paris, K. Kelfoun and B. Ontowirjo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 79-90, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.7 --- An examination of hazard communication logs and public response during the 1946 and 1960 tsunamis that impacted Hilo, Hawaii / Jeanne B. Johnston, Deanne K. Bird, James R. Goff and Walter C. Dudley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 91-105, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.8 --- Towards better design and management of tsunami evacuation routes: a case study of Ao Jak Beach Road / Alan D. Ziegler, Roy C. Sidle, Mandy S. Song, Zuo Jin Ang and Decha Duangnamon / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 107-114, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.9 --- GIS-based techniques for assessing the vulnerability of buildings to tsunami: current approaches and future steps / C. Tarbotton, D. Dominey-Howes, J. R. Goff, M. Papathoma-Kohle, F. Dall'Osso and I. L. Turner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 115-125, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.10 --- Impacts, recovery and resilience of Thai tourist coasts to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami / Poh Poh Wong / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 127-138, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.11 --- Earthquake catastrophe models in disaster response planning, risk mitigation and financing in developing countries in Asia / Nigel Winspear, Rade Musulin and Mohan Sharma / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 139-150, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.12 --- Geological hazards of SW Natib Volcano, site of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, the Philippines / A. M. F. Lagmay, R. Rodolfo, H. Cabria, J. Soria, P. Zamora, C. Abon, C. Lit, M. R. T. Lapus, E. Paguican, M. G. Bato, G. Tiu, E. Obille, N. E. Pellejera, P. C. Francisco, R. N. Eco and J. Aviso / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 151-169, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.13 --- Influence of the institutional and socio-economic context for responding to disasters: case study of the 1994 and 2006 eruptions of the Merapi Volcano, Indonesia / Estuning Tyas Wulan Mei and Franck Lavigne / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 171-186, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.14 --- Exploratory spatial analysis of typhoon characteristics in the North Pacific basin / Chen-Chieh Feng and James P. Terry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 187-194, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.15 --- Geovisualization of tropical cyclone behaviour in the South Pacific / Gennady A. Gienko and James P. Terry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 195-208, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.16 --- The value of a Pacific-wide tsunami database to risk reduction: putting theory into practice / James R. Goff, Catherine Chagué-Goff and James P. Terry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 361, 209-220, 1 January 2012, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP361.17

Description / Table of Contents: Monitoring of water and land objects enters a revolutionary age with the rise of ubiquitous remote sensing and public access. Earth monitoring satellites permit detailed, descriptive, quantitative, holistic, standardized, global evaluation of the state of the Earth skin in a manner that our actual Earthen civilization has never been able to before. The water monitoring topics covered in this book include the remote sensing of open water bodies, wetlands and small lakes, snow depth and underwater seagrass, along with a variety of remote sensing techniques, platforms, and sensors. The Earth monitoring topics include geomorphology, land cover in arid climate, and disaster assessment after a tsunami. Finally, advanced topics of remote sensing covers atmosphere analysis with GNSS signals, earthquake visual monitoring, and fundamental analyses of laser reflectometry in the atmosphere medium.

Description / Table of Contents: The importance of seismic wave research lies not only in our ability to understand and predict earthquakes and tsunamis, it also reveals information on the Earth's composition and features in much the same way as it led to the discovery of Mohorovicic's discontinuity. As our theoretical understanding of the physics behind seismic waves has grown, physical and numerical modeling have greatly advanced and now augment applied seismology for better prediction and engineering practices. This has led to some novel applications such as using artificially-induced shocks for exploration of the Earth's subsurface and seismic stimulation for increasing the productivity of oil wells. This book demonstrates the latest techniques and advances in seismic wave analysis from theoretical approach, data acquisition and interpretation, to analyses and numerical simulations, as well as research applications. A review process was conducted in cooperation with sincere support by Drs. Hiroshi Takenaka, Yoshio Murai, Jun Matsushima, and Genti Toyokuni.

Description / Table of Contents: In this timely volume, geoscientists from both industry and academia present a contemporary view of salt at a global scale. The studies examine the influence of salt on synkinematic sedimentation, its role in basin evolution and tectonics, and ultimately in hydrocarbon prospectivity. Recent improvements in seismic reflection, acquisition and processing techniques have led to significant advances in the understanding of salt and sediment interactions, both along the flanks of vertical or overturned salt margins, and in subsalt plays such as offshore Brazil. The book is broadly separated into five major themes covering a variety of geographical and process-linked topics. These are: halokinetic sequence stratigraphy, salt in passive margin settings, Central European salt basins, deformation within and adjacent to salt, and salt in contractional settings and salt glaciers.

Description / Table of Contents: This book ranges from the geologic-petrologic description of world-wide major volcanic fields unfamiliar to international literature, to the discussion and interpretation of the results in light of geophysical techniques. It focuses on several situations that represent large-scale volcanism on Earth, related both with intra-plate or active margins. Many large volcanic complexes of Easter countries are presented, including Japan, Siberian Russia, and Mongolia. A detailed account of the European volcanic province of the Pannonia basin and Central-Southern Spain is given. Southern hemisphere areas of Antarctica and Polynesia are considered as well. The chapters are very informative for those who wish for a guide to visiting, or are curious about main characteristics of the above volcanic areas, some of which are remote and not easily accessible.

