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Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This volume represents a review of the key topics that are important to the continuing successful exploitation of gas from one of Europe's oldest hydrocarbon provinces. In a mature hydrocarbon province such as the southern North Sea, advanced techniques are needed for stratigraphic correlation and for improving the efficiency of production. Exploration in the SNS now aims for subtle traps and satellite structures. Explorers are re-evaluating the economic value of marginal and existing fields, and they are continually searching for, and applying, new techniques and technologies for enhanced productivity. Detailed techniques in diagenesis play an important role. Re-evaluation also includes examination of old plays, using detailed knowledge of the connectivity, spatial extent and correlation of known prospective strata to make reliable predictions.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This book presents a series of review articles on nine important ancient orogens on Earth. Comparison of these mountain belts provides a wealth of information for the debate on whether there has been a change in mountain-building processes through the history of the Earth. As a precursor to these papers, the rheology of the Earth’s lithosphere through time is reviewed. Theoretical analysis and insight into the behaviour of the lithosphere of other planets constrain mechanical considerations of the Earth’s lithosphere. It is clear from these overviews that geodynamic concepts and modelling, and new techniques such as deep seismic profiling and geochronology are having a profound impact on orogenic studies. It is also clear that orogenesis must not be equated with the Wilson cycle, culminating in continent-continent collision. Subduction-related orogens and intraplate orogens are also significant.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Earth sciences are becoming ever more concerned with how their disciplines, their research and teaching, need to become directly related to environmental and social concerns. The biology of the surface layers and at depth is increasingly important in the geosciences. A knowledge of biological and physical-chemical functions in terrestrial ecosystems (such as biomass production, filtering, buffering and transformation, water routing, and maintenance of biodiversity) that are studied in soil science provides a background for Earth sciences. The papers in this volume address issues of soil formation, soil management, soil protection and the role of biodiversity that must be considered for a sustainable soil use. The papers are aimed at geoscientists in the broadest sense, and others concerned with soil use who will also find chapters relevant to their interests. Soils knowledge used within other Earth sciences is essential for maintaining healthy ecosystems, for the solutions of problems in environmental quality and for sustainable use of soils by humans.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Petrophysics is the study of the physical properties of rocks in the broadest sense. As such it provides the fundamental understanding that enables geologists to describe the physical state of a rock, to predict its behaviour and to interpret geophysical data. Traditionally the emphasis has been on hydrocarbon reservoir evaluation, but it is equally applicable to the evolution of the Earth at all scales. This volume includes developments in pore-scale studies, electrical properties, seismic methods and measurement techniques, as well as reviewing aspects of petrophysical prediction and interpretation.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Gullies on Mars resemble terrestrial gullies involved in the transport of abundant material down steep slopes by liquid water. However, liquid water should not be stable at the Martian surface. The articles in this volume present the two main opposing theories for Martian gully formation: climate-driven melting of surficial water-ice deposits and seasonal dry-ice sublimation. The evidence presented ranges from remote-sensing observations, to experimental simulations, to comparison with Earth analogues. The opposing hypotheses imply either that Mars has been unusually wet in the last few million years or that it has remained a cold dry desert – both with profound implications for understanding the water budget of Mars and its habitability. The debate questions the limits of remote-sensing data and how we interpret active processes on extra-terrestrial planetary surfaces, even beyond those on Mars, as summarized by the review paper at the beginning of the book.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This book complements the Geological Society's Special Publication 362: Military Aspects of Hydrogeology. Generated under the auspices of the Society's History of Geology and Engineering Groups, it contains papers from authors in the UK, USA, Germany and Austria. Substantial papers describe some innovative engineering activities, influenced by geology, undertaken by the armed forces of the opposing nations in World War I. These activities were reactivated and developed in World War II. Examples include trenching from World War I, tunnelling and quarrying from both wars, and the use of geologists to aid German coastal fortification and Allied aerial photographic interpretation in World War II. The extensive introduction and other chapters reveal that ‘military geology’ has a longer history. These chapters relate to pre-twentieth century coastal fortification in the UK and the USA; conflict in the American Civil War; long-term ‘going’ assessments for German forces; tunnel repair after wartime route denial in Hong Kong; and tunnel detection after recent insurgent improvisation in Iraq.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Analogue and Numerical Sandbox Models --- Analogue benchmarks of shortening and extension experiments / Guido Schreurs, Susanne J. H. Buiter, David Boutelier, Giacomo Corti, Elisabetta Costa, Alexander R. Cruden, Jean-Marc Daniel, Silvan Hoth, Hemin A. Koyi, Nina Kukowski, Jo Lohrmann, Antonio Ravaglia, Roy W. Schlische, Martha Oliver Withjack, Yasuhiro Yamada, Cristian Cavozzi, Chiara Del Ventisette, Jennifer A. Elder Brady, Arne Hoffmann-Rothe, Jean-Marie Mengus, Domenico Montanari and Faramarz Nilforoushan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 1-27, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.01 --- The numerical sandbox: comparison of model results for a shortening and an extension experiment / Susanne J. H. Buiter, Andrey Yu. Babeyko, Susan Ellis, Taras V. Gerya, Boris J. P. Kaus, Antje Kellner, Guido Schreurs and Yasuhiro Yamada / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 29-64, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.02 --- Models of Orogenic Processes --- Interaction between normal faults and pre-existing thrust systems in analogue models / Giacomo Corti, Serena Lucia, Marco Bonini, Federico Sani and Francesco Mazzarini / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 65-78, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.03 --- Surface topography and internal strain variation in wide hot orogens from three-dimensional analogue and two-dimensional numerical vice models / Alexander R. Cruden, Mohammad H. B. Nasseri and Russell Pysklywec / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 79-104, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.04 --- Relative importance of trenchward upper plate motion and friction along the plate interface for the topographic evolution of subduction-related mountain belts / Andrea Hampel and Adrian Pfiffner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 105-115, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.05 --- Deformation transfer in viscous detachments: comparison of sandbox models to the South Pyrenean Triangle Zone / Hemin A. Koyi and Maura Sans / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 117-134, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.06 --- Analogue modelling of a reactivated, basement controlled strike-slip zone, Sierra de Albarracín, Spain: application of sandbox modelling to polyphase deformation / S. Merten, W. G. Smit, D. A. Nieuwland and H. E. Rondeel / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 135-152, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.07 --- Lithospheric scale gravitational flow: the impact of body forces on orogenic processes from Archaean to Phanerozoic / Patrice F. Rey and Gregory Houseman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 153-167, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.08 --- Analogue and numerical modelling of accretionary prisms with a décollement in sediments / Yasuhiro Yamada, Kei Baba and Toshifumi Matsuoka / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 169-183, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.09 --- Models of Sedimentary Basins --- Integrated four-dimensional modelling of sedimentary basin architecture and hydrocarbon migration / S. M. Clarke, S. D. Burley, G. D. Williams, A. J. Richards, D. J. Meredith and S. S. Egan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 185-211, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.10 --- Rifting through a heterogeneous crust: insights from analogue models and application to the Gulf of Corinth / L. Mattioni, L. Le Pourhiet and I. Moretti / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 213-231, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.11 --- 3D modelling