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Description / Table of Contents: The Encyclopedia of GIS features an alphabetically arranged comprehensive and authoritative treatment of this subject matter. Authored by world experts and peer-reviewed for accuracy and currency, the entries explain the key software, data sets, and processes used by geographers and computational scientists. Nearly 200 topics include major overviews, such as Geoinformatics, Spatial Cognition, and Location-Based Services. Short entries define specific terms and concepts, such as the Global Positioning System, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model, and Remote Sensing. Larger entries include key citations to the literature, and (online) internal hyperlinks to definitional entries and current standards.The reference will be published as a print volume with abundant black and white art, and simultaneously as an XML online reference with hyperlinked citations, cross-references, four-color art, links to web-based maps, and other interactive features.

Description / Table of Contents: Understanding the process underlying the origin of Earth magnetic field is one of the greatest challenges left to classical Physics. Geomagnetism, being the oldest Earth science, studies the Earth’s magnetic field in its broadest sense. The magnetic record left in rocks is studied in Paleomagnetism. Both fields have applications, pure and applied: in navigation, in the search for minerals and hydrocarbons, in dating rock sequences, and in unraveling past geologic movements such as plate motions they have contributed to a better understanding of the Earth. Consisting of more than 300 articles written by ca 200 leading experts, this authoritative reference encompasses the entire fields of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism in a single volume. It describes in fine detail at an assessable level the state of the current knowledge and provides an up-to-date synthesis of the most basic concepts. As such, it will be an indispensable working tool not only for geophysicists and geophysics students but also for geologists, physicists, atmospheric and environmental scientists, and engineers.

Description / Table of Contents: During the last decades, measurements of various geodynamic processes have gained ever increasing importance. Temporal variations of the deformation and gravity fields monitored by geodetic measuring techniques reflect isostatic, tectonic or volcanic processes in the earth's interior. Recordings of hydrologic or oceanographic phenomena allow conclusions on surface processes. This volume reflects the major developments during recent years in these areas of research. Most of the papers in this book were presented at the 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 March 1-4, 2005. It was jointly organized and supported by the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, the Spanish Council for Scientific Research and the Cabildo Insular de Lanzarote. The workshop also served as the first meeting of the members of the IAG Working Group ICCT2 on "Dynamic Theories of Deformation and Gravity Fields".

Description / Table of Contents: A Complutense International Seminar on "Earth Sciences and Mathematics" was organised and held in Madrid at the Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in September 2006. Scientists from both fields, Mathematics and Earth Sciences, took part in this International Seminar, addressing scientific problems related to our planet from clearly complementary approaches, seeking to gain and learn from this dual approach and proposing a closer collaboration in the near future. This volume is the second one of a Topical Issue on "Earth Sciences and Mathematics" and contains papers addressing different topics as analysis of InSAR time series, fuzzy classification for remote sensing, modelling gravitational instabilities, geodynamical evolution of the Alboran Sea, statistical warning systems for volcanic hazards, analysis of solutions for the hydrological cycle, study of the ice flow, magma intrusion in elastic layered media, river channel formation, Hartley transform filters for continuous GPS, and deformation modeling.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume of the IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Sciences presents a selection of papers given at the Donald D Harrington Symposium on the Geology of the Aegean held on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin on April 28-30, 2008. Donald D Harrington was born in Illinois in 1899 and moved westward after serving in the Army Air Corps during World War I. Mr Harrington took a position as a landman with Marlin Oil Company in Oklahoma. When the Texas Panhandle oil boom hit in 1926, he moved to Amarillo, Texas, where he met Sybil Buckingham—the granddaughter of one of Amarillo's founding families. They married in 1935 and went on to build one of the most successful independent oil and gas operations in Texas history. The couple created the Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation in 1951 to support worthy causes such as museums, medical research, education, and the arts. At the Harrington Symposium on the Geology of the Aegean, researchers presented papers organized under five general themes: (1) the geology of Aegean in general (2) the geologic history of specific domains within the Aegean (Cyclades, Menderes, Kazdag, Rhodope, Crete, southern Balkans, etc) (3) the dynamic tectonic processes that occur within the Aegean (4) its geo-archeological history, natural history and hazards and (5) comparisons of the Aegean to regions elsewhere (e.g., Basin and Ranges; Asian extensional terranes). The Aegean is a locus of dynamic research in a variety of fields, and the symposium provided an opportunity for geologists from a range of disciplines to interact and share new results and information about their research in the area...

Description / Table of Contents: Understanding, modeling and prediction of mesoscale processes in the atmosphere, ocean and environmental systems have gained importance in the last decade or so. This is because of the availability of more sophisticated observational systems, provided by technological innovations and more realistic simulations using advanced dynamical models. This volume contains many original findings on mesoscale processes in atmospheric and oceanic systems through mathematical modeling, numerical simulations and field experiments. These scientific papers examine and provide the latest developments on a range of topics that include tropical cyclones/hurricanes, mesoscale variability and modeling, seasonal monsoons and land surface processes including atmospheric boundary layer.

Description / Table of Contents: Exciting developments in earthquake science have benefited from new observations, improved computational technologies, and improved modeling capabilities. Designing realistic supercomputer simulation models for the complete earthquake generation process is a grand scientific challenge due to the complexity of phenomena and range of scales involved from microscopic to global. The book is divided into two parts: The present volume - Part I - focuses on microscopic simulation, scaling physics, dynamic rapture and wave propagation, earthquake generation, cycle and seismic pattern. Topics covered range from numerical developments, rupture and gouge studies of the particle model, Liquefied Cracks and Rayleigh Wave Physics, studies of catastrophic failure and critical sensitivity, numerical and theoretical studies of crack propagation, developments in finite difference methods for modeling faults, long time scale simulation of interacting fault systems, modeling of crustal deformation, through to mantle convection.

Description / Table of Contents: Geodynamics concerns with the dynamics of the global motion of the earth, of the motion in the earth's interior and its interaction with surface features, together with the mechanical processes in the deformation and rupture of geological structures. Its final object is to determine the driving mechanism of these motions which is highly interdisciplinary. In preparing the basic geological, geophysical data required for a comprehensive mechanical analysis, there are also many mechanical problems involved, which means the problem is coupled in a complicated manner with geophysics, rock mechanics, seismology, structural geology etc. This topical issue is Part I of the Proceedings of an IUTAM / IASPEI Symposium on Mechanics Problems in Geodynamics held in Beijing, September 1994. It addresses different aspects of mechanics problems in geodynamics involving tectonic analyses, lithospheric structures, rheology and the fracture of earth media, mantle flow, either globally or regionally, and either by forward or inverse analyses or numerical simulation.

Description / Table of Contents: Weather and climate are of concern to virtually all countries worldwide. For many countries the economy depends largely on agriculture, which is significantly affected by variations in weather and climate. This volume contains many original findings on weather and climate related to atmospheric and oceanic processes through mathematical modeling, numerical simulations, and field experiments and it will be useful as a reading material in graduate level courses dealing with weather, climate, boundary layer 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 issue is addressed to researchers dealing with seismic studies as the result of an interactive process as part of macroseismic approaches and an a-priori determination of the elements if the territory is involved in the seismic risk evaluation. The significant features which distinguish the work can be identified in the use of new methods for the evaluation of the damage scenarios of historical earthquakes (the local intensity virtual distribution); the adoption of a quick procedure of 2nd level seismic microzonation, depicted on a reduced number of parameters and in situ surveys; the characterization of an innovative seismic vulnerability evaluation procedure based on the analyses of the safety reducers and social priority levels of the elements of territory. The proposed studies, carried out in Sicily and Calabria (Italy), define an operative level of approaches aimed at engineering and civil protection applications.

Description / Table of Contents: The 14th International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary Layer Remote Sensing (ISARS 2008) addresses acoustical, optical and microwave techniques to probe the lower part of the atmosphere. The symposium focuses on the physical basis of remote sensing techniques and new instruments. A theme for the conference is also various applications of remote sensing, this year with special emphasis on wind energy. ISARS is an informal association of scientists from all over the world which organizes a symposium every second year. While the abbreviation ISARS has remained unchanged since the start in Calgary 1981, the words have changed from International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans because other techniques than the acoustic have become important for boundary layer remote sensing. Specifically lasers for remote wind sensing are developing rapidly. By the end of each symposium the chairman of the next has been elected. So far the symposia have taken place in different countries each time with different chairs. The scientific organizing committee, which consists mainly of chair persons of previous symposia, maintains the continuity of themes and of the organization in general. After the last symposium held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, many of the papers appeared in revised and improved form in a special issue of Meteorologische Zeitschrift. A similar special issue is also planned to follow ISARS 2008. I wish to express my gratitude to the scientific organizing committee for valuable advice and to the local organizing committee for all their effort with the conference papers and the conference itself. Jakob Mann, Conference Chair

Description / Table of Contents: In recent years, large earthquakes in the circum-Pacific region have repeatedly demonstrated its particular vulnerability to this potentially devastating natural hazard, including the M ~ 9.2 Northern Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of 2004 which resulted in the deaths of nearly 300,000 people. In the late-1990s, major advancements in seismic research greatly added to the understanding of earthquake fault systems, as large quantities of new and extensive remote sensing data sets, that provided information on the solid earth on scales previously inaccessible, were integrated with a combination of innovative analysis techniques and advanced numerical and computational methods implemented on high-performance computers. This book includes a variety of studies that focus on the modeling of tsunamis and earthquakes, both large-scale simulation and visualization programs, as well as detailed models of small-scale features. Particular attention is paid to computational techniques, languages, and hardware that can be used to facilitate data analysis, visualization, and modeling. Also included are studies of several earthquake forecasting techniques and associated comparisons of their results with historic earthquake data. Finally, the volume ends with theoretical analyses of statistical properties of seismicity by internationally recognized experts in the field. This volume will be of particular interest to researchers interested in the multiscale simulation and visualization of large earthquakes and tsunamis.

Description / Table of Contents: Geodynamics concerns the dynamics of the earth's global motion, of the earth's interior motion and its interaction with surface features, together with the mechanical processes in the deformation and rupture of geological structures. Its final object is to determine the driving mechanism of these motions. It is highly interdisciplinary. In providing the basic geological, geophysical infromation required for a comprehensive mechanical analysis, there are also many mechanical problems involved, which means the problem is coupled intricately with geophysics, rock mechanics, seismology, structural geology, etc. This is Part II of the Proceedings of an IUTAM/IASPEI Symposium on Mechanics Problems in Geodynamics held in Beijing, September 1994. It discusses different aspects of mechanics problems in geodynamics involving the earth's rotation, tectonic analyses of various parts of the world, mineral physics and flow in the mantle, seismic source studies and wave propagation and application of the DDA method in tectonic analysis.

Description / Table of Contents: Variations in seismic Q are sensitive to a much greater extent than are seismic velocity variations on factors such as temperature, fluid content, and the movement of solid state defects in the earth. For that reason an understanding of Q and its variation with position in the earth and with time should provide information in earth's tectonic evolution, as well as on aspects of its internal structure. Progress in understanding Q has suffered from difficulty in obtaining reliable amplitude data at global and temporary stations. Moreover, laboratory determinations of Q, until recently, were most often made at frequencies much higher than those measured by seismologists for waves propagating through the earth. Recent advances in seismic station distribution and quality, as well as in methodology at both high and low fequencies, have greatly improved the quality of observational data available to seismologists from global stations. Concurrent advances have been made in measuring Q using laboratory samples at frequencies that pertain to the earth and in theoretical understanding of seismic wave attenuation. Papers of this volume present new information on Q in the earth from several perspectives: methodology, results from global and regional observations of both body and surface waves, laboratory measurements, and theoretical understanding. The editors believe that we have reached a new threshold in Q studies and that advances in data quality and methodology will spur increased interest in this difficult, but interesting field.

Description / Table of Contents: Natural hazards events such as earthquakes or volcanic eruptions involve activation of coupled thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical processes in rocks. The present book assembles unpublished contributions to the 7th Euro-Conference on Rock Physics and Geomechanics, held in 2007 in Erice, Italy. It presents new laboratory data, theoretical and numerical rock physics models and field observations relevant to the study of natural hazards. In particular, several papers are devoted to rock failure and explore the relationship between the competing deformation micro-mechanisms. Several others investigate shear-induced anisotropy of mechanical and/or transport properties, both in large-scale geologic objects and in laboratory samples. The remaining papers treat various aspects of rock physics and their industrial applications such as geothermics and reservoir characterization.