Description / Table of Contents: This book includes several geomorphological studies up-to-date, incorporating different disciplines and methodologies, always focused on methods, tools and general issues of environmental and applied geomorphology. In designing the book the integration of multiple methodological fields (geomorphological mapping, remote sensing, meteorological and climate analysis, vegetation and biogeomorphological investigations, geographic information systems GIS, land management methods), study areas, countries and continents (Europe, America, Asia, Africa) are considered.

Description / Table of Contents: This book is devoted to different aspects of earthquake research. Depending on their magnitude and the placement of the hypocenter, earthquakes have the potential to be very destructive. Given that they can cause significant losses and deaths, it is really important to understand the process and the physics of this phenomenon. This book does not focus on a unique problem in earthquake processes, but spans studies on historical earthquakes and seismology in different tectonic environments, to more applied studies on earthquake geology.

Description / Table of Contents: This book is the third of a series highlighting this topic of major importance for recent developments in geodynamics. Temporal variation of deformation and gravity fields recorded by geodetic measuring techniques (either from ground surface or space) and reflecting isostatic, tectonic or volcanic processes in the earth's interior as well as hydrologic, oceanographic or climatic processes, have made a basic tool for research and monitoring. Part of the papers collected in this topical volume were presented at the 3rd Workshop on “Deformation and Gravity Change: Indicators of Isostasy, Tectonics, Volcanism and Climate Change” which took place at the Casa de los Volcanes on Lanzarote, Spain, during February 23-26, 2009. The book addresses researchers and graduate students in the Earth sciences, who are interested in surface and crustal processes, as well as geotechnical engineers.

Description / Table of Contents: Remagnetization is a common phenomenon in rocks, and developing a greater understanding of its mechanisms has several benefits. Acquisition of a secondary magnetization is usually tangible evidence of a diagenetic or thermal event, which can be dated using palaeomagnetic techniques. This is important because the timing of diagenetic and thermal events is commonly difficult to determine. Remagnetization can also obscure primary magnetizations and a better understanding of remagnetization could improve our ability to uncover primary magnetizations. Many chemical remagnetization mechanisms have been proposed, including those associated with chemical alteration by a number of different fluids (e.g. orogenic, weathering, mineralizing, hydrocarbons) and burial diagenetic processes (e.g. clay diagenesis, maturation of organic matter). This book contains case studies and review articles that focus on remagnetization, chemical remagnetization mechanisms, and magnetic changes associated with chemical alteration by hydrocarbons.

Description / Table of Contents: The fractal analysis is becoming a very useful tool to process obtained data from chaotic systems in geosciences. It can be used to resolve many ambiguities in this domain. This book contains eight chapters showing the recent applications of the fractal/mutifractal analysis in geosciences. Two chapters are devoted to applications of the fractal analysis in climatology, two of them to data of cosmic and solar geomagnetic data from observatories. Four chapters of the book contain some applications of the (multi-) fractal analysis in exploration geophysics. I believe that the current book is an important source for researchers and students from universities.

Description / Table of Contents: Mike Coward and Dorothee Dietrich: Alpine tectonics — an overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:1-29, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.01 --- Tectonic Evolution of the External Zones of the Alps --- J. G. Ramsay: Fold and fault geometry in the western Helvetic nappes of Switzerland and France and its implication for the evolution of the arc of the western Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:33-45, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.02 --- D. Dietrich and M. Casey: A new tectonic model for the Helvetic nappes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:47-63, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.03 --- J.-P. Gratier, G. Ménard, and R. Arpin: Strain-displacement compatibility and restoration of the Chaînes Subalpines of the western Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:65-81, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.04 --- N. Fry: Southwestward thrusting and tectonics of the western Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:83-109, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.05 --- Tectonic Evolution of the Internal and Southern Zones of the Alps --- O. Merle, P. R. Cobbold, and S. Schmid: Tertiary kinematics in the Lepontine dome / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:113-134, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.06 --- J. P. Platt, P. C. Cunningham, P. Weston, G. S. Lister, F. Peel, T. Baudin, and H. Dondey: Thrusting and backthrusting in the Briançonnais domain of the western Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:135-152, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.07 --- S. M. Schmid, H. R. Aebli, F. Heller, and A. Zingg: The role of the Periadriatic Line in the tectonic evolution of the Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:153-171, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.08 --- A. C. Ellis, A. C. Barnicoat, and N. Fry: Structural and metamorphic constraints on the tectonic evolution of the upper Pennine Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:173-188, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.09 --- J. Ridley: Structural and metamorphic history of a segment of the Sesia-Lanzo zone, and its bearing on the kinematics of Alpine deformation in the western Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:189-201, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.10 --- K. H. Brodie, E. H. Rutter, and D. Rex: On the age of deep crustal extensional faulting in the Ivrea zone, northern Italy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:203-210, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.11 --- D. Roeder: South-Alpine thrusting and trans-Alpine convergence / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:211-227, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.12 --- H. P. Laubscher: The tectonics of the southern Alps and the Austro-Alpine nappes: a comparison / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:229-241, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.13 --- L. Ratschbacher and F. Neubauer: West-directed décollement of Austro-Alpine cover nappes in the eastern Alps: geometrical and rheological considerations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:243-262, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.14 --- Models of the Development of the Alpine Chain --- J. F. Dewey, M. L. Helman, S. D. Knott, E. Turco, and D. H. W. Hutton: Kinematics of the western Mediterranean / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:265-283, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.15 --- J. E. T. Channell and J. C. Mareschal: Delamination and asymmetric lithospheric thickening in the development of the Tyrrhenian Rift / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:285-302, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.16 --- St. Mueller: Deep-reaching geodynamic processes in the Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:303-328, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.17 --- P. Vialon, P. Rochette, and G. Ménard: Indentation and rotation in the western Alpine arc / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:329-338, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.18 --- R. Lacassin: Plate-scale kinematics and compatibility of crustal shear zones in the Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:339-352, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.19 --- J. C. Hunziker, J. Desmons, and G. Martinotti: Alpine thermal evolution in the central and the western Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:353-367, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.20 --- A. J. Hurford, M. Flisch, and E. Jäger: Unravelling the thermo-tectonic evolution of the Alps: a contribution from fission track analysis and mica dating / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:369-398, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.21 --- F. Heller, W. Lowrie, and A. M. Hirt: A review of palaeomagnetic and magnetic anisotropy results from the Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:399-420, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.22 --- K. J. Hsü: Time and place in Alpine orogenesis — the Fermor Lecture / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 45:421-443, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.045.01.23