of rifting through a pre-existing stack of nappes in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): a mixed analogue/numerical approach / L. Le Pourhiet, L. Mattioni and I. Moretti / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 233-252, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.12 --- Inversion of a symmetric basin: insights from a comparison between analogue and numerical experiments / M. Panien, S. J. H. Buiter, G. Schreurs and O. A. Pfiffner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 253-270, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.13 --- Lower crustal rheological expression in inverted basins / Mike Sandiford, David L. Hansen and Sandra N. McLaren / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 271-283, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.14 --- Geometric and experimental models of extensional fault-bend folds / Martha O. Withjack and Roy W. Schlische / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 285-305, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.15 --- Models of Surface Processes and Deformation --- Recent advances and current problems in modelling surface processes and their interaction with crustal deformation / Jean Braun / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 307-325, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.16 --- Macroscale dynamics of experimental landscapes / Stephane Bonnet and Alain Crave / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 327-339, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.17 --- Numerical modelling of erosion processes in the Himalayas of Nepal: effects of spatial variations of rock strength and precipitation / V. Godard, J. Lavé and R. Cattin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 341-358, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.18 --- Models of Faults and Fluid Flow --- Effects of compaction processes on stresses, faults, and fluid flow in sedimentary basins: examples from the Norwegian margin / Knut Bjørlykke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 359-379, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.19 --- Multiple faults in ductile simple shear: analogue models of flanking structure systems / Ulrike Exner, Bernhard Grasemann and Neil S. Mancktelow / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 381-395, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.20 --- Using an elastic dislocation model to investigate static Coulomb stress change scenarios for earthquake ruptures in the eastern Marmara Sea region, Turkey / Jordan R. Muller, Atilla Aydin and Tim J. Wright / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 397-414, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.21 --- Oil reservoirs in foreland basins charged by thrustbelt source rocks: insights from numerical stress modelling and geometric balancing in the West Carpathians / Michal Nemčok and Andreas Henk / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 415-428, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.22 --- Relation between effective friction and fault slip rate across the Northern San Andreas fault system / Ann-Sophie Provost and Jean Chéry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 429-436, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.23

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Proceedings of the Workshop which was organized by the Institute of Operations Research, University of Bonn, and was sponsored by IBM Germany

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Organized by the National Centre for Scientific Research, and held June 14-19, 1981, at the University of Marseille-Luminy

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Jean-Pierre Burg and Mary Ford: Orogeny through time: an overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121:1-17, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.01 --- Giorgio Ranalli: Rheology of the lithosphere in space and time / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121:19-37, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.02 --- P. G. Thomas, P. Allemand, and N. Mangold: Rheology of planetary lithospheres: a review from impact cratering mechanics / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121:39-62, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.03 --- P. Choukroune, J. N. Ludden, D. Chardon, A. J. Calvert, and H. Bouhallier: Archaean crustal growth and tectonic processes: a comparison of the Superior Province, Canada and the Dharwar Craton, India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121:63-98, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.04 --- M. G. O’Dea, G. S. Lister, T. Maccready, P. G. Betts, N. H. S. Oliver, K. S. Pound, W. Huang, R. K. Valenta, N. H. S. Oliver, and R. K. Valenta: Geodynamic evolution of the Proterozoic Mount Isa terrain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121:99-122, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.05 --- A. G. Milnes, O. P. Wennberg, Ø. Skår, and A. G. Koestler: Contraction, extension and timing in the South Norwegian Caledonides: the Sognefjord transect / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121:123-148, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.06 --- David R. Gray: Tectonics of the southeastern Australian Lachlan Fold Belt: structural and thermal aspects / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121:149-177, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.07 --- P. Rey, J.-P. Burg, and M. Casey: The Scandinavian Caledonides and their relationship to the Variscan belt / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121:179-200, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.08 --- V. N. Puchkov: Structure and geodynamics of the Uralian orogen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121:201-236, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.09 --- Simon Lamb, Leonore Hoke, Lorcan Kennan, and John Dewey: Cenozoic evolution of the Central Andes in Bolivia and northern Chile / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121:237-264, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.10

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Dr Rod Gayer and Professor Jiri Pesek: Preface / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:vii-viii, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.01 --- Regional Coal Reserves, Coal Basin Tectonics and Stratigraphy --- Josef Doruška: The Czech Republic energy policy: conception and implementation in a market economy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:1-2, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.02 --- J. Pešek and M. Dopita: Coal production and usage in the Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:3-12, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.03 --- O. Kumpera: Controls on the evolution of the Namurian paralic basin, Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:13-27, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.04 --- Miroslav Krs, Jiří Pešek, Petr Pruner, Vladimír Skoček, and Jana Slepičková: The origin of magnetic remanence components of Westphalian C to Stephanian C sediments, West Bohemia: a record of waning Variscan tectonism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:29-47, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.05 --- Roland Dreesen, Dominique Bossiroy, Rudy Swennen, Jacques Thorez, Aurelio Fadda, Luciano Ottelli, and Eddy Keppens: A depositional and diagenetic model for the Eocene Sulcis coal basin of SW Sardinia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:49-75, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.06 --- H. İnaner and E. Nakoman: Turkish lignite deposits / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:77-99, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.07 --- A. I. Karayigit and M. K. G. Whateley: The origin and properties of a coal seam associated with continental thin micritic limestones, Selimoglu-Divrigi, Turkey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:101-114, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.08 --- A. I. Karayigit and M. K. G. Whateley: Chemical characteristics, mineralogical composition and rank of high sulphur coking coals of Middle Miocene age in the Gökler coal field, Gediz, Turkey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:115-130, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.09 --- Nicolae Ţicleanu and Dorina Diaconiţǎ: The main coal facies and lithotypes of the Pliocene coal basin, Oltenia, Romania / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:131-139, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.10 --- George D. Šiškov: Bulgarian low rank coals: geology and petrology / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:141-148, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.11 --- I. E. Stukalova: Coal petrology and facies associations of the South Yakutian Coal Basin, Siberia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:149-160, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.12 --- Coal Petrology and Palaeontology --- Rod Gayer, Richard Fowler, and Gareth Davies: Coal rank variations with depth related to major thrust detachments in the South Wales coalfield: implications for fluid flow and mineralization / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:161-178, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.13 --- J. Dvořák, J. Honěk, J. Pešek, and P. Valterová: Deep borehole evidence for a southward extension of the Early Namurian deposits near Němčičky, S. Moravia, Czech Republic: implication for rapid coalification / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:179-193, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.14 --- Irena Kostova, Kalinka Markova, and Krasimir Kuntchev: Mössbauer spectroscopic investigation of low rank coal lithotypes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:195-199, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.15 --- P. I. Premović, R. S. Nikolić, and M. P. Premović: Comparison of solid state 13C NMR of algal coals/anthracite and charcoal-like fusinites: further evidence for graphitic domains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:201-205, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.16 --- Ivana Sýkorová, Jaroslav Černý, Helena Pavlíková, and Zuzana Weishauptová: Composition and properties of North Bohemian coals / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:207-217, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.17 --- Maya Stefanova and Caroline Magnier: Aliphatic biological markers in Miocene Maritza-Iztok lignite, Bulgaria / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:219-228, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.18 --- Svetilana Syabryaj: Floristic characters of the upper coal-bearing formation in the Transcarpathians / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:229-236, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.19 --- Mineral Matter in Coal and the Environment --- S. R. H. Baqri: The distribution of sulphur in the Palaeocene coals of the Sindh Province of Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:237-243, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.20 --- Paul F. Cavender and D. Alan Spears: Sulphur distribution in a multi-bed seam / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:245-260, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.21 --- Vladimír Bouška, Jiří Pešek, and Karel Žák: Values of δ34S in iron disulphides of the North Bohemian Lignite Basin, Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:261-267, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.22 --- G. Jankes, O. Cvetković, and T. Glumičić: Determination of different forms of sulphur in Yugoslav soft brown coals / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:269-272, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.23 --- P. I. Premović, N. D. Nikolić, M. S. Pavlović, LJ. S. Jovanović, and M. P. Premović: Origin of vanadium in coals: parts of the Western Kentucky (USA) No. 9 coal rich in vanadium / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:273-286, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.24 --- D. A. Spears: Environmental impact of minerals in UK coals / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:287-295, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.25 --- Mining Geophysics --- Vít Gregor and Antonín Těžký: A well logging method for the determination of the sulphur content of coal seams by means of deep gammaspectrometry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:297-307, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.26 --- Karel Mach: A logging correlation scheme for the Main coal seam of the North Bohemian brown coal basin, and the implications for the palaeogeographical development of the basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:309-320, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.27 --- Karel Holub: Seismic monitoring for rockburst prevention in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield, Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:321-328, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.28 --- Zdeněk Kaláb: An analysis of mining induced seismicity and its relationship to fault zones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:329-335, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.29 --- Stanislav Opluštil, Jiří Pešek, and Jiří Skopec: Comparison of structures derived from mine workings and those interpreted in seismic profiles: an example from the Kačice deposit, Kladno Mine, Bohemia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:337-347, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.30 --- Coal Technology and Coalbed Methane --- J. Barraza, M. Cloke, and A. Belghazi: Improvements in direct coal liquefaction using beneficiated coal fractions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:349-356, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.31 --- B. R. Aleksić, M. D. Ercegovac, O. G. Cvetković, B. Ž. Marković, T. L. Glumičić, B. D. Aleksić, and D. K. Vitorvić: Conversion of low rank coal into liquid fuels by direct hydrogenation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:357-363, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.32 --- R. Asmatulu, N. Acarkan, G. Onal, and M. S. Celik: Desulphurization of low-rank coals by low-temperature carbonization / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:365-369, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.33 --- Michael K. G. Whateley, Zafer Gencer, and Ertem Tuncali: Amelioration of high organic sulphur coal for combustion in domestic stoves / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:371-377, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.34 --- M. Stanojević, G. Jankes, M. Kuburović, M. Stanojević, and P. Blagojević: The use of pulverized lignite/natural gas mixed fuels in the high-temperature process of a cement rotary kiln / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:379-383, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.35 --- Douchko Douchanov and Venecia Minkova: The possibility of underground gasification of Bulgarian Dobrudja’s coal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:385-390, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.36 --- E. L. Boardman and J. H. Rippon: Coalbed methane migration in and around fault zones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:391-408, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.37 --- V. Holub, M. Eliáš, P. Hrazdíra, and J. Franců: Geological research into gas sorbed in the coal seams of the Carboniferous in the Mšeno-Roudnice Basin, Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:409-423, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.38 --- Ireneusz Grzybek, Lidia Gawlik, Wojciech Suwała, and Ryszard Kuzak: Method for estimating methane emissions from Polish coal mining / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:425-434, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.39 --- G. Takla and Z. Vavrušák: Methane emission and its utilization from Ostrava-Karviná Collieries in the Upper Silesian coal basin, Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:435-440, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.40

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: P. D. Jackson, D. G. Gunn, R. C. Flint, D. Beamish, P. I. Meldrum, M. A. Lovell, P. K. Harvey, and A. Peyton: A non-contacting resistivity imaging method for characterizing whole round core while in its liner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:1-10, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.01 --- D. J. Prosser, A. Hurst, and M. R. Wilson: One-man-operable probe permeameters / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:11-18, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.02 --- S. R. McDougall, A. B. Dixit, and K. S. Sorbie: Network analogues of wettability at the pore scale / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:19-35, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.03 --- S. Pugliese and N. Petford: Pore-structure visualization in microdioritic enclaves / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:37-46, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.04 --- Paul B. Basan, Ben D. Lowden, Peter R. Whattler, and John J. Attard: Pore-size data in petrophysics: a perspective on the measurement of pore geometry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:47-67, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.05 --- M. S. King, A. Shakeel, and N. A. Chaudhry: Acoustic wave propagation and permeability in sandstones with systems of aligned cracks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:69-85, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.06 --- Shiyu Xu, Just Doorenbos, Sue Raikes, and Roy White: A simple but powerful model for simulating elastic wave velocities in clastic Silicate rocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:87-105, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.07 --- T. Apuani, M. S. King, C. Butenuth, and M. H. De Freitas: Measurements of the relationship between Sonic wave velocities and tensile strength in Anisotropic rock / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:107-119, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.08 --- C. McCann, J. Sothcott, and S. B. Assefa: Prediction of petrophysical properties from seismic quality factor measurements / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:121-130, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.09 --- Y. F. Sun and D. Goldberg: Estimation of aspect-ratio changes with pressure from seismic velocities / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:131-139, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.10 --- P. K. Harvey, M. A. Lovell, J. C. Lofts, P. A. Pezard, and J. F. Bristow: Petrophysical estimation from downhole Mineralogy logs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:141-157, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.11 --- Paul F. Worthington: Petrophysical estimation of permeability as