Description / Table of Contents: Earthquakes in shallow subduction zones account for the greatest part of seismic energy release in the Earth and often cause significant damage; in some cases they are accompanied by devastating tsunamis. Understanding the physics of seismogenic and tsunamigenic processes in such zones continues to be a challenging focus of ongoing research. The seismologic and geodetic work reported in this volume highlights the recent advances made toward quantifying and understandig the role of shallow plate coupling in the earthquake generation process. The relation between regional seismotectonics, features in the downgoing plate, and the slip distribution in earthquakes are examined for recent and great historical events. In addition to papers reporting new results, review articles on tsunami and tsunamigenic earthquakes and depth dependent plate interface properties are presented. These observational results, along with complementary laboratory and theoretical studies, can assist in assessing the seismic potential of a given region.

Description / Table of Contents: PREFACE There can be little doubt that estuarine, coastal and shelf circulation modeling will assume increasing importance in the immediate future, as we work through the implications of industrialization for oceanic systems. These issues will place new and serious operational demands on available models, and the rapid increase in computational power we now enjoy makes it possible to respond with detailed simulations in many categories. As a result, we are witnessing an explosive growth in the quantity of model-generated information. Lacking, however, is a concomitant increase in its quality or even in quality control procedures. A single simulation exercise is easily capable of generating gigabytes of output in a matter of hours. Most of the data will necessarily go unexamined by its progenitors. Yet it is highly likely that disks full of simulation output will be used extensively as learning tools for students and researchers, as criteria for engineering design, as a basis for operational decision-making, and in the formulation of public policy. The purpose of this volume is to assemble and present what is known about the intrinsic quality of simulation output: its "correctness" for various purposes. We have operated on the twin premises that (1) every simulation has some intrinsic value and (2) every simulation has serious drawbacks. Between these two extremes lies a vast gulf of uncertainty and potential error, which must be bridged in a professional way if modeling is to achieve its potential in the coastal ocean. This is the basic challenge put to the authors of this volume. Essentially we seek to describe and consolidate approaches, theories, and practices for extracting information from models, and to understand the limits of their proper use. We have focused on quantitative approaches to the problem, from diverse physical and mathematical perspectives. Rather than pursuing abstract, philosophical analyses, we have sought contributions reflecting contemporary practice in government, academic, engineering, and research units where frontier model development is taking place. In a similar spirit, we have avoided imposing linguistic norms among authors, which we view as unproductive at this time. Instead, we have let the authors describe their approaches to this multi-faceted problem in their own terms, subject only to standards of clarity of expression. We are especially pleased to have balanced representation from European and North American authors. This volume was initially conceived at an informal workshop in Brussels, convened by our great friend and colleague, the late Bruno M. Jamart. That event first brought several of the contributing authors together over the skill assessment theme, and seeded a mutual vision of the present work. Bruno's energy, insight, integrity, collegiality, and boundless spirit has been an inspiration to all who knew and worked with him. His untimely death in 1990 represents a great loss which is deeply and widely felt. In his memory we dedicate this volume, a humble memorial to a great spirit and friend.

Description / Table of Contents: The boundaries of rigid cratons can be affected by subsequent orogenic events, leading to ‘metacratonic’ characteristics not often properly recognized and still poorly understood. Major lithospheric thickening is absent and early events such as ophiolites are preserved; however, metacratonic boundaries are affected by major shear zones, abundant magmatism and mineralizations, and local high-pressure metamorphism. West Africa, marked by the large Eburnian (c. 2 Ga) West African craton, the absence of Mesoproterozoic events, the major Pan-African (0.9–0.55 Ga) mobile belts that generated the Peri-Gondawanan terranes, and the weaker but enlightening Variscan and Alpine orogenies, is an excellent place for tackling this promising concept of metacratonization. The papers in this book consider most of the West African craton boundaries, from the reworking of the Palaeoproterozoic terranes, through the Pan-African encircling terranes, the late Neoproterozoic-early Palaeozoic extension period and the Peri-Gondwanan terranes, the Variscan imprint to the current situation.

Description / Table of Contents: Twenty years have passed since Menzies & Hawkesworth extended the concept of metasomatism to mantle processes. The aim of this book is to gather together progress made on this topic since then. Most of the 14 papers reported in the volume rely on in situ major and trace element analyses of minerals and glasses in mantle xenoliths, and deal with different kinds of metasomatic agents at variable fluid/rock ratios in tectonic settings as different as intra-plate, mid-ocean ridge (ophiolites) and supra-subduction. The book contributes to the wide debate on the nature of the fluids migrating into the mantle wedge, as well as on the different residential times of the subduction signature. In addition papers on intra-plate settings deal with the problem of relating various metasomatic signatures to one single metasomatic event through an infiltration-reaction process.

Description / Table of Contents: Restraining and releasing bends are common, but enigmatic features of strike-slip fault systems occurring in all crustal environments and at regional to microscopic scales of observation. Regional-scale restraining bends are sites of mountain building, transpressional deformation and basement exhumation, whereas releasing bends are sites of topographic subsidence, transtensional deformation, basin sedimentation and possible volcanism and economic mineralization. Because restraining and releasing bends often occur as singular self-contained domains of complex deformation, they are appealing natural laboratories for Earth scientists to study fault processes, earthquake seismology, active faulting and sedimentation, fault and fluid-flow relationships, links between tectonics and topography, tectonic and erosional controls on exhumation, and tectonic geomorphology. This volume addresses the tectonic complexity and diversity of strike-slip restraining and releasing bends with 18 contributions divided into four thematic sections: (1) a topical review of fault bends and their global distribution; (2) bends, sedimentary basins and earthquake hazards; (3) restraining bends, transpressional deformation and basement controls on development; (4) releasing bends, transtensional deformation and fluid flow.

Description / Table of Contents: In the last four centuries geologists have traversed the globe, searching for economically important materials or simply to satisfy their intellectual curiosity. Geologists have often been at the vanguard of scientific exploration. The microscopist Robert Hooke explored the Isle of Wight, and Charles Darwin the Cape Verde islands and parts of South America. The volcanic wonders of Italy and central France attracted native and foreign visitors including Lyell and Murchison. The Tyrrell brothers faced great hardship in northern Canada, as did the actor and mineralogist Charles Lewis Giesecke in Greenland. The development of Sydney, Australia depended on finding limestone for building. French geologists relied on camels in the Sahara, and Grenville Cole trusted his tricycle to carry him across Europe. Four Centuries of Geological Travel: The Search for Knowledge on Foot, Bicycle, Sledge and Camel focuses on the complexities of geological exploration and will be of particular interest to Earth scientists, historians of science and to the general reader interested in science.

Description / Table of Contents: The study of reservoir and repository performance requires the integration of many different fields in Earth sciences, among them rock physics and geomechanics. The aim of this book is to emphasize how rock physics and geomechanics help to get a better insight into important issues linked to reservoir management for exploitation of natural resources, and to repository safety assessment for hazardous waste storage in geological environment. The studies presented here deal with the hydromechanical coupling in fractured rocks, the key experiments in safety assessment of repositories, the development of damaged zones during excavation in a shaley formation, the influence of temperature on the properties of shales, the poroelastic response of sandstones, the development and propagation of compaction bands in reservoir rocks, imaging techniques of geomaterials, the characterization and modelling of reservoirs using 4D seismic data, the mechanical behaviour of fractured rock masses, the petrophysical properties of fault zones, models for rock deformation by pressure solution and the elastic anisotropy in cracked rocks.

Description / Table of Contents: There has lately been a growth in the number and level of studies of contourite deposits. Most recent studies of contourites have two major lines of interest. One, propelled by the oil industry's continuous move into increasingly deep waters, concerns their economic significance. The other involves the stratigraphic/ palaeoceanographic record of ocean circulation changes imprinted on contourite deposits that can be a key to understanding better the climate-ocean connection. The application of many different theoretical, experimental and empirical resources provided by geophysics, sedimentology, geochemistry, petrology, scale modeling and field geology are used in the 16 papers of this volume, proposing answers to those two main aspects. The papers are subdivided into two major categories (economic interest and stratigraphic/palaeoceanographic significance), with case studies ranging from well-documented drifts to new examples of modern and fossil series, involving a large diversity of geographic and physiographic scenarios worldwide.

Description / Table of Contents: The dangers that we face from geohazards appear to be getting worse, especially with the impact of increasing population and global climate change. This collection of papers illustrates how remote sensing technologies - measuring, mapping and monitoring the Earth's surface from aircraft or satellites - can help us to rapidly detect and better manage geohazards. The hazardous terrains examined include areas of landslides, flooding, erosion, contaminated land, shrink-swell clays, subsidence, seismic activity and volcanic landforms. Key aspects of remote sensing are introduced, making this a book that can easily be read by those who are unfamiliar with remote sensing. The featured remote sensing systems include aerial photography and photogrammetry, thermal scanning, hyperspectral sensors, airborne laser altimetry (LiDAR), radar interferometry and multispectral satellites (Landsat, ASTER). Related technologies and methodogies, such as the processing of Digital Elevation Models and data analysis using Geographical Information Systems, are also discussed.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: The Neuquén Basin of northern Patagonia provides an excellent case study in basin analysis and sequence stratigraphy. The basin is one of the largest petroleum provinces in South America and includes a dramatic record of relative sea-level changes as well as a unique and globally important palaeontological record. Understanding this region is also central to unravelling the history of the Andes. The latest developments in the study of the area have been combined in this volume to give an integrated series of case studies that document the structural, igneous, sedimentological and palaeontological history of the region from the Triassic to the Recent. This publication provides an introduction into this fascinating region as well as a resource that includes the most complete and up-to-date studies of the area.

Description / Table of Contents: The book presents an overview of the main hazards affecting karst, including collapse and subsidence phenomena, hydrological hazards and human-induced geohazards. Consideration is also given to the problems of geohazard management in karst. The geological and hydrological properties of karst terrains make them among the most fragile in the world and pose serious problems for land managers. Sustainable development in these terrains requires efforts to limit geohazards of anthropogenic origin and to recognize and mitigate against those of natural origin. Aimed at providing the reader with worldwide case studies, the contributions cover a range of geological and morphological settings. Geographically, the fourteen papers discuss very different karst areas, from North America, the Caribbean and Asia to several karst areas in Europe, including the British Isles, Spain, France and Italy.

Description / Table of Contents: We are poised to embark on a new era of discovery in the study of geomorphology. The discipline has a long and illustrious history, but in recent years an entirely new way of studying landscapes and seascapes has been developed. It involves the use of 3D seismic data. Just as CAT scans allow medical staff to view our anatomy in 3D, seismic data now allows Earth scientists to do what the early geomorphologists could only dream of - view tens and hundreds of square kilometres of the Earth's subsurface in 3D and therefore see for the first time how landscapes have evolved through time. This volume demonstrates how earth scientists are starting to use this relatively new tool to study the dynamic of a range of sedimentary environments.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Accretionary orogens form at convergent plate boundaries and include the supra-subduction zone forearc, magmatic arc and backarc components. They can be broken into retreating and advancing types, based on their kinematic framework and resulting geological character. Accretionary systems have been active throughout Earth history, extending back until at least 3.2 Ga, and provide an important constraint on the initiation of horizontal motion of lithospheric plates on Earth. Accretionary orogens have been responsible for major growth of the continental lithosphere, through the addition of juvenile magmatic products, but are also major sites of consumption and reworking of continental crust through time. The aim of this volume is to provide a better understanding of accretionary processes and their role in the formation and evolution of the continental crust. Fourteen papers deal with general aspects of accretion and metamorphism and discuss examples of accretionary orogens and crustal growth through Earth history, from the Archaean to the Cenozoic.

Description / Table of Contents: There is much interest in gas hydrates in relation to their potential role as an important driver for climate change and as a major new energy source; however, many questions remain, not least the size of the global hydrate budget. Much of the current uncertainty centres on how hydrates are physically stored in sediments at a range of scales. This volume details advances in our understanding of sediment-hosted hydrates, and contains papers covering a range of studies of real and artificial sediments containing both methane hydrates and CO2 hydrates. The papers include an examination of the techniques used to locate, sample and characterize hydrates from natural, methane-rich systems, so as to understand them better. Other contributions consider the nature and stability of synthetic hydrates formed in the laboratory, which in turn improve our ability to make accurate predictive models.