Description / Table of Contents: M. A. Cooper and G. D. Williams: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:vii, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.01 --- Modelling and Theoretical Concepts --- G. D. Williams, C. M. Powell, and M. A. Cooper: Geometry and kinematics of inversion tectonics / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:3-15, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.02 --- A. B. Hayward and R. H. Graham: Some geometrical characteristics of inversion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:17-39, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.03 --- K. R. McClay: Analogue models of inversion tectonics / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:41-59, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.04 --- Inversion in the Alps and Alpine Foreland --- P. A. Ziegler: Geodynamic model for Alpine intra-plate compressional deformation in Western and Central Europe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:63-85, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.05 --- P. C. de Graciansky, G. Dardeau, M. Lemoine, and P. Tricart: The inverted margin of the French Alps and foreland basin inversion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:87-104, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.06 --- R. W. H. Butler: The influence of pre-existing basin structure on thrust system evolution in the Western Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:105-122, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.07 --- I. R. Simpson, M. Gravestock, D. Ham, H. Leach, and S. D. Thompson: Notes and cross-sections illustrating inversion tectonics in the Wessex Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:123-129, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.08 --- D. G. Roberts: Basin inversion in and around the British Isles / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:131-150, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.09 --- Inversion on the European Continental Shelf --- J. A. Cartwright: The kinematics of inversion in the Danish Central Graben / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:153-175, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.10 --- T. J. Chapman: The Permian to Cretaceous structural evolution of the Western Approaches Basin (Melville sub-basin), UK / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:177-200, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.11 --- M. E. Badley, J. D. Price, and L. C. Backshall: Inversion, reactivated faults and related structures: seismic examples from the southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:201-219, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.12 --- Inversion in Other Geological Environments --- C. M. Powell and G. D. Williams: The Lewis Thrust/Rocky Mountain trench fault system in Northwest Montana, USA: an example of negative inversion tectonics? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:223-234, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.13 --- K. R. McClay, M. W. Insley, and R. Anderton: Inversion of the Kechika Trough, Northeastern British Columbia, Canada / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:235-257, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.14 --- C. K. Morley: Basin inversion in the Osen-Røa thrust sheet, Southern Norway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:259-273, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.15 --- M. P. Coward, M. A. Enfield, and M. W. Fischer: Devonian basins of Northern Scotland: extension and inversion related to Late Caledonian — Variscan tectonics / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:275-308, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.16 --- M. C. Daly, J. Chorowicz, and J. D. Fairhead: Rift basin evolution in Africa: the influence of reactivated steep basement shear zones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:309-334, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.17 --- M. A. Cooper, G. D. Williams, P. C. de Graciansky, R. W. Murphy, T. Needham, D. de Paor, R. Stoneley, S. P. Todd, J. P. Turner, and P. A. Ziegler: Inversion tectonics — a discussion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:335-347, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.18 --- Abstracts --- I. W. D. Dalziel: Inversion of circum-Pacific marginal basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:351, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.19 --- J. F. Dewey: Kinematics and dynamics of basin inversion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:352, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.20 --- A. Gibbs and A. Beach: Extensional tectonics in a convergent intra-plate setting: linked inversions on oblique and frontal ramps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:353, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.21 --- R. Gillcrist, M. P. Coward, B. Trudgill, A. Pecher, and J. L. Mugnier: Structural inversion in the external French Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:354, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.22 --- N. J. Kusznir and G. D. Williams: Geometric, thermal and isostatic constraints on basin inversion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:355, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.23 --- B. van Hoorn: Structural evolution, timing and tectonic style of the Sole Pit inversion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 44:356, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.044.01.24