a function of scale / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:159-168, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.12 --- C. A. Gonçalves, P. K. Harvey, and M. A. Lovell: Prediction of petrophysical parameter logs using a multilayer backpropagation neural network / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:169-180, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.13 --- Brian P. Moss: The partitioning of petrophysical data: a review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:181-252, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.14 --- A. Revil, P. A. Pezard, and M. Darot: Electrical conductivity, spontaneous potential and ionic diffusion in porous media / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:253-275, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.15 --- Brígida Ramati P. Da Rocha and Tarek M. Habashy: Fractal Geometry, porosity and complex resistivity: from rough pore interfaces to hand specimens / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:277-286, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.16 --- Brígida Ramati P. Da Rocha and Tarek M. Habashy: Fractal Geometry, porosity and complex resistivity: from hand specimen to field data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:287-297, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.17 --- M. Ben Clennell: Tortuosity: a guide through the maze / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:299-344, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.18 --- J. C. Lofts, J. Bedford, H. Boulton, J. A. van Doorn, and P. Jeffreys: Feature recognition and the interpretation of images acquired from horizontal wellbores / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:345-365, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.19 --- D. Goldberg and Y. F. Sun: Scattering attenuation as a function of depth in the Upper Oceanic Crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:367-375, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.20 --- N. Passas, C. Butenuth, and M. H. De Freitas: An application of the Moiré Method to a study of local strains during rock failure in tension / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 122:377-388, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.122.01.21

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Marine sediment cores are the fundamental data source for information on seabed character, depositional history and environmental change. They provide raw data for a wide range of research including studies of climate change, palaeoceanography, slope stability, oil exploration, pollution assessment and control, seafloor survey for laying cables, pipelines and construction of seafloor structures. During the last three decades, a varied suite of new technologies have been developed to analyse cores, often non-destructively, to produce high-quality, closely spaced, co-located downcore measurements. These techniques can characterize sediment physical properties, geochemistry and composition in unprecedented detail. Palaeoenvironmentally significant proxies can now be logged at decadal, and in some cases, annual or sub-annual scales, allowing highly detailed insights into climatic history and associated environmental change. These advances have had a profound effect on many aspects of the Earth Sciences and our understanding of the Earth's history. In this volume, recent advances in analytical and logging technology and their application to the analysis of sediment cores are presented. Developments in providing access to core data and associated datasets, and advances in data mining technology in order to integrate and interpret new and legacy datasets within the wider context of seafloor studies are also discussed.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Earth sciences are becoming ever more concerned with how their disciplines, their research and teaching, need to become directly related to environmental and social concerns. The biology of the surface layers and at depth is increasingly important in the geosciences. A knowledge of biological and physical-chemical functions in terrestrial ecosystems (such as biomass production, filtering, buffering and transformation, water routing, and maintenance of biodiversity) that are studied in soil science provides a background for Earth sciences. The papers in this volume address issues of soil formation, soil management, soil protection and the role of biodiversity that must be considered for a sustainable soil use. The papers are aimed at geoscientists in the broadest sense, and others concerned with soil use who will also find chapters relevant to their interests. Soils knowledge used within other Earth sciences is essential for maintaining healthy ecosystems, for the solutions of problems in environmental quality and for sustainable use of soils by humans.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This book provides an insight into the overall tectonic evolution of the Western Mediterranean region and North Africa. The tectonic setting of the region reflects a long-lived and complex evolution, mainly related to the Alpine Orogeny. This inheritance is expressed by an intricate pattern of arc-shaped mountain chains, the Alps, the Betic-Rif Cordilleras and the Apennine-Maghrebian belt, whose southern branches mark the present limit between the African and Eurasian plates. The volume covers the Maghrebian chains in North Africa, from Tunisia to Morocco and the Western and Central Mediterranean, from Spain to Italy from the pre-orogeric phases (Palaeozoic-Mesozoic) to the post-collisional neotectonic and Quaternary development. It includes both original research papers and syntheses dealing with the aspects of structural, sedimentary, metamorphic and marine geology.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Twenty-four years have elapsed since the publication of Halbouty’s AAPG Memoir of 1982, The Deliberate Search for the Subtle Trap. Since then, the technologies employed in hydrocarbon exploration have become extraordinarily sophisticated, yet current exploration for stratigraphic traps is to some extent restricted to areas where seismic data simplifies exploration by allowing direct inference of fluid fill and reservoir development. This Special Publication draws upon contributions that examine current industry perceptions of stratigraphic trap exploration and the technologies, tools and philosophies employed in such exploration, given the changing industry environment. This book contains a collection of papers examining a number of themes related to exploration for stratigraphic traps, ranging from play and risk assessment, through regional assessments of stratigraphic trapping potential, specific exploration programmes targeted at stratigraphic traps to specific working traps and plays where stratigraphic trapping is prevalent.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction --- Keith Nicholson, James R. Hein, Bernhard Bühn, and Somnath Dasgupta: Precambrian to modern manganese mineralization: Changes in ore type and depositional environment / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:1-3, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.01 --- Review --- Supriya Roy: Genetic diversity of manganese deposition in the terrestrial geological record / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:5-27, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.02 --- Precambrian Deposits --- G.P. Glasby: Fractionation of manganese from iron in Archaean and Proterozoic sedimentary ores / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:29-42, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.03 --- Dmitri A. Kulik and Michael N. Korzhnev: Lithological and geochemical evidence of Fe and Mn pathways during deposition of Lower Proterozoic banded iron formation in the Krivoy Rog Basin (Ukraine) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:43-80, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.04 --- Bernhard Bühn and Ian G. Stanistreet: Insight into the enigma of Neoproterozoic manganese and iron formations from the perspective of supercontinental break-up and glaciation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:81-90, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.05 --- C. Manikyamba and S.M. Naqvi: Mineralogy and geochemistry of Archaean greenstone belt-hosted Mn formations and deposits of the Dharwar Craton: Redox potential of proto-oceans / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:91-103, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.06 --- Joydip Mukhopadhyay, Asru K. Chaudhuri, and S. K. Chanda: Deep-water manganese deposits in the mid- to late Proterozoic Penganga Group of the Pranhita-Godavari Valley, South India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:105-115, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.07 --- Keith Nicholson, V. K. Nayak, and J. K. Nanda: Manganese ores of the Ghoriajhor-Monmunda area, Sundergarh District, Orissa, India: geochemical evidence for a mixed Mn source / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:117-121, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.08 --- Cenozoic Deposits --- James R. Hein, Andrea Koschinsky, Peter Halbach, Frank T. Manheim, Michael Bau, Jung-Keuk Kang, and Naomi Lubick: Iron and manganese oxide mineralization in the Pacific / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:123-138, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.09 --- D. S. Cronan: Some controls on the geochemical variability of manganese nodules with particular reference to the tropical South Pacific / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:139-151, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.10 --- U. Von Stackelberg: Growth history of manganese nodules and crusts of the Peru Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:153-176, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.11 --- Akira Usui and Masao Someya: Distribution and composition of marine hydrogenetic and hydrothermal manganese deposits in the northwest Pacific / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:177-198, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.12 --- B. Nagender Nath, W. L. Plüger, and I. Roelandts: Geochemical constraints on the hydrothermal origin of ferromanganese encrustations from the Rodriguez Triple Junction, Indian Ocean / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:199-211, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.13 --- G. P. Glasby, E. M. Emelyanov, V. A. Zhamoida, G. N. Baturin, T. Leipe, R. Bahlo, and P. Bonacker: Environments of formation of ferromanganese concretions in the Baltic Sea: a critical review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:213-237, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.14 --- J. Rey, L. Somoza, J. Martínez-Frías, R. Benito, and S. Martín-Alfageme: Deception Island (Antarctica): a new target for exploration of Fe-Mn mineralization? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:239-251, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.15 --- A. Crespo and R. Lunar: Terrestrial hot-spring Co-rich Mn mineralization in the Pliocene-Quaternary Calatrava Region (central Spain) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:253-264, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.16 --- K. M. Michailidis, K. Nicholson, M. K. Nimfopoulos, and R. A. D. Pattrick: An EPMA and SEM study of the Mn-oxide mineralization of Kato Nevrokopi, Macedonia, northern Greece: Controls on formation of the Mn4+ oxides / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:265-280, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.17 --- Hiroyuki Miura and Yu Hariya: Recent manganese oxide deposits in Hokkaido, Japan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:281-299, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.18 --- Geochemistry and Mineralogy --- Lev M. Gramm-Osipov: Formation of solid phases of manganese in oxygenated aquatic environments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:301-308, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.19 --- Keith Nicholson and Mark Eley: Geochemistry of manganese oxides: metal adsorption in freshwater and marine environments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:309-326, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.20 --- Somnath Dasgupta: P-T-X relationships during metamorphism of manganese-rich sediments: Current status and future studies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:327-337, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.21 --- M. K. Nimfopoulos, K. M. Michailidis, and G. Christofides: Zincian rancieite from the Kato Nevrokopi manganese deposits, Macedonia, northern Greece / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:339-347, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.22 --- S. D. Gamblin and D. S. Urch: The determination of the valency of manganese in mineralogical and environmental samples by X-ray emission spectroscopy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 119:349-356, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.119.01.23

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: M. Widdowson: The geomorphological and geological importance of palaeosurfaces / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:1-12, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.01 --- C. R. Twidale: The great age of some Australian landforms: examples of, and possible explanations for, landscape longevity / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:13-23, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.02 --- Europe --- Philip S. Ringrose and Piotr Migoń: Analysis of digital elevation data for the Scottish Highlands and recognition of pre-Quaternary elevated surfaces / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:25-35, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.03 --- Peter Coxon and Catherine Coxon: A pre-Pliocene or Pliocene land surface in County Galway, Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:37-55, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.04 --- John J. McAlister and Bernard J. Smith: Geochemical trends in Early Tertiary palaeosols from northeast Ireland: a statistical approach to assess element behaviour during weathering / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:57-65, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.05 --- David W. Jolley: Palaeosurface palynofloras of the Skye lava field and the age of the British Tertiary volcanic province / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:67-94, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.06 --- Karna Lidmar-Bergström, Siv Olsson, and Mats Olvmo: Palaeosurfaces and associated saprolites in southern Sweden / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:95-124, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.07 --- Yvonne Battiau-Queney: Preservation of old palaeosurfaces in glaciated areas: examples from the French western Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:125-132, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.08 --- W. Brian Whalley, Brice R. Rea, Michelle M. Rainey, and John J. McAlister: Rock weathering in blockfields: some preliminary data from mountain plateaus in North Norway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:133-145, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.09 --- M. Gutiérrez-Elorza and F. J. Gracia: Environmental interpretation and evolution of the Tertiary erosion surfaces in the Iberian Range (Spain) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:147-158, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.10 --- Harald Borger: Environmental changes during the Tertiary: the example of palaeoweathering residues in central Spain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:159-173, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.11 --- E. Molina Ballesteros, J. García Talegón, and M. A. Vicente Hernández: Palaeoweathering profiles developed on the Iberian Hercynian Basement and their relationship to the oldest Tertiary surface in central and western Spain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:175-185, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.12 --- Piotr Migoń: Tertiary etchsurfaces in the Sudetes Mountains, SW Poland: a contribution to the pre-Quaternary morphology of Central Europe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:187-202, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.13 --- Ján Lacika: Neogene palaeosurfaces in the volcanic area of Central Slovakia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:203-219, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.14 --- India --- M. Widdowson: Tertiary palaeosurfaces of the SW Deccan, Western India: implications for passive margin uplift / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:221-248, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.15 --- Yanni Gunnell: Topography, palaeosurfaces and denudation over the Karnataka Uplands, southern India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:249-267, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.16 --- M. Widdowson, J. N. Walsh, and K. V. Subbarao: The geochemistry of Indian bole horizons: palaeoenvironmental implications of Deccan intravolcanic palaeosurfaces / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:269-281, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.17 --- Africa --- Kevin White, Nick Drake, and John Walden: Remote sensing for mapping palaeosurfaces on the basis of surficial chemistry: a mixed pixel approach / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:283-293, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.18 --- D. J. Bowden: The geochemistry and development of lateritized footslope benches: The Kasewe Hills, Sierra Leone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:295-305, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.19 --- South America --- L. Kennan, S. H. Lamb, and L. Hoke: High-altitude palaeosurfaces in the Bolivian Andes: evidence for late Cenozoic surface uplift / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:307-323, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.20 --- Errata --- Erratum / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:ERR, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.22 --- Erratum / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:ERR, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.23