Description / Table of Contents: The detachment era (1977–1982) and its role in revolutionizing continental tectonics / B. Wernicke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 1-8, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.1 --- The frictional strength of granular fault gouge: application of theory to the mechanics of low-angle normal faults / Carolyn Boulton, Tim Davies and Mauri McSaveney / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 9-31, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.2 --- Upper and lower crustal evolution during lithospheric extension: numerical modelling and natural footprints from the European Alps / Anna Maria Marotta, Maria Iole Spalla and Guido Gosso / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 33-72, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.3 --- Reconciling short- and long-term measures of extension in continental back arcs: heat flux, crustal structure and rotations within central North Island, New Zealand / T. A. Stern / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 73-87, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.4 --- Cretaceous felsic volcanism in New Zealand and Lord Howe Rise (Zealandia) as a precursor to final Gondwana break-up / A. J. Tulloch, J. Ramezani, N. Mortimer, J. Mortensen, P. van den Bogaard and R. Maas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 89-118, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.5 --- Structure and evolution of the western Corinth Rift, through new field data from the Northern Peloponnesus / Emmanuel Skourtsos and Haralambos Kranis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 119-138, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.6 --- Timing and nature of formation of the Ios metamorphic core complex, southern Cyclades, Greece / Stuart N. Thomson, Uwe Ring, Stephanie Brichau, Johannes Glodny and Thomas M. Will / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 139-167, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.7 --- Timing of the Amorgos detachment system and implications for detachment faulting in the southern Aegean Sea, Greece / Uwe Ring, Stuart N. Thomson and Gideon Rosenbaum / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 169-178, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.8 --- Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Naxos Island through a multi-faceted approach of fission-track analysis / Diane Seward, Olivier Vanderhaeghe, Luc Siebenaller, Stuart Thomson, Christian Hibsch, Anatol Zingg, Patrick Holzner, Uwe Ring and Stephanie Duchêne / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 179-196, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.9 --- Syn-extensional granitoids in the Menderes core complex and the late Cenozoic extensional tectonics of the Aegean province / Yildirim Dilek, Şafak Altunkaynak and Zeynep Öner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 197-223, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.10 --- A case study of lateral spreading: the Precambrian Svecofennian Orogen / Annakaisa Korja, Paula Kosunen and Pekka Heikkinen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 225-251, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.11

Description / Table of Contents: Mineral deposits are not only primary sources of wealth generation, but also act as windows through which to view the evolution and interrelationships of the Earth system. Deposits formed throughout the last 3.8 billion years of the Earth’s history preserve key evidence with which to test fundamental questions about the evolution of the Earth. These include: the nature of early magmatic and tectonic processes, supercontinent reconstructions, the state of the atmosphere and hydrosphere with time, and the emergence and development of life. The interlinking processes that form mineral deposits have always sat at the heart of the Earth system and the potential for using deposits as tools to understand that evolving system over geological time is increasingly recognized. This volume contains research aimed both at understanding the origins of mineral deposits and at using mineral deposits as tools to explore different long-term Earth processes.

Description / Table of Contents: Volcanoes become active when fluids are in motion, and erupt when these fluids escape into the atmosphere. Volcanic fluids are a mixture of solid, liquid and gas. These mixtures result in a complex range of flow behaviour, especially during interaction with conduit geometry. These processes are not directly observable and must be inferred from interpretations of field observation and measurement. One of the outcomes of this complexity is the generation of pressure and force transients as high-density phases accelerate and decelerate during unsteady flow. These transients are one means of flexing the conduit wall, a process that manifests itself as ground motion and is detectable as volcano seismic signals. On eruption, volcanic fluids interact with the atmosphere and generate acoustic and thermal signals. In this Special Publication we present a series of papers based on field, numerical and experimental approaches that seek to establish links between geophysical signals and fluid motion in volcanic conduits.

Description / Table of Contents: Increasingly, researchers have reported that passive margins do not show a simple uninterrupted thermal sag pattern of post-rift subsidence following continental separation. Rather, the structural and stratigraphic development of such margins may record evidence of complex phases of differential subsidence, exhumation and fold development. Some of the fold structures observed on passive continental margins appear to be related to regional stresses transmitted through basement rocks, whereas others are related to gravitational sliding and toe-thrusting. This special publication concentrates on the first of these categories. The morphology and distribution of such folds, together with potential mechanisms for generation of regional stress, are described in a series of papers by authorities in the field. As well as being an enigmatic feature of passive margin geology, the compressive folds have significance in the exploration for petroleum.

Description / Table of Contents: This collection of papers addresses the issues surrounding communication of environmental geoscience. Geologists whose research deals with environmental problems such as landslides, floods, earthquakes and other natural hazards that affect people's health and safety, must communicate their results effectively to the public, policy makers and politicians. There are many examples of geological studies being ignored in policy and public action; this is in due in part to geoscientists being poor communicators. These papers document issues in communicating environmental geoscience, outline successes and failures through case studies, describe ways in which geoscientists can improve communication skills and show how new methods can make communication more effective.

Description / Table of Contents: Underground gas storage: An introduction and UK perspective / D. J. Evans and R. A. Chadwick / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 1-11, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.1 --- The importance of gas storage to the UK: The DECC perspective / J. Havard and R. French / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 13-15, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.2 --- Gas storage: An onshore operator's perspective / A. Fernando and A. Raman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 17-24, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.3 --- Underground gas storage: Why and how / Hans Plaat / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 25-37, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.4 --- A review of onshore UK salt deposits and their potential for underground gas storage / D. J. Evans and S. Holloway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 39-80, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.5 --- Environmental and safety monitoring of the natural gas underground storage at Stenlille, Denmark / T. Laier and H. Øbro / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 81-92, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.6 --- Design of salt caverns for the storage of natural gas, crude oil and compressed air: Geomechanical aspects of construction, operation and abandonment / K.-H. Lux / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 93-128, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.7 --- New procedure for tightness tests (MIT) of salt cavern storage wells: Continuous high accuracy determination of relevant parameters, without the need to use radioactive tools / Hartmut Von Tryller, Andreas Reitze and Fritz Crotogino / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 129-137, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.8 --- Environmental issues in permitting gas storage: The Wild Goose case history / Laurie McClenahan Hietter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 139-148, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.9 --- Underground gas storage project at Welton oilfield, Lincolnshire: Local perspectives and responses to planning, environmental and community safety issues / Meg Davidson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 149-161, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.10 --- Well integrity: An overlooked source of risk and liability for underground natural gas storage. Lessons learned from incidents in the USA / Brent Miyazaki / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 163-172, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.11 --- A review of underground fuel storage events and putting risk into perspective with other areas of the energy supply chain / D. J. Evans / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 173-216, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.12 --- Underground hydrogen storage in the UK / Howard B. J. Stone, Ivo Veldhuis and R. Neil Richardson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 217-226, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.13 --- Subsurface characterization and geological monitoring of the CO2 injection operation at Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada / James B. Riding and Christopher A. Rochelle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 227-256, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.14 --- Review of monitoring issues and technologies associated with the long-term underground storage of carbon dioxide / R. A. Chadwick, R. Arts, M. Bentham, O. Eiken, S. Holloway, G. A. Kirby, J. M. Pearce, J. P. Williamson and P. Zweigel / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 313, 257-275, 26 May 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP313.15

Description / Table of Contents: This book consists of 18 papers on deformation mechanisms, theology and tectonics. The main approaches include experimental rock deformation, microstructural analysis, field structural studies, analogue and numerical modelling. New results on various topics are presented, ranging from brittle to ductile deformation and grain-scale to lithosphere-scale mechanisms. The volume will be of interest to academic and industrial researchers in the fields of structural geology, interactions between metamorphism, fluids and deformation, and large-scale tectonic processes.

Description / Table of Contents: The book gives a general overview of recent approaches to debris flows. Problems of both occurrences and dynamics of debris flow are treated, taking into account new results from theoretical and experimental research and field observations. Finally, the functioning of the main control devices are reconsidered in the light of the state of the art. Contents: Observation and Measurement for Debris Flow - Introduction, Prediction of Debris Flow for Warning and Evacuation, Large and Small Debris Flows - Occurence and Behaviour, Field Survey for Debris Flow in Volcanic Area.- Dynamics of Debris Flow - Introduction, A Comparison Between Gravity Flows of Dry Sand and Sand-Water Mixtures, Review Dynamic Modeling of Debris Flows, Dynamics of the Inertial and Viscous Debris Flows, Selected Notes on Debris Flow Dynamicss.- Control Measures for Debris Flow - Introduction, Development of New Methods for Countermeasures against Debris Flows, Torrent Check Dams as a Control Measure for Debris Flows, On the Dynamic Impact of Debris Flows.

Description / Table of Contents: Fluids rich in water, carbon and sulfur species and a variety of dissolved salts are a ubiquitous transport medium for heat and matter in the Earth’s interior. Fluid transport through the upper mantle and crust controls the origin of magmatism above subduction zones and results in natural risks of explosive volcanism. Fluids passing through rocks affect the chemical and heat budget of the global oceans, and can be utilized as a source of geothermal energy on land. Fluid transport is a key to the formation and the practical utilization of natural resources, from the origin of hydrothermal mineral deposits, through the exploitation of gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons as sources of energy and essential raw materials, to the subsurface storage of waste materials such as CO2. Different sources of fluids and variable paths of recycling volatile components from the hydrosphere and atmosphere through the solid interior of the Earth lead to a broad range of fluid compositions, from aqueous liquids and gases through water-rich silicate or salt melts to carbon-rich endmember compositions. Different rock regimes in the crust and mantle generate characteristic ranges of fluid composition, which depending on pressure, temperature and composition are miscible to greatly variable degrees. For example, aqueous liquids and vapors are increasingly miscible at elevated pressure and temperature. The degree of this miscibility is, however, greatly influenced by the presence of additional carbonic or salt components. A wide range of fluid–fluid interactions results from this partial miscibility of crustal fluids. Vastly different chemical and physical properties of variably miscible fluids, combined with fluid flow from one pressure – temperature regime to another, therefore have major consequences for the chemical and physical evolution of the crust and mantle. Several recent textbooks and review articles have addressed the role and diverse aspects of fluids in crustal processes. However, immiscibility of fluids and the associated phenomena of m ultiphase fluid flow are generally dealt with only in subsections with respect to specific environments and aspects of fluid mediated processes. This volume of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry attempts to fill this gap and to explicitly focus on the role that co-existing fluids play in the diverse geologic environments. It brings together the previously somewhat detached literature on fluid–fluid interactions in continental, volcanic, submarine and subduction zone environments. It emphasizes that fluid mixing and unmixing are widespread processes that may occur in all geologic environments of the entire crust and upper mantle. Despite different P-T conditions, the fundamental processes are analogous in the different settings.

Description / Table of Contents: The idea for this book was conceived in early June, 2005 at a paleoaltimetry workshop held at Lehigh University, Lehigh, Pennsyalvania and organized by Dork Sahagian. The workshop was funded by the tectonics program at NSF, and was designed to bring together researchers in paleoaltimetry to discuss different techniques and focus the community on ways of improving paleoelevation estimates and consequent interpretations of geodynamics and tectonics. At this meeting, some commented that a comprehensive volume describing the different methods could help advance the field. I offered to contact the Mineralogical Society of America and the Geochemical Society about publishing a RiMG volume on paleoaltimetry. Because many of the techniques used to infer paleoelevations are geochemically-based or deal with thermodynamic principles, the GS and MSA agreed to the project. Two years and roughly 1000 e-mails later, our book has arrived. The book is organized into 4 sections: (1) Geodynamic and geomorphologic rationale (Clark). This chapter provides the broad rationale behind paleoaltimetry, i.e., why we study it. (2) Stable isotope proxies. These 4 chapters cover theory of stable isotopes in precipitation and their response to altitudinal gradients (Rowley), and stable isotopes sytematics in paleosols (Quade, Garzione and Eiler), silicates (Mulch and Chamberlain) and fossils (Kohn and Dettman). (3) Proxies of atmospheric properties. These 4 chapters cover temperature lapse rates (Meyer), entropy (Forest), and atmospheric pressure proxies, including total atmospheric pressure from gas bubbles in basalt (Sahagian and Proussevitch), and the partial pressure of CO2 (Kouwenberg, Kürshner, and McElwain). Note that clumped isotope thermometry (Quade, Garzione and Eiler) also provides direct estimates of temperature. (4) Radiogenic and cosmogenic nuclides. These 2 chapters cover low-temperature thermochronologic approaches (Reiners) and cosmogenic isotopes (Riihimaki and Libarkin). Some chapters overlap in general content (e.g., basic principles of stable isotopes in precipitation are covered to different degrees in all stable isotope chapters), but no attempt was made to limit authors' discussion of principles, or somehow attempt to arrive at a "consensus view" on any specific topic. Because science advances by critical discussion of concepts, such restrictions were viewed as counterproductive. This does mean that different chapters may present different views on reliability of paleoelevation estimates, and readers are advised to read other chapters in the book on related topics – they may be more closely linked than they might at first appear! I hope readers of this book will discover and appreciate the synergy among paleoaltimetry, climate change, and tectonic geomorphology. These interrelationships create a complex, yet rich field of scientific enquiry that in turn offers insights into climate and geodynamics.