Description / Table of Contents: A. D. Saunders and M. J. Norry: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:vii-viii, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.01 --- I. G. Gass: Magmatic processes at and near constructive plate margins as deduced from the Troodos (Cyprus) and Semail Nappe (N Oman) ophiolites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:1-15, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.02 --- Robert S. White: Asthenospheric control on magmatism in the ocean basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:17-27, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.03 --- John G. Spray: Upper mantle segregation processes: evidence from alpine-type peridotites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:29-40, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.04 --- James H. Natland: Partial melting of a lithologically heterogeneous mantle: inferences from crystallization histories of magnesian abyssal tholeiites from the Siqueiros Fracture Zone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:41-70, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.05 --- H. J. B. Dick: Abyssal peridotites, very slow spreading ridges and ocean ridge magmatism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:71-105, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.06 --- Sherman H. Bloomer, James H. Natland, and Robert L. Fisher: Mineral relationships in gabbroic rocks from fracture zones of Indian Ocean ridges: evidence for extensive fractionation, parental diversity and boundary-layer recrystallization / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:107-124, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.07 --- Don Elthon: Pressure of origin of primary mid-ocean ridge basalts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:125-136, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.08 --- Toshitsugu Fujii: Genesis of mid-ocean ridge basalts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:137-146, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.09 --- Z. A. Palacz and J. A. Wolff: Strontium, neodymium and lead isotope characteristics of the Granadilla Pumice, Tenerife: a study of the causes of strontium isotope disequilibrium in felsic pyroclastic deposits / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:147-159, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.10 --- M. Storey, J. A. Wolff, M. J. Norry, and G. F. Marriner: Origin of hybrid lavas from Agua de Pau volcano, Sao Miguel, Azores / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:161-180, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.11 --- G. Thompson, W. B. Bryan, and S. E. Humphris: Axial volcanism on the East Pacific Rise, 10–12°N / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:181-200, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.12 --- Johann Helgason: The Fjallgardar volcanic ridge in NE Iceland: an aborted early stage plate boundary or a volcanically dormant zone? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:201-213, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.13 --- P. A. Floyd: Geochemical features of intraplate oceanic plateau basalts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:215-230, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.14 --- G. R. Davies, R. A. Cliff, M. J. Norry, and D. C. Gerlach: A combined chemical and Pb-Sr-Nd isotope study of the Azores and Cape Verde hot-spots: the geodynamic implications / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:231-255, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.15 --- D. J. Chaffey, R. A. Cliff, and B. M. Wilson: Characterization of the St Helena magma source / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:257-276, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.16 --- J.-L. Joron and M. Treuil: Hygromagmaphile element distributions in oceanic basalts as fingerprints of partial melting and mantle heterogeneities: a specific approach and proposal of an identification and modelling method / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:277-299, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.17 --- D. E. Fisher: Evaluation of rare gas data in relation to oceanic magmas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:301-311, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.18 --- S.-s. Sun and W. F. McDonough: Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:313-345, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.19 --- B. J. Murton: Tectonic controls on boninite genesis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 42:347-377, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.042.01.20

Description / Table of Contents: Deltaic Systems and General Models --- T. Elliott: Deltaic systems and their contribution to an understanding of basin-fill successions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:3-10, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.01 --- J. Alexander: Delta or coastal plain? With an example of the controversy from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:11-19, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.02 --- J. P. M. Syvitski and G. E. Farrow: Fjord sedimentation as an analogue for small hydrocarbon-bearing fan deltas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:21-43, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.03 --- M. Ito: Profiles of fan deltas and water depth in the receiving basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:45-54, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.04 --- Subsurface and Geophysical Techniques --- G. Cowan: Diagenesis of Upper Carboniferous sandstones: southern North Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:57-73, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.05 --- C. S. Bristow and K. J. Myers: Detailed sedimentology and gamma-ray log characteristics of a Namurian deltaic succession I: Sedimentology and facies analysis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:75-80, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.06 --- K. J. Myers and C. S. Bristow: Detailed sedimentology and gamma-ray log characteristics of a Namurian deltaic succession II: Gamma-ray logging / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:81-88, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.07 --- R. C. Selley: Deltaic reservoir prediction from rotational dipmeter patterns / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:89-95, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.08 --- Selected Delta Case Studies --- G. Sestini: Nile Delta: a review of depositional environments and geological history / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:99-127, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.09 --- H. Okazaki and F. Masuda: Arcuate and bird’s foot deltas in the late Pleistocene Palaeo-Tokyo Bay / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:129-138, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.10 --- G. K. Pedersen: A fluvial-dominated lacustrine delta in a volcanic province, W Greenland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:139-146, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.11 --- J. P. Harris: The sedimentology of a Middle Jurassic lagoonal delta system: Elgol Formation (Great Estuarine Group), NW Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:147-166, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.12 --- O. J. Martinsen: Styles of soft-sediment deformation on a Namurian (Carboniferous) delta slope, Western Irish Namurian Basin, Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:167-177, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.13 --- A. J. Pulham: Controls on internal structure and architecture of sandstone bodies within Upper Carboniferous fluvial-dominated deltas, County Clare, western Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:179-203, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.14 --- A. Siedlecka, K. T. Pickering, and M. B. Edwards: Upper Proterozoic passive margin deltaic complex, Finnmark, N Norway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:205-219, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.15 --- Petroleum- and Gas-related Case Histories --- S. Flint, D. J. Stewart, and E. D. van Riessen: Reservoir geology of the Sirikit oilfield, Thailand: lacustrine deltaic sedimentation in a Tertiary intermontane basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:223-235, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.16 --- W. Helland-Hansen, R. Steel, K. Nakayama, and C. G. St. C. Kendall: Review and computer modelling of the Brent Group stratigraphy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:237-252, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.17 --- S. Brown and P. C. Richards: Facies and development of the Middle Jurassic Brent Delta near the northern limit of its progradation, UK North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:253-267, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.18 --- S. E. Livera: Facies associations and sand-body geometries in the Ness Formation of the Brent Group, Brent Field / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:269-286, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.19 --- Coal-related Case Histories --- R. S. Haszeldine: Coal reviewed: depositional controls, modern analogues and ancient climates / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:289-308, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.20 --- A. C. Scott: Deltaic coals: an ecological and palaeobotanical perspective / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:309-316, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.21 --- M. K. G. Whateley and G. R. Jordan: Fan-delta-lacustrine sedimentation and coal development in the Tertiary Ombilin Basin, W Sumatra, Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:317-332, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.22 --- W. A. Read: The influence of basin subsidence and depositional environment on regional patterns of coal thickness within the Namurian fluvio-deltaic sedimentary fill of the Kincardine Basin, Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 41:333-344, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.041.01.23