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: High-latitude settings are sensitive to climatically driven palaeoenvironmental change and the resultant biotic response. Climate change through the peak interval of Cretaceous warmth, Late Cretaceous cooling, onset and expansion of the Antarctic ice sheet, and subsequently the variability of Neogene glaciation, are all recorded within the sedimentary and volcanic successions exposed within the James Ross Basin, Antarctica. This site provides the longest onshore record of Cretaceous-Tertiary sedimentary and volcanic rocks in Antarctica and is a key reference section for Cretaceous-Tertiary global change. The sedimentary succession is richly fossiliferous, yielding diverse invertebrate, vertebrate and plant fossil assemblages, allowing the reconstruction of both terrestrial and marine systems. The papers within this volume provide an overview of recent advances in the understanding of palaeoenvironmental change spanning the mid-Cretaceous to the Neogene of the James Ross Basin and related biotic change, and will be of interest to many working on Cretaceous and Tertiary palaeoenvironmental change.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: During the past decade, work on cool water carbonates has expanded to become a mainstream research area. Studies on modern and Quaternary deposits will continue to be important; however, there is increasing momentum towards unravelling sediment processes, biota-sediment interactions and diagenetic products in Cenozoic and older cool-water carbonates. Many contributions in this book document Cenozoic and Quaternary carbonates from landlocked (microtidal) water-bodies. These carbonates display important differences in biota and fabric distributions when compared with world ocean examples. Consequently, the scientific community is now better placed to reinterpret pre-Tertiary carbonates where there is a suspicion that they have developed under microtidal conditions. Some papers in the book provide new approaches to interpreting environmental change within macrotidal regimes and others lay firm foundations for future cool-water carbonate diagenetic research. The aim of the book is to illustrate recent international contributions to cool-water carbonates research, with an emphasis on Neogene and Recent case studies. Contributions are divided into three sections: microtidal carbonates from the Mediterranean realm; macrotidal examples from New Zealand, Australia and Mexico; and early diagenetic fabrics.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This Special Publication has 24 papers with an international authorship, and is prefaced by an introductory overview which presents highlights in the field. The first section covers the acceptance by science of the reality of the falls of rock and metal from the sky, an account that takes the reader from BCE (before common era) to the nineteenth century. The second section details some of the world's most important collections in museums - their origins and development. The Smithsonian chapter also covers the astonishingly numerous finds in the cold desert of Antarctica by American search parties. There are also contributions covering the finds by Japanese parties in the Yamato mountains and the equally remarkable discoveries in the hot deserts of Australia, North Africa, Oman and the USA. The other seven chapters take the reader through the revolution in scientific research on meteoritics in the later part of the twentieth century, including terrestrial impact cratering and extraordinary showers of glass from the sky; tektites, now known to be Earth-impact-sourced. Finally, the short epilogue looks to the future. The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections should appeal to historians of science, meteoriticists, geologists, astronomers, curators and the general reader with an interest in science.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This collection of 27 review and research papers provides an overview of the geodynamic concepts of channel flow and ductile extrusion in continental collision zones. The focal point tor this volume is the proposal that the middle or lower crust acts as a ductile, partially molten channel flowing out from beneath areas of over-thickened crust, such as the Tibetan plateau, towards the topographic surface at plateau margins. This controversial proposal explains many features related to the geodynamic evolution of the plateau and, for example, extrusion and exhumation of the crystalline core of the Himalayan mountain chain to the south. In this volume thermal-mechanical models for channel flow, extrusion and exhumation are presented, and geological and geophysical evidence both for and against the applicability of such models to the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau system, as well as older continental collision zones such as the Hellenides, the Appalachians and the Canadian Cordillera, are discussed.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Large caldera collapses represent catastrophic natural events, second only to large meteoritic impacts. In addition, some calderas are densely populated, making the risk extreme, even for moderate eruptions. Understanding caldera mechanisms, unrest and the danger of eruption is therefore a crucial challenge for Earth sciences. Several key features of caldera behaviour have yet to be fully understood. Through a combination of case studies and theoretical modelling, the following topics are addressed in this volume: the conditions required to produce and to release large volumes of magma erupted during caldera formation; how magmatic feeding systems evolve before and after a caldera has formed; the processes that limit the behaviour of precursors to eruptions; how pre-emptive precursors can be distinguished from those that drive unrest without an eruption; and given that post-collapse eruptions may occur across a wide area, the optimum procedures for designing hazard maps and mitigation strategies.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Since Karl Pearson wrote his paper on spurious correlation in 1897, a lot has been said about the statistical analysis of compositional data, mainly by geologists such as Felix Chayes. The solution appeared in the 1980s, when John Aitchison proposed to use Iogratios. Since then, the approach has seen a great expansion, mainly building on the idea of the ‘natural geometry’ of the sample space. Statistics is expected to give sense to our perception of the natural scale of the data, and this is made possible for compositional data using Iogratios. This publication will be a milestone in this process. This book will be of interest to geologists using statistical methods. It includes the intuitive justification of the methodology, convincing through case studies and presenting user-friendly software, which includes a section for those who need to see the proof of the mathematical consistency of the methods used.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: During the Permian, the single supercontinent Pangaea stretched from pole to pole. Early Permian glacial deposits are found in southern Gondwana. Along the sutures of Pangaea, mountain ranges towered over vast tropical lowlands. Interior areas included dry deserts where dune sands accumulated. Gypsum and halite beds document the evaporation of hot, shallow seas that formed the most extensive salt deposits in the geological record. The Permian period (251 to 299 Ma) encompasses nine ages (stages) arranged into three epochs (series). Most of the Permian marine timescale has been defined by global stratotype sections and points for the stage boundaries. This volume presents new data regarding the biostratigraphy and biochronology of the non-marine Permian and provides a basis for temporally ordering Permian geological and biotic history on land, and correlating that history to events in the marine realm.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Sandstone aquifers are common worldwide: they contain a significant proportion of the Earth’s fresh water supplies. However, because of their textural complexity and the frequent occurrence of both matrix and fracture flow, prediction of flow and pollutant migration is still a considerable challenge. This volume contains a collection of papers summarizing current research on an example sandstone aquifer: the UK Permo-Triassic Sandstone sequence. These red bed, organic-poor sandstones are of fluvial and aeolian origin, are often strongly textured, and are cut by discontinuities of a wide range of permeabilities. Matrix flow often dominates, but fracture flow also occurs. The papers in the volume deal with research on saturated and unsaturated flow, and solute and non-aqueous-phase liquid movement. They cover investigations from laboratory to regional scale, and involve a wide range of approaches, from petrophysical through geophysical and hydrochemical to modelling. The book is intended to be of interest to researchers and practitioners involved in water resources and groundwater pollution, and to hydrogeology, water engineering, and environmental science students.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: The Eastern Mediterranean region is a classic area for the study of tectonic processes and settings related to the development of the Tethyan orogenic belt. The present set of research and synthesis papers by Earth scientist from countries in this region and others provides an up-to-date, interdisciplinary overview of the tectonic development of the Eastern Mediterrenean region from Precambrian to Recent. Key topics include continental rifting, ophiolite genesis and emplacement, continental collision, extensional tectonics, crustal exhumation and intraplate deformation (e.g. active faulting). Alternative tectonic reconstructions of the Tethyan orogen are presented and discussed, with important implications for other regions of the world. The book will be an essential source of information and interpretation for academic researchers (geologists and geophysicists), advanced undergraduates and also for industry professionals, including those concerned with hydrocarbons, minerals and geological hazards (e.g. earthquakes).