Description / Table of Contents: Over 25 years ago, Volume 9 of Reviews in Mineralogy: Amphiboles and Other Hydrous Pyriboles seemed to contain all that was possible to know about this group of fascinating minerals. The subsequent twenty-five years have shown that this assessment was wrong: Nature was keeping a lot in reserve, and has since revealed considerable new complexity in the constitution and behavior of amphiboles. Some of the advances in knowledge have been due to the use of new experimental techniques, some have been due to the investigation of hitherto neglected rock-types, and some have been due to the development of new ideas. The identification and systematic investigation of variable LLE (Light Lithophile Elements), particularly Li and H, led to the identification of several new amphibole species and the recognition that variable Li and H play an important role in chemical variations in amphiboles from both igneous and metamorphic parageneses. In turn, this work drove the development of microbeam SIMS to analyze LLE in amphiboles. Detailed mineralogical work on metasyenites showed hitherto unexpected solid-solution between Na and Li at the M(4) site in monoclinic amphiboles, a discovery that has upset the current scheme of amphibole classification and nomenclature and initiated new efforts in this direction. Systematic and well-planned synthesis of amphiboles, combined with careful spectroscopy, has greatly furthered our understanding of cation and anion order in amphiboles. The use of bond-valence theory to predict patterns of SRO (Short-Range Order) in amphiboles, and use of these predictions to understand the infrared spectra of well-characterized synthetic-amphibole solid-solutions, has shown that SRO is a major feature of the amphibole structure, and has resulted in major advances in our understanding of SRO in minerals. There has been significant progress relating changes in amphibole composition and cation ordering to petrogenetic conditions and trace-element behavior. Work on the nature of fibrous amphiboles and their toxicity and persistence in living organisms has emphasized the importance of accurate mineralogical characterization in environmental and health-related problems. The current volume has taken a different approach from previous volumes concerned with major groups of rock-forming minerals. Some of the contents have previously been organized by the investigative technique or groups of similar techniques: crystal-structure refinement, spectroscopy, TEM etc. Here, we have taken an approach that focuses on aspects of amphiboles rather than experimental techniques: crystal chemistry, new compositions, long-range order, short-range order etc., and all experimental results germane to these topics are discussed in each chapter. The intent of this approach is to focus on amphiboles, and to emphasize that many techniques are necessary to fully understand each aspect of the amphiboles and their behavior in both natural and industrial processes.

Description / Table of Contents: In Materials Science, investigations aiming to prepare new types of molecular sieves (porous materials) have opened a productive field of research inspired by the crystal structures of minerals. These new molecular sieves are distinct from zeolites in that they have different kinds of polyhedra that build up their structures. Of particular interest are the new molecular sieves characterized by a mixed "octahedral"-tetrahedral framework (heteropolyhedral frameworks), instead of a purely tetrahedral framework as in zeolites. Heteropolyhedral compounds have been extensively studied since the early 1990's, with particular attention having been focused on titanosilicates, such as ETS-4 (synthetic analog of the mineral zorite) and ETS-10. However, titanosilicates are not the only representatives of novel microporous mineral phases. The search for "octahedral"-tetrahedral silicates was extended to metals other than titanium, for instance, the zirconosilicates with the preparation of synthetic counterparts of the minerals gaidonnayite, petarasite and umbite. Many microporous heteropolyhedral compounds containing metals such as Nb, V, Sn, Ca and lanthanides, have been reported and a wide number of distinct structural types (e.g., rhodesite-delhayelite and tobermorite) have been synthesized and structurally characterized. Moreover, the potential applications of these novel materials have been evaluated, particularly in the areas of catalysis, separation of molecular species, ion exchange and optical and magnetic properties. A comprehensive review of the mineralogical, structural, chemical and crystal-chemical studies carried on natural phases may be extremely useful to inspire and favor investigations on analogs or related synthetic materials. A similar synergy between mineralogists and materials scientists already occurred in the "classical" case of zeolites, in which the wide and deep structural and crystal-chemical knowledge accumulated in the study of the natural phases was extraordinarily useful to the chemists who are active in the field of molecular sieves. In particular, the structural investigation of the natural phases may be extremely rewarding and helpful in orienting the work of synthesis and in understanding the nature of the synthetic products, for the following reasons: Whereas rarely the crystalline synthetic products are suitable for single-crystal structural investigations, the natural counterparts are often well crystallized. Crystallization in nature occurs from chemical systems characterized by a wide compositional range, thus producing compounds with a very rich and variable crystal chemistry, which may provide precious information, suggesting possible substituting elements and addressing the synthetic work in a very productive way. The present volume follows a meeting on "Micro- and mesoporous mineral phases" (Rome, December 6-7, 2004) that was jointly organized by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (ANL) and the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) via its Commission on Inorganic and Mineral Structures (CIMS). The meeting was convened by Fausto Calderazzo, Giovanni Ferraris, Stefano Merlino and Annibale Mottana and financially supported by several other organizations representing both Mineralogy (e.g., the International Mineralogical Association and the European Mineralogical Union) and Crystallography (e.g., the European Crystallographic Association and the Italian Association of Crystallography). To participants, ANL staff, organizations, and, in general, all involved persons, our sincere acknowledgments; in particular, we are grateful to Annibale Mottana who was able to convince the ANL Academicians to schedule and support the meeting. This volume of the RiMG series highlights the present knowledge on micro- and mesoporous mineral phases, with focus on their crystal-chemical aspects, occurrence and porous activity in nature and experiments. As zeolites are the matter of numerous ad hoc meetings and books - including two volumes in this series - they do not specifically appear in the present volume. The phases of the sodalite and cancrinite-davyne groups, which mineralogists consider distinct from zeolites, are instead considered (in the order, chapter 7 by W. Depmeier and part of chapter 8 by E. Bonaccorsi and S. Merlino, respectively). The first two chapters of the volume cover general aspects of porous materials. This includes the application of the IUPAC nomenclature developed for ordered porous materials to non-zeolite mineral phases (L.B. McCusker, chapter 1) and the extension to heteropolyhedral structures of a topological description by using nodes representing the coordination polyhedra (S.V. Krivovichev, chapter 2). Chapters from 3 to 7 are dedicated to various groups of heteropolyhedral porous structures for which the authors emphasize some of the more general aspects according to their research specialization. G. Ferraris and A. Gula (chapter 3) put the emphasis on the modular aspects of well-known porous phases (such as sepiolite, palygorskite and rhodesite-related structures) as well as on heterophyllosilicates that may be not strictly porous phases (according to the definition given in chapter 1) but could be the starting basis for pillared materials. The porous mineral phases typical of hyperalkaline rocks (such as eudialytes and labuntsovites) are discussed by N.V. Chukanov and I.V. Pekov under their crystal-chemical (chapter 4) and minerogenetic (chapter 5) aspects showing the role of ion exchange during the geological evolution from primary to later phases, with experimental cation exchange data also being reported. J. Rocha and Z. Lin (chapter 6) emphasize how research on the synthesis of octahedral-pentahedral-tetrahedral framework silicates has been inspired and motivated by the many examples of such materials provided by nature; synthesis, structure and possible technological applications of a wide number of these materials are also described. Following chapters 7 and 8 - which besides the cancrinite-davyne group, presents the crystallographic features of the minerals in the tobermorite and gyrolite groups - M. Pasero (chapter 9) illustrates the topological and polysomatic aspects of the "tunnel oxides," a historical name applied to porous oxides related to MnO2, and reviews their main technological applications. The next two chapters (10 and 11) draw attention to "unexpected" porous materials like apatite and sulfides. T.J. White and his team (chapter 10) convincingly show that the apatite structure type displays porous properties, some of which are already exploited. Chapter 10 also contains two appendices that report crystal and synthesis data for hundreds of synthetic apatites, a number that demonstrates how wide the interest is for this class of compounds. E. Makovicky (chapter 11) analyzes the structures of natural and synthetic sulfides and selenides showing that, even if experimental work proving porous activity is practically still missing, several structure types display promising channels. Chapter 12, by M. Mellini, is the only one dedicated to mesoporous mineral phases - which are crystalline compounds with pores wider than 2 nm. Examples discussed are carbon nanotubes, fullerenes - which occur also in nature - chrysotile, opal and, moving from channels to cages, clathrates.

Description / Table of Contents: The publication of this volume occurs at the one-hundredth anniversary of 1905, which has been called the annus mirabilus because it was the year of a number of enormous scientific advances. Among them are four papers by Albert Einstein explaining (among other things) Brownian motion, the photoelectric effect, the special theory of relativity, and the equation E = mc2. Also of significance in 1905 was the first application of another major advance in physics, which dramatically changed the fields of Earth and planetary science. In March of 1905 (and published the following year), Ernest Rutherford presented the following in the Silliman Lectures at Yale: "The helium observed in the radioactive minerals is almost certainly due to its production from the radium and other radioactive substances contained therein. If the rate of production of helium from known weights of the different radioelements were experimentally known, it should thus be possible to determine the interval required for the production of the amount of helium observed in radioactive minerals, or, in other words, to determine the age of the mineral." Rutherford E (1906) Radioactive Transformations. Charles Scriber's Sons, NY Thus radioisotopic geochronology was born, almost immediately shattering centuries of speculative conjectures and estimates and laying the foundation for establishment of the geologic timescale, the age of the Earth and meteorites, and a quantitative understanding of the rates of processes ranging from nebular condensation to Quaternary glaciations. There is an important subplot to the historical development of radioisotopic dating over the last hundred years, which, ironically, arises directly from the subsequent history of the U-He dating method Rutherford described in 1905. Almost as soon as radioisotopic dating was invented, it was recognized that the U-He [or later the (U-Th)/He method], provided ages that were often far younger than those allowed by stratigraphic correlations or other techniques such as U/Pb dating. Clearly, as R.J. Strutt noted in 1910, He ages only provided "minimum values, because helium leaks out from the mineral, to what extent it is impossible to say" (Strutt, 1910, Proc Roy Soc Lond, Ser A 84:379-388). For several decades most attention was diverted to U/Pb and other techniques better suited to measurement of crystallization ages and establishment of the geologic timescale. Gradually it became clear that other radioisotopic systems such as K/Ar and later fission-track also provided ages that were clearly younger than formation ages. In 1910 it may have been impossible to say the extent to which He (or most other elements) leaked out of minerals, but eventually a growing understanding of thermally-activated diffusion and annealing began to shed light on the significance of such ages. The recognition that some systems can provide cooling, rather than formation, ages, was gradual and diachronous across radioisotopic systems. Most of the heavy lifting in this regard was accomplished by researchers working on the interpretation of K/Ar and fission-track ages. Ironically, Rutherford¹s He-based radioisotopic system was one of the last to be quantitatively interpreted as a thermochronometer, and has been added to K/Ar (including 40Ar/39Ar) and fission-track methods as important for constraining the medium- to low-temperature thermal histories of rocks and minerals. Thermochronology has had a slow and sometimes fitful maturation from what were once troubling age discrepancies and poorly-understood open-system behaviors, into a powerful branch of geochronology applied by Earth scientists from diverse fields. Cooling ages, coupled with quantitative understanding of crystal-scale kinetic phenomena and crustal- or landscape-scale interpretational models now provide an enormous range of insights into tectonics, geomorphology, and subjects of other fields. At the same time, blossoming of lower temperature thermochronometric approaches has inspired new perspectives into the detailed behavior of higher temperature systems that previously may have been primarily used for establishing formation ages. Increased recognition of the importance of thermal histories, combined with improved analytical precision, has motivated progress in understanding the thermochronologic behavior of U/Pb, Sm/Nd, Lu/Hf, and other systems in a wide range of minerals, filling out the temperature range accessible by thermochronologic approaches. Thus the maturation of low- and medium-temperature thermochronology has led to a fuller understanding of the significance of radioisotopic ages in general, and to one degree or another has permeated most of geochronology. Except in rare cases, the goal of thermochronology is not thermal histories themselves, but rather the geologic processes responsible for them. Thermochronometers are now routinely used for quantifying exhumation histories (tectonic or erosional), magmatism, or landscape evolution. As thermochronology has matured, so have model and interpretational approaches used to convert thermal histories into these more useful geologic histories. Low-temperature thermochronology has been especially important in this regard, as knowledge of thermal processes in the uppermost few kilometers of the crust require consideration of coupled interactions of tectonic, geodynamic, and surface processes. Exciting new developments in these fields in turn drive improved thermochronologic methods and innovative sampling approaches.