Description / Table of Contents: Optical thin section analysis is an essential tool for rock and mineral characterization, whether as a stand-alone method or in combination with microbeam and XRD techniques. This liberally illustrated guidebook provides a concise overview on the basics of polarized-light microscopy and its application to thin-section-based mineralogical and petrographic analysis. The larger part of the guide covers morphological and optical properties of minerals. There are further chapters on the principles of microscopic imaging including adjustment procedures for optimal microscope use, and on measuring lengths, angles and crystal plate thickness under the microscope. The book’s emphasis is on practical aspects and methodical approaches in thin section microscopy. It neither intends to cover the in-depth theoretical background of crystal optics, nor does it provide tabulated data for minerals. The guide is designed as an easily accessible learning resource for students, a teaching aid for instructors and a quick-reference manual for any geologist or mineralogist who uses the polarized-light microscope for thin section work. Several of the chapters have reorganized and revised in the second edition, notably chapters 3.2, 3.4, 4.2.3. Chapter 3.2 now includes deformation-related features at the grain or thin section scale. The text and figures of chapter 3.4 have been revised and extended. Chapter 4.2.3 has undergone a major revision that should help the novice to better understand the physical background to some basic optical phenomena such as retardation and interference colours. The upgrade involves new calculated interference colour charts, including a new, previously unpublished Δn-d chart. The second edition guide is available at no cost in English, German, and Spanish. The reduced-resolution versions give acceptable printouts in A4 format, whereas the print-quality versions give optimal reproduction of the color figures.

Description / Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION Sediments are increasingly recognized as both a carrier and a possible source of contaminants in aquatic systems, and these materials may also affect groundwater quality and agricultural products when disposed on land. Contaminants are not necessarily fixed permanently by the sediment, but may be recycled via biological and chemical agents both within the sedimentary compartment and the water column. Bioaccumulation and food chain transfer may be strongly affected by sediment-associated proportions of pollutants. Benthic organisms, in particular, have direct contact with sediment, and the contaminant level in the sediment may have greater impact on their survival than do aqueous concentrations. Following the findings of positive correlations between liver lesions in English Sole and concentrations of certain aromatic hydrocarbons in Puget Sound (Washington) sediment, it can be suspected that such substrates may also be responsible for a host of other serious and presently unrecognized changes at both the organismal and ecosystem levels (Malins et al., 1984). Modern research on particle-bound contaminants probably originated with the idea that sediments reflect the biological, chemical and physical conditions in a water body (Züllig, 1956). Based on this concept the historical evolution of limnological parameters could be traced back from the study of vertical sediment profiles. In fact, already early in this century Nipkow (1920) suggested that the alternative sequence of layers in a sediment core from Lake Zürich might be related to variations in the trophic status of the lake system. During the following decades of limnological research on eutrophication problems sediment aspects were playing only a marginal role, until it was recognized that recycling from bottom deposits can be a significant factor in the nutrient budget of an aquatic system. Similarly, in the next global environmental issue, the acidification of inland waters sediment-related research only became gradually involved. Here too, it is now accepted that particle-interactions can affect aquatic ecosystems, e.g. by enhancing the mobility of toxic metals. In contrast to the eutrophication and acidification problems, research on toxic chemicals has included sediments aspects from its beginning: Artificial radionuclides in the Columbia and Clinch Rivers in the early sixties (Sayre et al., 1963); in the late sixties heavy metals in the Rhine River system (De Groot, 1966) and methyl mercury (Jensen & Jerne- 16v, 1967) at Minamata Bay in Japan, in Swedish lakes, in Alpine Lakes, Laurentian Great Lakes and in the Wabigoon River system in Canada; organochlorine insecticides and PCBs in Lakes St. Clair and Erie during the seventies (Frank et al., 1977); chlorobenzenes and TCDDs in the Niagara River system and Lake Ontario in the early eighties (Oliver & Nicol, 1982; Smith et al., 1983). In the present lecture notes, following the description of priority pollutants related to sedimentary phases (Chapter 2), four aspects will be covered, which in an overlapping succession also reflect the development of knowledge in particle-associated pollutants during the past twenty-five years: - the identification, surveillance, monitoring and control of sources and distribution of pollutants (Chapter 3); - the evaluation of solid/solution relations of contaminants in surface waters (Chapter 4); - the study of in-situ processes and mechanisms in pollutant transfer in various compartments of the aquatic ecosystems (Chapter 5);- The assessment of the envlroD-mental impact of particle-bound contaminants, i.e. the development of sediment quality criteria (Chapter 6). A final chapter will focus on practical aspects with contaminated sediments. Available technologies will be described as well as future perspectives for the management of dredged materials. Here too, validity of remedial measures can only be assessed by integrated, multidisciplinary research. In the view of the growing information on the present subject and owing to the limitations in the framework of this monography, the reader is referred to additional selected bibliography, which is attached at the end of this Chapter i. Additional information on the more recent publications on contaminated sediments is given in the annual review volume of the Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation, June edition.