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: In the Earth sciences, the concept of fractals and scale invariance is well recognized in many natural objects. However, the use of fractals for spatial and temporal analyses of natural hazards has been less used (and accepted) in the Earth sciences. This book brings together 12 contributions that emphasize the role of fractal analyses in natural hazard research, including andslides, wildfires, floods, catastrophic rock fractures and earthquakes. A wide variety of spatial and temporal fractal-related approaches and techniques are applied to ‘natural’ data, experimental data and computer simulations. These approaches include probabilistic hazard analysis, cellular-automata models, spatial analyses, temporal variability, prediction and self-organizing behaviour. The main aims of this volume are (a) to present current research on fractal analyses as applied to natural hazards and (b) to stimulate the curiosity of advanced Earth science students and researchers in the use of fractals analyses for the better understanding of natural hazards.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: The seismically and volcanically active East African Rift System is an ideal laboratory for continental break-up processes: it encompasses all stages of rift development. Its northernmost sectors within the Afar volcanic province include failed rifts, nascent seafloor spreading, and youthful passive continental margins associated with one or more mantle plumes. A number of models have been proposed to explain the success and failure of continental rift zones, but there remains no consensus on how strain localizes to achieve rupture of 125–250 km thick plates, or on the interaction between the plates and asthenospheric processes. This collection of papers provides new structural, stratigraphic, geochemical and geophysical data and numerical models needed to resolve fundamental questions concerning continental break-up and mantle plume processes. It focuses on how mantle melt intrudes and is distributed through the plate, and how this magma intrusion process controls along-axis segmentation and facilitates break-up.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This volume gives a broad view of the application of geoscience techniques to the study of monuments and objects from excavations and museums, including their origin, technique of manufacture, age and conservation. It reaffirms the important contribution of geosciences in the interdisciplinary approach to the study of complex materials such as minerals, rocks, glass, metals, mortar, plaster, slags and pottery. The papers in this book cover three topics: the study of pottery, glass, stone and mortar; the application of Raman spectroscopy to a wide variety of objects; and the future of archaeometry. Interdisciplinary studies including field geology, geophysics, microscopy, textural analysis, physical methods and geochemistry are used to unlock information from the ancient materials, such as the provenance of the raw materials, the firing technology, the ancient recipes, and the alteration pathways.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: A. J. Fraser and S. J. Matthews: Petroleum geology of SE Asia: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:1-2, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.01 --- Chris Sladen: Energy trends in SE Asia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:3-10, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.02 --- Robert Hall: Cenozoic plate tectonic reconstructions of SE Asia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:11-23, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.03 --- S. P. Todd, M. E. Dunn, and A. J. G. Barwise: Characterizing petroleum charge systems in the tertiary of SE Asia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:25-47, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.04 --- Chris Sladen: Exploring the lake basins of east and southeast Asia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:49-76, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.05 --- Coen T. A. M. Leo: Exploration in the Gulf of Thailand in deltaic reservoirs, related to the Bongkot Field / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:77-87, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.06 --- S. J. Matthews, A. J. Fraser, S. Lowe, S. P. Todd, and F. J. Peel: Structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the SE Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:89-106, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.07 --- R. H. Worden, M. J. Mayall, and I. J. Evans: Predicting reservoir quality during exploration: lithic grains, porosity and permeability in Tertiary clastic rocks of the South China Sea basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:107-115, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.08 --- M. J. Mayall, A. Bent, and D. M. Roberts: Miocene carbonate buildups offshore Socialist Republic of Vietnam / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:117-120, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.09 --- A. Wight, H. Friestad, I. Anderson, P. Wicaksono, and C. H. Reminton: Exploration history of the offshore Southeast Sumatra PSC, Java Sea, Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:121-142, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.10 --- Craig Schiefelbein and Nick Cameron: Sumatra/Java oil families / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:143-146, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.11 --- J. M. Cole and S. Crittenden: Early Tertiary basin formation and the development of Lacustrine and quasi-lacustrine/marine source rocks on the Sunda Shelf of SE Asia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:147-183, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.12 --- Alastair Beach, J. Lawson Brown, Paul J. Brockbank, Steven D. Knott, Jean E. McCallum, and Alastair I. Welbon: Fault seal analysis of SE Asian basins with examples from West Java / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:185-194, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.13 --- D. J. Prosser and R. R. Carter: Permeability heterogeneity within the Jerudong Formation: an outcrop analogue for subsurface Miocene reservoirs in Brunei / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:195-235, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.14 --- I. C. Mat-Zin and R. E. Swarbrick: The tectonic evolution and associated sedimentation history of Sarawak Basin, eastern Malaysia: a guide for future hydrocarbon exploration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:237-245, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.15 --- M. E. J. Wilson and D. W. J. Bosence: Platform-top and ramp deposits of the Tonasa Carbonate Platform, Sulawesi, Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:247-279, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.16 --- P. J. Boult: A review of the petroleum potential of Papua New Guinea with a focus on the eastern Papuan Basin and the Pale Sandstone as a potential reservoir fairway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:281-291, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.17 --- J. B. Blanche and J. D. Blanche: An overview of the hydrocarbon potential of the Spratly Islands archipelago and its implications for regional development / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:293-310, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.18 --- Ian M. Longley: The tectonostratigraphic evolution of SE Asia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:311-339, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.19 --- D. Roques, S. J. Matthews, and C. Rangin: Constraints on strike-slip motion from seismic and gravity data along the Vietnam margin offshore Da Nang: implications for hydrocarbon prospectivity and opening of the East Vietnam Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:341-353, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.20 --- A. J. McCarthy and C. F. Elders: Cenozoic deformation in Sumatra: oblique subduction and the development of the Sumatran Fault System / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:355-363, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.21 --- Chris Howells: Tertiary response to oblique subduction and indentation in Sumatra, Indonesia: new ideas for hydrocarbon exploration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:365-374, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.22 --- John L. C. Chambers and Timothy E. Daley: A tectonic model for the onshore Kutai Basin, East Kalimantan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:375-393, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.23 --- Steve J. Moss, John Chambers, Ian Cloke, Dharma Satria, Jason R. Ali, Simon Baker, John Milsom, and Andy Carter: New observations on the sedimentary and tectonic evolution of the Tertiary Kutai Basin, East Kalimantan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:395-416, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.24 --- John Milsom, Robert Holt, Dzazali Bin Ayub, and Ross Smail: Gravity anomalies and deep structural controls at the Sabah-Palawan margin, South China Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 126:417-427, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.25