Description / Table of Contents: The very successful orbital missions of the 1990's, Clementine and Lunar Prospector, provided key mineralogical, geochemical, and geophysical data sets that extended our view of the Moon beyond what we knew from Apollo and Luna exploration to a truly global perspective. These new data sets have been integrated with information gained from three preceding decades of study of lunar samples and older, less complete remotely sensed data sets. Although there have been no new lunar sample-return missions since Apollo and Luna, new samples are available in the form of meteorites, recognized to be pieces of the Moon. These, too, play a role in improved knowledge of the Moon and in helping to couple information obtained by remote sensing with information obtained from rock and soil samples. As we stand on the edge of a new era of lunar and planetary exploration, including new missions to the Moon, Mars, and other planets and moons, we find it essential to examine in depth how the wide variety of data sets obtained during the course of lunar exploration can be used together to better understand the formation of the Moon and how it evolved to its present state. Such an understanding holds important lessons for the new era of lunar exploration as well as the exploration of other planets in the Solar System. This will ultimately lead to better knowledge of how our own planet Earth - with its unique environment suitable for the origin and evolution of life - originated and changed with time. This book assesses the current state of knowledge of lunar geoscience, given the data sets provided by missions of the 1990's, and lists remaining key questions as well as new ones for future exploration to address. It documents how a planet or moon other than the world on which we live can be studied and understood in light of integrated suites of specific kinds of information. The Moon is the only body other than Earth for which we have material samples of known geologic context for study. This book seeks to show how the different kinds of information gained about the Moon relate to each other and also to learn from this experience, thus allowing more efficient planning for the exploration of other worlds.

Description / Table of Contents: The special issue contains contributions presented at the international workshop Seismic waves in laterally inhomogeneous media IV, which was held at the Castle of Trest, Czech Republic, May 22-27, 1995. The workshop, which was attended by about 100 seismologists from more than 10 countries, was devoted mainly to the current state of theoretical and computational means of study of seismic wave propagation in complex structures. The special issue can be of interest for theoretical, global and explorational seismologists. The first part contains papers dealing with the study and the use of various methods of solving forward and inverse problems in complicated structures. Among other methods, discrete-wave number method, the finite-difference method, the edge-wave supperposition method and the ray method are studied and used. Most papers contained in the second part are related to the ray method. The most important topics are two-point ray tracing, grid calculations of travel times and amplitudes and seismic wave propagation in anisotropic media.

Description / Table of Contents: Andrew C. Aplin, Andrew J. Fleet, and Joe H. S. Macquaker: Muds and mudstones: physical and fluid-flow properties / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:1-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.01 --- Physical Properties --- F. J. Pearson: What is the porosity of a mudrock? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:9-21, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.02 --- David N. Dewhurst, Yunlai Yang, and Andrew C. Aplin: Permeability and fluid flow in natural mudstones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:23-43, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.03 --- Kirsti Midttømme and Elen Roaldset: Thermal conductivity of sedimentary rocks: uncertainties in measurement and modelling / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:45-60, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.04 --- D. N. Petley: Failure envelopes of mudrocks at high confining pressures / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:61-71, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.05 --- K. Bjørlykke: Principal aspects of compaction and fluid flow in mudstones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:73-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.06 --- Experimental Studies --- M. B. Clennell, D. N. Dewhurst, K. M. Brown, and G. K. Westbrook: Permeability anisotropy of consolidated clays / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:79-96, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.07 --- M. G. Peters and A. J. Maltman: Insights into the hydraulic performance of landfill-lining clays during deformation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:97-106, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.08 --- J. F. Harrington and S. T. Horseman: Gas transport properties of clays and mudrocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:107-124, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.09 --- Case Studies --- Gary M. Ingram and Janos L. Urai: Top-seal leakage through faults and fractures: the role of mudrock properties / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:125-135, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.10 --- T. Skar, R. T. Van Balen, L. Arnesen, and S. Cloetingh: Origin of overpressures on the Halten Terrace, offshore mid-Norway: the potential role of mechanical compaction, pressure transfer and stress / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:137-156, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.11 --- J. Dorsch and T. J. Katsube: Porosity characteristics of Cambrian mudrocks (Oak Ridge, East Tennessee, USA) and their implications for contaminant transport / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:157-173, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.12 --- K. Walraevens and J. Cardenal: Preferential pathways in an Eocene clay: hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical evidence / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 158:175-186, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.158.01.13

Description / Table of Contents: K. J. W. McCaffrey: Dave Johnston: an appreciation and bibliography / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:vii-viii, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.01 --- Lidia Lonergan, Jamie Wilkinson, and Ken McCaffrey: Fractures, fluid flow and mineralization: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:1-6, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.02 --- Fracture Populations --- S. Roberts, D. J. Sanderson, and P. Gumiel: Fractal analysis and percolation properties of veins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:7-16, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.03 --- Julia F. W. Stowell, Adrian P. Watson, and Neil F. C. Hudson: Geometry and population systematics of a quartz vein set, Holy Island, Anglesey, North Wales / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:17-33, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.04 --- P. A. Gillespie, J. D. Johnston, M. A. Loriga, K. J. W. McCaffrey, J. J. Walsh, and J. Watterson: Influence of layering on vein systematics in line samples / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:35-56, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.05 --- Maria Antonietta Loriga: Scaling systematics of vein size: an example from the Guanajuato mining district (Central Mexico) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:57-67, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.06 --- Fluid Flow and Fracture Systems --- David J. Sanderson and Xing Zhang: Critical stress localization of flow associated with deformation of well-fractured rock masses, with implications for mineral deposits / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:69-81, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.07 --- Mark A. Jones, Alec B. Pringle, Iain M. Fulton, and Shane O’Neill: Discrete fracture network modelling applied to groundwater resource exploitation in southwest Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:83-103, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.08 --- Peter Connolly and John Cosgrove: Prediction of static and dynamic fluid pathways within and around dilational jogs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:105-121, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.09 --- Structural Controls on Mineralization --- Stephen F. Cox: Deformational controls on the dynamics of fluid flow in mesothermal gold systems / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:123-140, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.10 --- Tom G. Blenkinsop and David J. Sanderson: Are gold deposits in the crust fractals? A study of gold mines in the Zimbabwe craton / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:141-151, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.11 --- S. J. Jolley, I. H. C. Henderson, A. C. Barnicoat, and N. P. C. Fox: Thrust-fracture network and hydrothermal gold mineralization: Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:153-165, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.12 --- Piergiorgio Rossetti and Fabrizio Colombo: Adularia-sericite gold deposits of Marmato (Caldas, Colombia): field and petrographical data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:167-182, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.13 --- Yannick Branquet, Alain Cheilletz, Gaston Giuliani, Bernard Laumonier, and Oscar Blanco: Fluidized hydrothermal breccia in dilatant faults during thrusting: the Colombian emerald deposits / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:183-195, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.14 --- M. A. N. Brown, R. J. H. Jolly, W. Stone, and M. P. Coward: Nickel ore troughs in Archaean volcanic rocks, Kambalda, Western Australia: indicators of early extension / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:197-211, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.15 --- I. R. Colke, J. Craig, and D. J. Blundell: Structural controls on the hydrocarbon and mineral deposits within the Kutai Basin, East Kalimantan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:213-232, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.16 --- Irish Zn/Pb Deposits: Structure and Fluid Flow --- Murray W. Hitzman: Extensional faults that localize Irish syndiagenetic Zn-Pb Deposits and their reactivation during Variscan compression / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:233-245, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.17 --- C. E. Everett, J. J. Wilkinson, and D. M. Rye: Fracture-controlled fluid flow in the Lower Palaeozoic basement rocks of Ireland: implications for the genesis of Irish-type Zn-Pb deposits / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:247-276, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.18 --- Helen Lewis and Gary D. Couples: Carboniferous basin evolution of central Ireland — simulation of structural controls on mineralization / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:277-302, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.19 --- G. D. Sevastopulo and P. Redmond: Age of mineralization of carbonate-hosted, base metal deposits in the Rathdowney Trend, Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:303-311, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.20 --- B. M. O’Reilly, P. W. Readman, and T. Murphy: Gravity lineaments and Carboniferous-hosted base metal deposits of the Irish Midlands / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 155:313-321, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.21

Description / Table of Contents: V. P. Wright and T. P. Burchette: Carbonate ramps: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:1-5, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.01 --- W. M. Ahr: Carbonate ramps, 1973–1996: a historical review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:7-14, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.02 --- A. Kirkham: A Quaternary proximal foreland ramp and its continental fringe, Arabian Gulf, UAE / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:15-41, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.03 --- Gordon Walkden and Alun Williams: Carbonate ramps and the Pleistocene-Recent depositional systems of the Arabian Gulf / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:43-53, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.04 --- Viviane Testa and Dan W. J. Bosence: Carbonate-siliciclastic sedimentation on a high-energy, ocean-facing, tropical ramp, NE Brazil / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:55-71, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.05 --- Janice M. Light and John B. Wilson: Cool-water carbonate deposition on the West Shetland Shelf: a modern distally steepened ramp / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:73-105, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.06 --- J. Fred Read: Phanerozoic carbonate ramps from greenhouse, transitional and ice-house worlds: clues from field and modelling studies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:107-135, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.07 --- M. Aurell, B. Bádenas, D. W. J. Bosence, and D. A. Waltham: Carbonate production and offshore transport on a Late Jurassic carbonate ramp (Kimmeridgian, Iberian basin, NE Spain): evidence from outcrops and computer modelling / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:137-161, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.08 --- Martyn Pedley: A review of sediment distributions and processes in Oligo-Miocene ramps of southern Italy and Malta (Mediterranean divide) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:163-179, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.09 --- Rodney F. Gilham and Charlie S. Bristow: Facies architecture and geometry of a prograding carbonate ramp during the early stages of foreland basin evolution: Lower Eocene sequences, Sierra del Cadí, SE Pyrenees, Spain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:181-203, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.10 --- H. D. Sinclair, Z. R. Sayer, and M. E. Tucker: Carbonate sedimentation during early foreland basin subsidence: the Eocene succession of the French Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:205-227, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.11 --- Irene Gómez-Pérez, Pedro A. Fernández-Mendiola, and Joaquín García-Mondéjar: Constructional dynamics for a Lower Cretaceous carbonate ramp (Gorbea Massif, north Iberia) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:229-252, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.12 --- Martina Bachmann and Jochen Kuss: The Middle Cretaceous carbonate ramp of the northern Sinai: sequence stratigraphy and facies distribution / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:253-280, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.13 --- Ana C. Azerêdo: Geometry and facies dynamics of Middle Jurassic carbonate ramp sandbodies, West-Central Portugal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:281-314, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.14 --- Kinga Hips: Lower Triassic storm-dominated ramp sequence in northern Hungary: an example of evolution from homoclinal through distally steepened ramp to Middle Triassic flat-topped platform / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:315-338, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.15 --- Ákos Török: Controls on development of Mid-Triassic ramps: examples from southern Hungary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:339-367, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.16 --- Zakaria Lasemi, Rodney D. Norby, and Janis D. Treworgy: Depositional facies and sequence stratigraphy of a Lower Carboniferous bryozoan-crinoidal carbonate ramp in the Illinois Basin, mid-continent USA / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:369-395, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.17 --- Jobst Wendt and Bernd Kaufmann: Mud buildups on a Middle Devonian carbonate ramp (Algerian Sahara) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:397-415, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.18 --- Bernd Kaufmann: Middle Devonian reef and mud mounds on a carbonate ramp: Mader Basin (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:417-435, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.19 --- Yong Seok Choi and J. A. Simo: Ramp facies and sequence stratigraphic models in an epeiric sea: the Upper Ordovician mixed carbonate-siliciclastic Glenwood and Platteville Formations, Wisconsin, USA / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 149:437-456, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.20