Description / Table of Contents: PREFACE It is increasingly necessary to develop industrial and hydraulic engineering constructions under unfavourable geological or geotechnical conditions. Furthermore, it becomes more and more important to build effectively and economically and to find optimal solutions for a long-term steady function of the constructions. This emphatically demands exhaustive information on the structural situations and engineering parameters of local site assessments by areal investigations of the sites and the petrophysical parameters in situ. This requires, however, the use of geophysical techniques. During the last two or three decades international applied geophysics has systematically developed new possibilities for site investigations for the determination of petrophysical parameters in situ as well as for observation of the system building and site. As in "New techniques in engineering", geophysical methods make it possible to develop areal models of subsurface conditions of building sites, to quantify relevant engineering parameters in situ, as well as to analyze the longterm behaviour of the buildings, which are influenced by internal or external factors. With regard to the broad spectrum of applied geophysics, there are few methods, that especially favour application in engineering and groundwater studies. These methods are distinguished by a relatively simple measuring technique and good measuring progress, e.g. the geoelectrical self-potential method, the geoelectrical resistivity method as well as a newly developed devices for geothermic measurements. There exist numerous publications, broadly scattered in the technical literature, concerning the theoretical bases and applications of these methods, but until now, there have been only a few meetings to exchange experience and results on an international level. This was the aim of the symposium "Detection of Subsurface Flow Phenomena by Self-Potential/Geoelectrical and Thermometric Methods", held in Karlsruhe from 14-18 March 1988. An outstanding part of the symposioum was represented by the results of a research project, coordinated by the University of Karlsruhe (Department of Geology and Institute of Soil and Rock Mechanics) and the Federal Waterway Engineering and Research Institute (BAW), Karlsruhe. Regarding the subject "Experiments to ascertain the relations between hydraulic potentials in the underground and the geoelectrical and thermic potentials set off by these", the research work took four years. The project was sponsered by the Volkswagen Foundation/Hannover. The goal was to develop and test objective techniques for detecting leakages in dams, locating, demarcating and designating quantitatively inhomogeneous spheres in dams with the aim of detecting damage and subsurface flow phenomena as soon as possible. The symposium consisted of a three-day lecture meeting with about 40 papers and a summarizing respectively closing roundtable discussion, a visit to the laboratories and to the in situ constructions within the area of BAW developed in the frame of the research project. This included a technical excursion to the Rhine-Staustufe Iffezheim with its very impressive waterway constructions and an excursion to the Geophysical Observatory near Schiltach (Black Forest). The Observatory belongs to the Universities of Karlsruhe and Stuttgart. Approximately 80 scientists from 15 countries participated the symposium. They were welcomed by the Rector of the University, Professor Dr. A. Kunle and the representative of the Federal Ministry of Traffic, Dr. G. Schröder. Professor Dr. H. Hötzl elucidated the scientific problems and the economical importance of the project as a speaker of the research group. The following papers dealt with the fundamental aspects of geoelectrical and thermometric measurements, with the theory of these methods, the state and developing ter~dencies concerning devices, data acquisition, processing and interpretation as well as noise effects. It became clear that the solution of the complex scientific-technical problems of waterway constructions and environmental protection requires broad, interdisciplinary cooperation and international collaboration. Thus it would be possible to minimize the personnel, temporal and economic efforts. The intended cooperation of geoscientists, engineering geologists, building engineers and representatives of other disciplines make it possible, not only to exchange experiences and results relating to international problems unsolved until now, but also to determine new guidelines with regard to the scientific organization of further investigations. Thus in order to inform all interested parties of the main topics of the symposium and to advance international cooperation in the future, the present review includes a part of the papers and reports of the excursions recommended by the participants of the meeting, which have been divided into the following topics: - Introduction to engineering-geophysical problems and attempts at their solution; - Geoelectrical self-potential measurements; - Geoelectrical resistivity measurements; - Geothermic measurements; - Case histories; - Some topics of the roundtable discussion; - Reports concerning the excursions. The editors wish to thank very much all those, who contributed to the success of the symposium and to the publication of the present report. Finally they venture the note, that the authors theirselves are responsible for the content of their papers.