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Karen Ziegler, Peter Turner, and Stephen Daines: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:1-3, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.01 --- K. W. Glennie: History of exploration in the southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:5-16, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.02 --- K. W. Glennie: Recent advances in understanding the southern North Sea Basin: a summary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:17-29, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.03 --- Gareth T. George and Jeremy K. Berry: Permian (Upper Rotliegend) synsedimentary tectonics, basin development and palaeogeography of the southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:31-61, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.04 --- John Howell and Nigel Mountney: Climatic cyclicity and accommodation space in arid to semi-arid depositional systems: an example from the Rotliegend Group of the UK southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:63-86, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.05 --- Gregory P. Leveille, Rob Knipe, Colin More, Dave Ellis, Graham Dudley, Greg Jones, Quentin J. Fisher, and Gareth Allinson: Compartmentalization of Rotliegendes gas reservoirs by sealing faults, Jupiter Fields area, southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:87-104, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.06 --- Gregory P. Leveille, Tim J. Primmer, Graham Dudley, David Ellis, and Gareth J. Allinson: Diagenetic controls on reservoir quality in Permian Rotliegendes sandstones, Jupiter Fields area, southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:105-122, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.07 --- Nick Cameron and Tom Ziegler: Probing the lower limits of a fairway: further pre-Permian potential in the southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:123-141, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.08 --- David G. Quirk and John F. Aitken: The structure of the Westphalian in the northern part of the southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:143-152, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.09 --- D. G. Quirk: Sequence stratigraphy of the Westphalian in the northern part of the Southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:153-168, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.10 --- F. C. J. Mijnssen: Modelling of sandbody connectivity in the Schooner Field / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:169-180, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.11 --- C. S. Yang and Y. A. Baumfalk: Application of high-frequency cycle analysis in high-resolution sequence stratigraphy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 123:181-203, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.12

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: V. S. Colter: The East Irish Sea Basin — from caterpillar to butterfly, a thirty-year metamorphosis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:1-9, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.01 --- Stratigraphy --- D. I. Jackson, H. Johnson, and N. J. P. Smith: Stratigraphical relationships and a revised lithostratigraphical nomenclature for the Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic rocks of the offshore East Irish Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:11-32, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.02 --- Geoffrey Warrington: The Penarth Group-Lias Group succession (Late Triassic-Early Jurassic) in the East Irish Sea Basin and neighbouring areas: a stratigraphical review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:33-46, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.03 --- Regional Structure --- John C. W. Cope: The Mesozoic and Tertiary history of the Irish Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:47-59, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.04 --- R. W. England and N. J. Soper: Lower crustal structure of the East Irish Sea from deep seismic reflection data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:61-72, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.05 --- Paul F. Green, Ian R. Duddy, and Richard J. Bray: Variation in thermal history styles around the Irish Sea and adjacent areas: implications for hydrocarbon occurrence and tectonic evolution / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:73-93, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.06 --- Basin Analysis --- Steven J. Maddox, Richard A. Blow, and Sean R. O’Brien: The geology and hydrocarbon prospectivity of the North Channel Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:95-111, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.07 --- Rob Shelton: Tectonic evolution of the Larne Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:113-133, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.08 --- D. G. Quirk and G. S. Kimbell: Structural evolution of the Isle of Man and central part of the Irish Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:135-159, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.09 --- P. W. Mikkelsen and J. B. Floodpage: The hydrocarbon potential of the Cheshire Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:161-183, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.10 --- A. Francis, M. Millwood Hargrave, P. Mulholland, and D. Williams: Real and relict direct hydrocarbon indicators in the East Irish Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:185-194, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.11 --- Geochemistry --- James P. Armstrong, Janet Smith, Victor A. A. D’Elia, and Stephen P. Trueblood: The occurrence and correlation of oils and Namurian source rocks in the Liverpool Bay-North Wales area / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:195-211, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.12 --- John Parnell: Fluid migration history in the north Irish Sea-North Channel region / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:213-228, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.13 --- Caroline Mcgovern-Traa, Jyh-Yih Leu, W. Allan Hamilton, Iain S. C. Spark, and Ian T. M. Patey: The presence of sulphate-reducing bacteria in live drilling muds, core materials and reservoir formation brine from new oilfields / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:229-236, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.14 --- Sedimentology --- Jillian Thompson and Neil S. Meadows: Clastic sabkhas and diachroneity at the top of the Sherwood Sandstone Group: East Irish Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:237-251, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.15 --- Robert D. Herries and Greig Cowan: Challenging the ‘sheetflood’ myth: the role of water-table-controlled sabkha deposits in redefining the depositional model for the Ormskirk Sandstone Formation (Lower Triassic), East Irish Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:253-276, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.16 --- Jim Ward: Early Dinantian evaporites of the Easton-1 well, Solway Basin, onshore, Cumbria, England / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:277-296, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.17 --- Fault Analysis and Diagenesis --- R. A. Chadwick: Fault analysis of the Cheshire Basin, NW England / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:297-313, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.18 --- Alastair Beach, J. Lawson Brown, Alastair I. Welbon, Jean E. McCallum, Paul Brockbank, and Steven Knott: Characteristics of fault zones in sandstones from NW England: application to fault transmissibility / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:315-324, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.19 --- John Rowe and Stuart D. Burley: Faulting and porosity modification in the Sherwood Sandstone at Alderley Edge, northeastern Cheshire: an exhumed example of fault-related diagenesis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:325-352, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.20 --- P. J. Greenwood and S. M. Habesch: Diagenesis of the Sherwood Sandstone Group in the southern East Irish Sea Basin (Blocks 110/13, 110/14 and 110/15): constraints from preliminary isotopic and fluid inclusion studies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:353-371, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.21 --- Field Studies --- Greig Cowan and Joanna Bradney: Regional diagenetic controls on reservoir properties in the Millom accumulation: implications for field development / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:373-386, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.22 --- R. A. Blow and M. Hardman: Calder Field appraisal well 110/7a-8, East Irish Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:387-397, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.23 --- A. M. Yaliz: The Douglas Oil Field / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:399-416, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.24 --- D. B. Haig, S. C. Pickering, and R. Probert: The Lennox oil and gas Field / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 124:417-436, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.25