Description / Table of Contents: Eulàlia Gràcia, Lindsay M. Parson, Daniel Bideau, and Roger Hekinian: Volcano-tectonic variability along segments of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Azores platform and Hayes fracture zone: evidence from submersible and high-resolution sidescan sonar data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:1-15, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.01 --- J. S. Collier and S. C. Singh: A seismic inversion study of the axial magma chamber reflector beneath the East Pacific Rise near 10°N / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:17-28, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.02 --- S. Allerton and C. J. Macleod: Fault-controlled magma transport through the mantle lithosphere at slow-spreading ridges / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:29-42, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.03 --- Yildirim Dilek and Peter Thy: Structure, petrology and seafloor spreading tectonics of the Kizildag Ophiolite, Turkey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:43-69, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.04 --- T. A. Minshull, M. R. Muller, C. J. Robinson, R. S. White, and M. J. Bickle: Is the oceanic Moho a serpentinization front? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:71-80, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.05 --- D. A. H. Teagle, J. C. Alt, and A. N. Halliday: Tracing the evolution of hydrothermal fluids in the upper oceanic crust: Sr-isotopic constraints from DSDP/ODP Holes 504B and 896A / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:81-97, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.06 --- A. G. Hunter and DP Leg 168 Scientific Party: Petrological investigations of low temperature hydrothermal alteration of the upper crust, Juan de Fuca Ridge, ODP Leg 168 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:99-125, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.07 --- M. J. Bickle, D. A. H. Teagle, J. Beynon, and H. J. Chapman: The structure and controls on fluid-rock interactions in ocean ridge hydrothermal systems: constraints from the Troodos ophiolite / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:127-152, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.08 --- D. M. Wells, R. A. Mills, and S. Roberts: Rare earth element mobility in a mineralized alteration pipe within the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:153-176, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.09 --- R. H. James, R. C. Duckworth, M. R. Palmer, and The ODP Leg 169 Shipboard Scientific Party: Drilling of sediment-hosted massive sulphide deposits at the Middle Valley and Escanaba Trough spreading centres: ODP Leg 169 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:177-199, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.10 --- H. C. Goulding, R. A. Mills, and R. W. Nesbitt: Precipitation of hydrothermal sediments on the active TAG mound: implications for ochre formation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:201-216, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.11 --- A. Robertson and P. Degnan: Significance of modern and ancient oceanic Mn-rich hydrothermal sediments, exemplified by Jurassic Mn-cherts from Southern Greece / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:217-240, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.12 --- R. J. Herrington, V. V. Maslennikov, B. Spiro, V. V. Zaykov, and C. T. S. Little: Ancient vent chimney structures in the Silurian massive sulphides of the Urals / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:241-257, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.13 --- C. T. S. Little, R. J. Herrington, V. V. Maslennikov, and V. V. Zaykov: The fossil record of hydrothermal vent communities / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:259-270, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.14 --- A. G. McArthur and V. Tunnicliffe: Relics and antiquity revisited in the modern vent fauna / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 148:271-291, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.15

Description / Table of Contents: John Parnell: Introduction: Approaches to dating and duration of fluid flow and fluid-rock interaction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:1-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.01: Specific Techniques for Dating of Fluids and Fluid Flow --- R. Douglas Elmore, T. Campbell, S. Banerjee, and W. G. Bixler: Palaeomagnetic dating of ancient fluid-flow events in the Arbuckle Mountains, southern Oklahoma / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:9-25, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.02 --- D. T. A. Symons, M. T. Lewchuk, and D. L. Leach: Age and duration of the Mississippi Valley-type mineralizing fluid flow event in the Viburnum Trend, southeast Missouri, USA, determined from palaeomagnetism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:27-39, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.03 --- Ian R. Duddy, Paul F. Green, Kerry A. Hegarty, Richard J. Bray, and Geoffrey W. O’Brien: Dating and duration of hot fluid flow events determined using AFTA® and vitrinite reflectance-based thermal history reconstruction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:41-51, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.04 --- Daniele L. Pinti and Bernard Marty: The origin of helium in deep sedimentary aquifers and the problem of dating very old groundwaters / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:53-68, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.05 --- J. J. Wilkinson, L. Lonergan, T. Fairs, and R. J. Herrington: Fluid inclusion constraints on conditions and timing of hydrocarbon migration and quartz cementation in Brent Group reservoir sandstones, Columba Terrace, northern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:69-89, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.06 --- Isotope Techniques for Dating of Fluid Flow --- Horst Zwingmann, Norbert Clauer, and Reinhard Gaupp: Timing of fluid flow in a sandstone reservoir of the north German Rotliegend (Permian) by K-Ar dating of related hydrothermal illite / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:91-106, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.07 --- Christoph Spötl, Michael J. Kunk, Karl Ramseyer, and Fred J. Longstaffe: Authigenic potassium feldspar: a tracer for the timing of palaeofluid flow in carbonate rocks, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:107-128, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.08 --- D. M. Wayne and A. M. McCaig: Dating fluid flow in shear zones: Rb-Sr and U-Pb studies of syntectonic veins in the Néouvielle Massif, Pyrenees / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:129-135, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.09 --- R. D. Walshaw and J. F. Menuge: Dating of crustal fluid flow by the Rb-Sr isotopic analysis of sphalerite: a review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:137-143, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.10 --- Case Studies Assessing Timing of Fluid Flow Events --- Maurice Pagel, Norbert Clauer, Jean-Robert Disnar, Jean-Rémi Mossmann, Jean-François Sureau, Michel Steinberg, and Charlotte Vinchon: Thermal history and timing of fluid flow at the Ardèche palaeomargin, France / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:145-151, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.11 --- Cathy Hollis: Reconstructing fluid history: an integrated approach to timing fluid expulsion and migration on the Carboniferous Derbyshire Platform, England / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:153-159, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.12 --- George A. Morris and Bruce E. Nesbitt: Geology and timing of palaeohydrogeological events in the MacKenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:161-172, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.13 --- Hairuo Qing: Geochemical constraints on the origin and timing of palaeofluid flow in the Presqu’ile barrier reef, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:173-187, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.14 --- Timing, Duration and Speed of Oil Migration --- M. Lisk, P. J. Eadington, and G. W. O’Brien: Unravelling complex filling histories by constraining the timing of events which modify oil fields after initial charge / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:189-203, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.15 --- Dan Carruthers and Philip Ringrose: Secondary oil migration: oil-rock contact volumes, flow behaviour and rates / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:205-220, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.16 --- Øyvind Sylta, J. I. Pedersen, and M. Hamborg: On the vertical and lateral distribution of hydrocarbon migration velocities during secondary migration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:221-232, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.17 --- Dating of Quaternary Fluid Flow Events --- R. Metcalfe, P. J. Hooker, W. G. Darling, and A. E. Milodowski: Dating Quaternary groundwater flow events: a review of available methods and their application / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:233-260, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.18 --- Tatsuro Fukuchi and Noboru Imai: ESR isochron dating of the Nojima Fault gouge, southwest Japan, using ICP-MS: an approach to fluid flow events in the fault zone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 144:261-277, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.19

Description / Table of Contents: Monica M. Grady, R. Hutchison, G. J. H. McCall, and D. A. Rothery: Meteorites: their flux with time and impact effects / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:1-5, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.01 --- Eugene M. Shoemaker: Long-term variations in the impact cratering rate on Earth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:7-10, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.02 --- The Flux of Extraterrestrial Material to the Earth: Determination by Astronomical and Statistical Techniques --- M. E. Bailey and V. V. Emel’yanenko: Cometary capture and the nature of the impactors / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:11-17, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.03 --- W. M. Napier: Galactic periodicity and the geological record / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:19-29, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.04 --- David W. Hughes: The mass distribution of crater-producing bodies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:31-42, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.05 --- The Flux of Meteorites to the Earth: Determinations by Terrestrial Techniques --- P. A. Bland, A. Conway, T. B. Smith, F. J. Berry, S. E. J. Swabey, and C. T. Pillinger: Calculating flux from meteorite decay rates: a discussion of problems encountered in deciphering a 105–106 year integrated meteorite flux at Allan Hills and a new approach to pairing / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:43-58, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.06 --- A. W. R. Bevan, P. A. Bland, and A. J. T. Jull: Meteorite flux on the Nullarbor Region, Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:59-73, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.07 --- A. J. T. Jull, S. Cloudt, and E. Cielaszyk: 14C terrestrial ages of meteorites from Victoria Land, Antarctica, and the infall rates of meteorites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:75-91, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.08 --- Michael Zolensky: The flux of meteorites to Antarctica / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:93-104, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.09 --- Craters and Impactites --- Richard A. F. Grieve: Extraterrestrial impacts on earth: the evidence and the consequences / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:105-131, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.10 --- Christian Koeberl: Identification of meteoritic components in impactites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:133-153, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.11 --- A. R. Hildebrand, M. Pilkington, C. Ortiz-Aleman, R. E. Chavez, J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi, M. Connors, E. Graniel-Castro, A. Camara-Zi, J. F. Halpenny, and D. Niehaus: Mapping Chicxulub crater structure with gravity and seismic reflection data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:155-176, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.12 --- P. K. H. Maguire, G. D. Mackenzie, P. Denton, A. Trejo, R. Kind, and Members: Preliminary results from a passive seismic array over the Chicxulub impact structure in Mexico / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:177-193, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.13 --- John G. Spray: Localized shock- and friction-induced melting in response to hypervelocity impact / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:195-204, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.14 --- Iain Gilmour: Geochemistry of carbon in terrestrial impact processes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:205-216, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.15 --- Norman MacLeod: Impacts and marine invertebrate extinctions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:217-246, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.16 --- Environmental Consequences: The Palaeontological Evidence Relating to Mass-Extinctions --- A. C. Milner: Timing and causes of vertebrate extinction across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:247-257, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.17 --- A. Hallam: Mass extinctions in Phanerozoic time / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 140:259-274, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.18

Description / Table of Contents: Paul D. Ryan: Preface / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:vii-x, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.01 --- P. D. Ryan and C. Mac Niocaill: Continental Tectonics: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:1-6, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.02 --- Peter F. Ballance: Simplification of the Southwest Pacific Neogene arcs: inherited complexity and control by a retreating pole of rotation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:7-19, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.03 --- Laurent Jolivet, Claudio Faccenna, Nicola D’Agostino, Marc Fournier, and Dan Worrall: The kinematics of back-arc basins, examples from the Tyrrhenian, Aegean and Japan Seas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:21-53, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.04 --- John Dewey and Maria Mange: Petrography of Ordovician and Silurian sediments in the western Irish Caledonides: tracers of a short-lived Ordovician continent-arc collision orogeny and the evolution of the Laurentian Appalachian-Caledonian margin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:55-107, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.05 --- J. A. Plant, P. Stone, and J. R. Mendum: Regional geochemistry, terrane analysis and metallogeny in the British Caledonides / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:109-125, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.06 --- Nicholas Rast, Frank R. Ettensohn, and Diana E. Rast: Taconian seismogenic deformation in the Appalachian Orogen and the North American Craton / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:127-137, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.07 --- M. P. Searle, D. J. Waters, M. W. Dransfield, B. J. Stephenson, C. B. Walker, J. D. Walker, and D. C. Rex: Thermal and mechanical models for the structural and metamorphic evolution of the Zanskar High Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:139-156, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.08 --- M. A. Forster and G. S. Lister: Separate episodes of eclogite and blueschist facies metamorphism in the Aegean metamorphic core complex of Ios, Cyclades, Greece / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:157-177, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.09 --- V. Pease and J. Argent: The Northern Sacramento Mountains, southwest United States. Part I: Structural profile through a crustal extensional detachment system / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:179-198, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.10 --- V. Pease, D. Foster, J. Wooden, P. O’Sullivan, J. Argent, and C. Fanning: The Northern Sacramento Mountains, southwest United States. Part II: Exhumation history and detachment faulting / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:199-203,NP,205-226,NP,228-232,NP,233-238, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.11 --- Z. R. Beydoun: Evolution and development of the Levant (Dead Sea Rift) Transform System: A historical-chronological review of a structural controversy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:239-255, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.12 --- M. A. Khan, J. Mechie, C. Birt, G. Byrne, S. Gaciri, B. Jacob, G. R. Keller, P. K. H. Maguire, O. Novak, I. O. Nyambok, J. P. Patel, C. Prodehl, D. Riaroh, S. Simiyu, and H. Thybo: The lithospheric structure of the Kenya Rift as revealed by wide-angle seismic measurements / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:257-269, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.13 --- Garry D. Karner and Neal W. Driscoll: Style, timing and distribution of tectonic deformation across the Exmouth Plateau, northwest Australia, determined from stratal architecture and quantitative basin modelling / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:271-311, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.14 --- Jeffrey A. Karson and C. Kent Brooks: Structural and magmatic segmentation of the Tertiary East Greenland Volcanic Rifted Margin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:313-338, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.15 --- Erratum --- Erratum: Thermal and mechanical models for the structural and metamorphic evolution of the Zanskar High Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 164:ERR, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.17