Description / Table of Contents: PREFACE During the so-called Mid-Cretaceous interval, approximately 100 million years ago, the earth experienced a dynamic phase in its geologic history. Enhanced global tectonic activity resulted in a major rearrangment of the continental plates; accelerated spreading rates induced a first-order sea level highstand; intense off-ridge volcanism contributed to a modeled high atmospheric CO 2 rate; climatic conditions fluctuated; and major changes occurred in biologic evolutionary patterns. With the initiation of a gradual change from an equatorial, east-west directed current-circulation pattern to a regime, dominated by south-north and north-south directed current systems, the earth's internal clock was set for Cenozoic, "modern" times. The Mid-Cretaceous dynamic phase is recorded in a suite of sediments of remarkable similarity around the globe. Shallow-water carbonate platforms drowned on a global scale; widespread sediment-starved, glauconite and phosphate- rich sequences developed; and consequently, pelagic sedimentary regimes "invaded" shelf and epicontinental sea areas. This typical "deepening-upward" pattern is well-documented in Mid-Cretaceous sequences along the northern Tethys margin. Shallow-water carbonates are overlain by condensed glauconitic and phosphatic sediments, which, in turn, are blanketed by pelagic carbonates. In this volume, the example of the western Austrian helvetic Alps, built up of inner and outer shelf sediments deposited along the northern Tethys margin, is used to elucidate the paleoceanographic conditions, under which the Mid-Cretaceous triad of platform carbonates, condensed phosphatic and glauconitic sediments, and pelagic carbonates was formed. In the first part, the evolution of this sequence is traced from the demise of the platform (Aptian) to the return of detritus-dominated deposition (Upper Santonian). The second part includes a discussion of the reconstructed paleoceanographic and tectonic variables, their possible interaction, as well as their influence on sediment properties during this period. Special attention is paid to (1) subsidence behavior of the inner, platform-based shelf and the outer shelf beyond the platform, (2) ammonoid paleobiogeography, (3) the northern tethyan current system and its impact on sediment patterns, (4) the influence of an oxygen minimum zone, (5) sediment bypassing mechanisms on the inner shelf, (6) condensation processes, (7) phosphogenesis, (8) relative sea level changes, (9) genesis and the development of unconformities, (10) tectonic phases and their impact on sediment configuration, (11) drowning of the shallow-water carbonate platform, and (12) "asymmetric" sedimentary cycles. The detailed reconstruction of the development of sedimentary patterns both in time and space in this particular area, and its environmental interpretation, given in this volume, may serve as a contribution to a better understanding of the Mid-Cretaceous dynamic phase in earth's history...

Description / Table of Contents: PREFACE In a densily populated industrialized country, waste disposal must be compatible with the requirements of the environment. This is one of the indispensable requirements to guarantee an effective protection of the environment. In the past years the waste disposal industry has been given increasing attention by the general public as well as the authorities. This confirms the necessity of adapting the quality of waste disposal to the technological standard of the production. While in the past, waste disposal performance was more or less evaluated in terms of short-term costs, there is at present a reorientation in the direction of a science-based waste disposal industry. These new tendencies are taking into account ecological factors as well as the long-term consequences - i.e., for decades and centuries to come - of waste disposal methods. In this light, particular attention is given to the depositing of residues whose utilization does not appear meaningful from an ecological point of view, or would require disproportionate ressources. It is an important concern of the Federal Authorities to encourage the rapid materialization of disposal solutions which can function as ultimate deposits, and which will therefore cause neither water pollution nor gaseous emissions. In view of this goal it is necessary to establish criteria and regulations for the wastes to be deposited as well as for the characteristics of the deposits. This field confronts science with an urgent but rewarding challenge and calls for close collaboration between many different specialized disciplines...

Description / Table of Contents: PREFACE Our planet is evolving and changing; its surface is capable of unleashing great violence as its crust is created and destroyed. Quite remarkably, it has been only recently that the fundamental elements of this evolution were fully appreciated, and only within the last decade have there been technologies capable of directly meastLring the global motions of the Earth's crust which are one of the most visible manifestations of these processes. Before the advent of space technologies, the nature of contemporary global plate motions went largely unobserved. These motions were understood from the geological records, and plate rates for million year averages were established_ Fortunately, the revolution in geophysics brought about by the general acceptance of plate tectonic theory has been paralleled by significant advances in space geodesy oceanography and geophysics. New space technologies have rapidly matured, yielding new insights and capabilities for more completely understanding the dynamical properties of the Earth, its oceans and atmosphere. Likewise, the evolving earth sciences capabilities from space are fostering new questions and goals made possible through the creative exploitation of satellite missions. A workshop entitled "The Interdisciplinary Role of Space Geodesy" was held in Erice, Italy, on the island of Sicily on July 23-29, 1988, to discuss the directions and challenges of space geodeys for the decades to come. This international gathering was made possible by the E. Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture int he framework of tis International School of Geodesy. The workshop was sponsored by the Italian Ministry of education, the Italian Ministry of Scientific and Technological Research, the Sicilian Regional Government, the Italian National Institute of Geophysics, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States. This volume is the result of the dedicated effort undertaken by an international group of scientists and administrators who have contemplated the challenge of the future of space-based earth science for the next decade. Recognizing the need for defining new milestones both in science and technology, they have developed a detailed report of what could be achieved and what challenges remain after twenty fertile years of space exploration...

Description / Table of Contents: This book is the collection of the Lecture Notes of an International Summer School of Theoretical Geodesy held in Assisi (Italy) from May 23 to June 3 -1988.

Description / Table of Contents: International Conference on Spectral Theory of Diffenential Operators

Description / Table of Contents: Includes proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of Graph Theory to Management, held at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels, Mar. 20-21, 1979, and also papers from the 10th Mathematical Programming Symposium, Montreal, Aug. 27-31, 1979

Description / Table of Contents: Petrology, New Perspectives and Applications is designed for advanced graduate courses and professionals in petrology. The book includes eight chapters that are focused on the recent advances and application of modern petrologic and geochemical methods for the understanding of igneous, metamorphic and even sedimentary rocks. Research studies contained in this volume provide an overview of application of modern petrologic techniques to rocks of diverse origins. They reflect a wide variety of settings (from South America to the Far East, and from Africa to Central Asia) as well as ages ranging from late Precambrian to late Cenozoic, with several on Mesozoic/Cenozoic volcanism.

Description / Table of Contents: Glaciogenic reservoirs and hydrocarbon systems occur intermittently throughout the stratigraphic record, with particular prominence in Neoproterozoic, Late Ordovician, Permo-Carboniferous and Late Cenozoic strata. Recent interest in glaciogenic successions has been fuelled by hydrocarbon discoveries in ancient glaciogenic reservoirs in North Africa, the Middle East, Australia and South America. Glaciogenic deposits of Pleistocene age are noteworthy for their content of groundwater onshore and potentially prospective and/or hazardous gas accumulations offshore. The abundant imprints of Pleistocene glaciations in both hemispheres can be used to reconstruct complex histories of repeated ice cover and retreat, and glacier-bed interactions, thus informing our view on the dynamics of older ice caps and predictions of future glaciations. This volume aims to provide a better understanding of glaciogenic processes, their stratigraphic record and reservoir characteristics of glaciogenic deposits. The book comprises 3 overview papers and 16 original case studies of Neoproterozoic to Pleistocene successions on 6 continents and will be of interest to sedimentologists, glaciologists, geophysicists, hydrologists and petroleum geologists alike.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the geology and hydrocarbon potential of the major Neoproterozoic–Cambrian basins of Asia from Oman, across the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent, to China and SE Siberia, along with new research on the region. Many of these areas (e.g., Oman, Bikaner–Nagaur Basin in India, South China and SE Siberia) host prolific Neoproterozoic–Cambrian petroleum systems with giant to supergiant fields. Three key elements: (1) tectonic stability, (2) relatively late phase of hydrocarbon generation and (3) presence of an effective evaporite seal, seem to be critical for the development of effective Neoproterozoic–Cambrian petroleum systems. These key elements appear of less consequence for the development of ‘unconventional’ hydrocarbons, and the future prospectivity in many of these basins may lie in the exploration for, and production of, shale gas and shale oil directly from the thermally mature, organic-rich source rocks.

Description / Table of Contents: Subduction zones consume oceanic lithosphere and are an indispensible part of plate tectonics. Unlike the oceanic lithosphere production system which can be linked as a nearly continuous, albeit sinuous, strand around the earth, subduction zones are a rather dissociated group and are found in several isolated corners of the world. While plate tectonics can predict that subduction zones are required along certain plate boundaries, it does not stipulate how subduction zones initiate and develop. The preservation of newly created oceanic lithosphere and the propensity for spreading centers to fragment continents leaves a wealth of geological informa­ tion on the initiation and evolution of spreading. On the other hand, the subject of subduction initiation has little observational basis. To find such observations, we need to look at some muddled tectonic regimes. The Macquarie Ridge complex presents a natural laboratory for studies of subduction initiation. 2. Tectonics of the Macquarie Ridge Complex The Macquarie Ridge complex is a complicated physiographic feature that trends approximately north-south between South Island, New Zealand and the Pacific-Antarctica spreading center. This feature consists of a sequence of troughs and ridges, with Macquarie Island as the only exposed expression. The seismically active Macquarie Ridge complex (hereafter: MRC) is crudely continuous with the Tonga-Kermadec-New Zealand seismic activity. The basic physiographic features and seismicity of the MRC are shown in Figure I. The earthquake epicenters generally cluster about the bathymetric expression of the MRC.

Description / Table of Contents: The book "Globalization and Responsibility" consists of 8 chapters. The chapters in the book offer a decentered and dynamic terminology. They show that globalization consists of not only an objective process, but also of a lot of statements that define, describe and analyze the different experiences of the process. The chapters are written by authors and researchers from different academic disciplines, cultures and social contexts, therefore different experiences and scientific analyses on the consequences of globalization have been unified, starting from the multicultural and social epistemology to ethics of responsibility. Each chapter can be read separately, but in a complex, interconnected global universe of intertextuality of our world.

Description / Table of Contents: Clay is an abundant raw material which has a variety of uses and properties depending on their structure and composition. Clay minerals are inexpensive and environmentally friendly naturally occurring nanomaterials, thanks to their 1 nm thick silicate layers, in all types of sediments and sedimentary rocks. The book chapters have been classified according to their characteristics in topics and applications. Therefore, in the first section five chapters is dedicated to the characterization and utilization of clay minerals in deposits. The second section includes four chapters about the significance of clay minerals in soils. Third section is devoted to different aspects of clay minerals research, especially to the characterization of structure and modifications for their application.

Description / Table of Contents: This book is the second volume of the Updates in Volcanology and presents review style chapters as well as stand alone research works on volcanological problems that could be used as valuable resource for both researchers and graduate research students. The book presents chapters arching over a broad field of volcanology among many are considered to be dynamically developing subject areas such as volcano morphology, volcanic terrain evolution or volcaniclastic-hosted mineral resource analysis. The book also takes the reader to areas such as the Russian Far East or sedimentary basins in China which are very remote and generally less known for the global community. This book demonstrates the dynamic evolution of volcanology in the past decades.

Description / Table of Contents: This study investigates the ethical aspects of deploying and researching into so-called climate engineering methods, i.e. large-scale technical interventions in the climate system with the objective of offsetting anthropogenic climate change. The moral reasons in favour of and against R&D into and deployment of CE methods are analysed by means of argument maps. These argument maps provide an overview of the CE controversy and help to structure the complex debate.