Description / Table of Contents: N. H. Woodcock, D. G. Quirk, W. R. Fitches, and R. P. Barnes: In sight of the suture: the early Palaeozoic geological history of the Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:1-10, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.01 --- T. D. Ford, Eva Wilson, and D. J. Burnett: Previous ideas and models of the stratigraphy, structure and mineral deposits of the Manx Group, Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:11-21, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.02 --- Manx Group Stratigraphy and Lithofacies --- S. G. Molyneux: A reassessment of Manx Group acritarchs, Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:23-32, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.03 --- P. J. Orr and M. P. A. Howe: Macrofauna and ichnofauna of the Manx Group (early Ordovician), Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:33-44, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.04 --- N. H. Woodcock, J. H. Morris, D. G. Quirk, R. P. Barnes, D. J. Burnett, W. R. Fitches, P. S. Kennan, and G. M. Power: Revised lithostratigraphy of the Manx Group, Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:45-68, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.05 --- D. G. Quirk and D. J. Burnett: Lithofacies of Lower Palaeozoic deep-marine sediments in the Isle of Man: a new map and stratigraphic model of the Manx Group / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:69-88, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.06 --- Manx Group Sedimentation --- N. H. Woodcock and R. P. Barnes: An early Ordovician turbidite system on the Gondwana margin: the southeastern Manx Group, Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:89-107, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.07 --- P. S. Kennan and J. H. Morris: Manganiferous ironstones in the early Ordovician Manx Group, Isle of Man: a protolith of coticule? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:109-119, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.08 --- N. H. Woodcock and J. H. Morris: Debris flows on the Ordovician margin of Avalonia: Lady Port Formation, Manx Group, Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:121-138, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.09 --- R. P. Barnes, G. M. Power, and D. C. Cooper: The definition of sandstone-bearing formations in the Isle of Man and correlation with adjacent areas — evidence from sandstone chemistry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:139-154, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.10 --- Magmatism --- J. D. A. Piper, A. J. Biggin, and S. F. Crowley: Magnetic survey of the Poortown Dolerite, Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:155-163, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.11 --- G. M. Power and S. F. Crowley: Petrological and geochemical evidence for the tectonic affinity of the (?)Ordovician Poortown Basic Intrusive Complex, Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:165-175, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.12 --- Post-Ordovician Units --- M. P. A. Howe: The Silurian fauna (graptolite and nautiloid) of the Niarbyl Formation, Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:177-187, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.13 --- J. H. Morris, N. H. Woodcock, and M. P. A. Howe: The Silurian succession of the Isle of Man: the late Wenlock Niarbyl Formation, Dalby Group / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:189-211, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.14 --- J. D. A. Piper and S. F. Crowley: Palaeomagnetism of (Palaeozoic) Peel Sandstones and Langness Conglomerate Formation, Isle of Man: implications for the age and regional diagenesis of Manx red beds / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:213-225, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.15 --- Tectonics and Metamorphism --- G. S. Kimbell and D. G. Quirk: Crustal magnetic structure of the Irish Sea region: evidence for a major basement boundary beneath the Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:227-238, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.16 --- D. G. Quirk, D. J. Burnett, G. S. Kimbell, C. A. Murphy, and J. S. Varley: Shallow geophysical and geological evidence for a regional-scale fault duplex in the Lower Palaeozoic of the Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:239-257, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.17 --- W.R. Fitches, R. P. Barnes, and J. H. Morris: Geological structure and tectonic evolution of the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of the Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:259-287, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.18 --- G. M. Power and R. P. Barnes: Relationships between metamorphism and structure on the northern edge of eastern Avalonia in the Manx Group, Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:289-305, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.19 --- Regional Comparisons --- R. P. Barnes and P. Stone: Trans-Iapetus contrasts in the geological development of southern Scotland (Laurentia) and the Lakesman Terrane (Avalonia) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:307-323, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.20 --- P. Stone, A. H. Cooper, and J. A. Evans: The Skiddaw Group (English Lake District) reviewed: early Palaeozoic sedimentation and tectonism at the northern margin of Avalonia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:325-336, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.21 --- B. J. McConnell, J. H. Morris, and P. S. Kennan: A comparison of the Ribband Group (southeastern Ireland) to the Manx Group (Isle of Man) and Skiddaw Group (northwestern England) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:337-343, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.22 --- Bibliography --- Eva Wilson: A bibliography of the geology of the Isle of Man / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160:345-361, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.23

Description / Table of Contents: B. Durand and L. Jolivet: Foreword / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:vii-ix, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.01 --- L. Jolivet, D. Frizon de Lamotte, A. Mascle, and M. Séranne: The Mediterranean Basins: Tertiary Extension within the Alpine Orogen — an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:1-14, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.02 --- Western Mediterranean --- Michel Séranne: The Gulf of Lion continental margin (NW Mediterranean) revisited by IBS: an overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:15-36, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.03 --- N. Chamot-Rooke, J.-M. Gaulier, and F. Jestin: Constraints on Moho depth and crustal thickness in the Liguro-Provençal basin from a 3D gravity inversion: geodynamic implications / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:37-61, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.04 --- J. Vergés and F. Sàbat: Constraints on the Neogene Mediterranean kinematic evolution along a 1000 km transect from Iberia to Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:63-80, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.05 --- A. Benedicto, M. Séguret, and P. Labaume: Interaction between faulting, drainage and sedimentation in extensional hanging-wall syncline basins: example of the Oligocene Matelles basin (Gulf of Lion rifted margin, SE France) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:81-108, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.06 --- H. P. Zeck: Alpine plate kinematics in the western Mediterranean: a westward-directed subduction regime followed by slab roll-back and slab detachment / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:109-120, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.07 --- Alain Mascle and Roland Vially: The petroleum systems of the Southeast Basin and Gulf of Lion (France) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:121-140, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.08 --- Marjorie Wilson and Gianluca Bianchini: Tertiary-Quaternary magmatism within the Mediterranean and surrounding regions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:141-168, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.09 --- A. Mauffret and I. Contrucci: Crustal structure of the North Tyrrhenian Sea: first result of the multichannel seismic LISA cruise / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:169-193, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.10 --- Pannonian Basin --- Frank Horváth and Gábor Tari: IBS Pannonian Basin project: a review of the main results and their bearings on hydrocarbon exploration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:195-213, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.11 --- Gábor Tari, Péter Dövényi, István Dunkl, Frank Horváth, László Lenkey, Mihai Stefanescu, Péter Szafián, and Tamás Tóth: Lithospheric structure of the Pannonian basin derived from seismic, gravity and geothermal data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:215-250, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.12 --- István Györfi, László Csontos, and András Nagymarosy: Early Tertiary structural evolution of the border zone between the Pannonian and Transylvanian Basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:251-267, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.13 --- P. Gerner, G. Bada, P. Dövényi, B. Müller, M. C. Oncescu, S. Cloetingh, and F. Horváth: Recent tectonic stress and crustal deformation in and around the Pannonian Basin: data and models / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:269-294, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.14 --- László Fodor, László Csontos, Gábor Bada, István Györfi, and László Benkovics: Tertiary tectonic evolution of the Pannonian Basin system and neighbouring orogens: a new synthesis of palaeostress data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:295-334, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.15 --- E. Juhász, L. Phillips, P. Müller, B. Ricketts, Á. Tóth-Makk, M. Lantos, and L. Ó. Kovács: Late Neogene sedimentary facies and sequences in the Pannonian Basin, Hungary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:335-356, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.16 --- Marco Sacchi, Frank Horváth, and Orsolya Magyari: Role of unconformity-bounded units in the stratigraphy of the continental record: a case study from the Late Miocene of the western Pannonian Basin, Hungary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:357-390, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.17 --- R. T. Van Balen, L. Lenkey, F. Horváth, and S. A. P. L. Cloetingh: Two-dimensional modelling of stratigraphy and compaction-driven fluid flow in the Pannonian Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:391-414, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.18 --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Denis Hatzfeld: The present-day tectonics of the Aegean as deduced from seismicity / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:415-426, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.19 --- L. Jolivet and M. Patriat: Ductile extension and the formation of the Aegean Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:427-456, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.20 --- A. L. W. Lips, J. R. Wijbrans, and S. H. White: New insights from 40Ar/39Ar laserprobe dating of white mica fabrics from the Pelion Massif, Pelagonian Zone, Internal Hellenides, Greece: implications for the timing of metamorphic episodes and tectonic events in the Aegean region / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:457-474, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.21 --- Aral I. Okay and Okan Tüysüz: Tethyan sutures of northern Turkey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:475-515, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.22 --- General --- P. A. Ziegler and F. Roure: Petroleum systems of Alpine-Mediterranean foldbelts and basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:517-540, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.23 --- C. Doglioni, E. Gueguen, P. Harabaglia, and F. Mongelli: On the origin of west-directed subduction zones and applications to the western Mediterranean / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 156:541-561, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.24

Description / Table of Contents: R. E. Dunay and E. A. Hailwood: Non-biostratigraphical methods of dating and correlation: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:1-2, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.01 --- Andrew Morton and Andrew Hurst: Correlation of sandstones using heavy minerals: an example from the Statfjord Formation of the Snorre Field, northern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:3-22, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.02 --- Maria A. Mange-Rajetzky: Subdivision and correlation of monotonous sandstone sequences using high-resolution heavy mineral analysis, a case study: the Triassic of the Central Graben / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:23-30, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.03 --- C. V. Jeans: Clay mineral stratigraphy in Palaeozoic and Mesozoic red bed facies onshore and offshore UK / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:31-55, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.04 --- Andrew Carter, Charles S. Bristow, and Anthony J. Hurford: The application of fission track analysis to the dating of barren sequences: examples from red beds in Scotland and Thailand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:57-68, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.05 --- A. Racey, M. A. Love, R. M. Bobolecki, and J. N. Walsh: The use of chemical element analyses in the study of biostratigraphically barren sequences: an example from the Triassic of the central North Sea (UKCS) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:69-105, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.06 --- Timothy J. Pearce and Ian Jarvis: High-resolution chemostratigraphy of Quaternary distal turbidites: a case study of new methods for the analysis and correlation of barren sequences / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:107-143, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.07 --- John Roberts, Jonathan Claoue-Long, Peter J. Jones, and Clinton B. Foster: SHRIMP zircon age control of Gondwanan sequences in Late Carboniferous and Early Permian Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:145-174, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.08 --- Jonathan Russell: Direct Pb/Pb dating of Silurian macrofossils from Gotland, Sweden / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:175-200, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.09 --- A. Dalland, E. W. Mearns, and J. J. McBride: The application of samarium-neodymium (Sm-Nd) Provenance Ages to correlation of biostratigraphically barren strata: a case study of the Statfjord Formation in the Gullfaks Oilfield, Norwegian North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:201-222, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.10 --- H. M. Rendell: Luminescence dating of Quaternary sediments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:223-235, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.11 --- Chang-Shu Yang and Wim F. P. Kouwe: Wireline log-cyclicity analysis as a tool for dating and correlating barren strata: an example from the Upper Rotliegend of The Netherlands / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:237-259, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.12

Description / Table of Contents: Michael R. House: Orbital forcing timescales: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:1-18, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.01 --- Sean B. Kelly and Shaun P. Sadler: Equilibrium and response to climatic and tectonic forcing: A study of alluvial sequences in the Devonian Munster Basin, Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:19-36, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.02 --- Michael R. House: Devonian precessional and other signatures for establishing a Givetian timescale / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:37-49, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.03 --- G. P. Weedon and W. A. Read: Orbital-climatic forcing of Namurian cyclic sedimentation from spectral analysis of the Limestone Coal Formation, Central Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:51-66, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.04 --- Gwyn P. G. Moses: Calibration, analysis and interpretation of depositional cycles in the Early Toarcian of Yorkshire, UK / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:67-74, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.05 --- Helen K. Waterhouse: High-resolution palynofacies investigation of Kimmeridgian sedimentary cycles / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:75-114, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.06 --- P. J. Valdes, B. W. Sellwood, and G. D. Price: Modelling Late Jurassic Milankovitch climate variations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:115-132, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.07 --- P. Cotillon: Constraints for using high-frequency sedimentary cycles in cyclostratigraphy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:133-141, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.08 --- F. Giraud, L. Beaufort, and P. Cotillon: Periodicities of carbonate cycles in the Valanginian of the Vocontian Trough: a strong obliquity control / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:143-164, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.09 --- Didier Quesne and Serge Ferry: Detailed relationships between platform and pelagic carbonates (Barremian, SE France) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:165-176, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.10 --- A. S. Gale: Cyclostratigraphy and correlation of the Cenomanian Stage in Western Europe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:177-197, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.11 --- Alfred G. Fischer: Cyclostratigraphy, Quo Vadis? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:199-204, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.12

Description / Table of Contents: James G. Buchanan and Peter G. Buchanan: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:vii-ix, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.01 --- Mechanics, Dynamics and Geometry of Basin Inversion --- Richard H. Sibson: Selective fault reactivation during basin inversion: potential for fluid redistribution through fault-valve action / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:3-19, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.02 --- James Brodie and Nicky White: The link between sedimentary basin inversion and igneous underplating / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:21-38, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.03 --- James D. Lowell: Mechanics of basin inversion from worldwide examples / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:39-57, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.04 --- S. D. Knott, A. Beach, A. I. Welbon, and P. J. Brockbank: Basin inversion in the Gulf of Suez: implications for exploration and development in failed rifts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:59-81, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.05 --- Duncan S. Macgregor: Hydrocarbon habitat and classification of inverted rift basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:83-93, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.06 --- Modelling of Basin Inversion --- K. R. McClay: The geometries and kinematics of inverted fault systems: a review of analogue model studies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:97-118, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.07 --- Gloria Eisenstadt and Martha Oliver Withjack: Estimating inversion: results from clay models / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:119-136, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.08 --- J. V. A. Keller and K. R. McClay: 3D sandbox models of positive inversion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:137-146, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.09 --- Recognition and Measurement of Basin Inversion --- Paul F. Green, Ian R. Duddy, and Richard J. Bray: Applications of Thermal History Reconstruction in inverted basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:149-165, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.10 --- Richard R. Hillis: Regional Tertiary Exhumation in and around the United Kingdom / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:167-190, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.11 --- Robert J. Menpes and Richard R. Hillis: Quantification of Tertiary exhumation from sonic velocity data, Celtic Sea/South-Western Approaches / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:191-207, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.12 --- Case Studies: Americas --- Miguel A. Uliana, Marcelo E. Arteaga, Leonardo Legarreta, Jorge J. Cerdán, and Gustavo O. Peroni: Inversion structures and hydrocarbon occurrence in Argentina / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:211-233, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.13 --- J. F. Homovc, G. A. Conforto, P. A. Lafourcade, and L. A. Chelotti: Fold belt in the San Jorge Basin, Argentina: an example of tectonic inversion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:235-248, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.14 --- Iain K. Sinclair: Transpressional inversion due to episodic rotation of extensional stresses in Jeanne d’Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:249-271, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.15 --- Case Studies: Europe --- D. W. Thomas and M. P. Coward: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous inversion of the northern East Shetland Basin, northern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:275-306, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.16 --- Robert J. Hooper, Leng Siang Goh, and Fiona Dewey: The inversion history of the northeastern margin of the Broad Fourteens Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:307-317, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.17 --- Nigel R. Deeks and Stefan A. Thomas: Basin inversion in a strike-slip regime: the Tornquist Zone, Southern Baltic Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:319-338, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.18 --- Pascale Huyghe and Jean-Louis Mugnier: A comparison of inverted basins of the Southern North Sea and inverted structures of the external Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:339-353, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.19 --- Michal Nemčok, Rod Gayer, and Marios Miliorizos: Structural analysis of the inverted Bristol Channel Basin: implications for the geometry and timing of fracture porosity / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:355-392, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.20 --- Chris J. Dart, Ken McClay, and Peter N. Hollings: 3D analysis of inverted extensional fault systems, southern Bristol Channel basin, UK / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:393-413, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.21 --- R. M. G. Bond and K. R. McClay: Inversion of a Lower Cretaceous extensional basin, south central Pyrenees, Spain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:415-431, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.22 --- Joan Guimerà, Ángela Alonso, and José Ramón Mas: Inversion of an extensional-ramp basin by a newly formed thrust: the Cameros basin (N. Spain) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:433-453, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.23 --- Case Studies: Asia --- Joseph. J. Lambiase and William P. Bosworth: Structural development and stratigraphy of the Kyokpo Pull-Apart Basin, South Korea and tectonic implications for inverted extensional basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:457-471, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.24 --- M. A. Samuel, N. A. Harbury, M. E. Jones, and S. J. Matthews: Inversion-controlled uplift of an outer-arc ridge: Nias Island, offshore Sumatra / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:473-492, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.25 --- Guang Ming Wang, Mike P. Coward, Wenguang Yuan, Shenshu Liu, and Wenqiang Wang: Fold growth during basin inversion — example from the East China Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:493-522, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.26 --- Case Studies: Australasia --- Kevin C. Hill, Kathy A. Hill, Gareth T. Cooper, Andrea J. O’Sullivan, Paul B. O’Sullivan, and M. Jane Richardson: Inversion around the Bass Basin, SE Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:525-547, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.27 --- Daniel J. Bishop and Peter G. Buchanan: Development of structurally inverted basins: a case study from the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:549-585, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.28 --- Jonathan P. Turner and Steve G. Corbin: Tertiary uplift of a deep rift-sag basin, Cardigan Bay, offshore Wales, UK / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 88:587, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.088.01.29

Description / Table of Contents: Dan W. J. Bosence and Peter A. Allison: A review of marine palaeoenvironmental analysis from fossils / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:1-5, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.01 --- David J. Bottjer, Kathleen A. Campbell, Jennifer K. Schubert, and Mary L. Droser: Palaeoecological models, non-uniformitarianism, and tracking the changing ecology of the past / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:7-26, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.02 --- Richard M. Corfield: An introduction to the techniques, limitations and landmarks of carbonate oxygen isotope palaeothermometry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:27-42, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.03 --- J. W. De Leeuw, N. L. Frewin, P. F. Van Bergen, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté, and M. E. Collinson: Organic carbon as a palaeoenvironmental indicator in the marine realm / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:43-71, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.04 --- Jean-Claude Plaziat: Modern and fossil mangroves and mangals: their climatic and biogeographic variability / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:73-96, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.05 --- Peter A. Allison, Paul B. Wignall, and Carlton E. Brett: Palaeo-oxygenation: effects and recognition / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:97-112, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.06 --- M. D. Brasier: Fossil indicators of nutrient levels. 1: Eutrophication and climate change / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:113-132, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.07 --- M. D. Brasier: Fossil indicators of nutrient levels. 2: Evolution and extinction in relation to oligotrophy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:133-150, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.08 --- Roland Goldring: Organisms and the substrate: response and effect / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:151-180, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.09 --- Christine Perrin, Dan Bosence, and Brian Rosen: Quantitative approaches to palaeozonation and palaeobathymetry of corals and coralline algae in Cenozoic reefs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:181-229, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.10 --- Abigail M. Smith: Palaeoenvironmental interpretation using bryozoans: a review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:231-243, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.11 --- John W. Murray: Microfossil indicators of ocean water masses, circulation and climate / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 83:245-264, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.083.01.12

Description / Table of Contents: Peter Turner and Amanda Turner: Palaeomagnetic Applications in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:1-5, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.01 --- Magnetic Mineral Assemblages and Hydrocarbons --- Hans G. Machel: Magnetic mineral assemblages and magnetic contrasts in diagenetic environments — with implications for studies of palaeomagnetism, hydrocarbon migration and exploration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:9-29, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.02 --- Palaeomagnetic Properties of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs --- Hervé Perroud, Annick Chauvin, and Michel Rebelle: Hydrocarbon seepage dating through chemical remagnetization / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:33-41, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.03 --- P. Turner, S. D. Burley, D. Rey, and J. Prosser: Burial history of the Penrith Sandstone (Lower Permian) deduced from the combined study of fluid inclusion and palaeomagnetic data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:43-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.04 --- Stuart A. Hall and Ian Evans: Palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic properties of hydrocarbon reservoir rocks from the Permian Basin, southeastern New Mexico, USA / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:79-95, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.05 --- S. A. Johnson, P. Turner, A. Hartley, and D. Rey: Palaeomagnetic implications for the timing of hematite precipitation and remagnetization in the Carboniferous Barren Red Measures, UK southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:97-117, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.06 --- Mark W. Hounslow, Barbara A. Maher, and Laurence Thistlewood: Magnetic mineralogy of sandstones from the Lunde Formation (late Triassic), northern North Sea, UK: origin of the palaeomagnetic signal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:119-147, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.07 --- Claus Beyer: Results from a palaeomagnetic investigation of the Brent Group sediments in wells 34/10–16 and 34/10–17 showing evidence for complete remagnetization of the sediment / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:149-159, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.08 --- Magnetostratigraphic Applications --- Mark W. Hounslow, Barbara A. Maher, Laurence Thistlewood, and Kevin Dean: Magnetostratigraphic correlations in two cores from the late Triassic Lunde Formation, Beryl Field, northern North Sea, UK / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:163-172, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.09 --- Kifaya N. Belkaaloul, Djafar M. Aissaoui, Michel Rebelle, and Gerard Sambet: Magnetostratigraphic correlations of the Jurassic carbonates from the Paris Basin: implications for petroleum exploration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:173-186, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.10 --- Eirik Hauger and Paul Van Veen: Application of magnetostratigraphy to Brent Group reservoir zonation in the Visund Field / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:187-204, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.11 --- Gillian M. Turner and Ian D. Bryant: Application of a palaeomagnetic reversal stratigraphy to constrain well correlation and sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the Eocene C1 Sands, Maui Field, New Zealand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:205-221, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.12 --- R. Thompson and T. D. J. Cameron: Palaeomagnetic study of Cenozoic sediments in North Sea boreholes: an example of a magnetostratigraphic conundrum in a hydrocarbonproducing area / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:223-236, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.13 --- Core Orientation and Susceptibility Logging --- T. C. Rolph, J. Shaw, T. R. Harper, and J. T. Hagan: Viscous remanent magnetization: a tool for orientation of drill cores / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:239-243, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.14 --- E. A. Hailwood and F. Ding: Palaeomagnetic reorientation of cores and the magnetic fabric of hydrocarbon reservoir sands / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:245-258, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.15 --- Reidar Løvlie and Paul Van Veen: Magnetic susceptibility of a 180 m sediment core: reliability of incremental sampling and evidence for a relationship between susceptibility and gamma activity / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:259-266, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.16 --- H. Shi and D. H. Tarling: Magnetic field of a core barrel / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:267-272, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.17 --- D. H. Tarling and H. Shi: Magnetic anisotropy of borehole core samples / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:273-280, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.18 --- Structural Applications --- S. A. Stewart and K. C. Jackson: Palaeomagnetic analysis of fold closure growth and volumetrics / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 98:283-295, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.098.01.19

Description / Table of Contents: H. J. De Haan: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:1-4, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.01 --- Reservoir Characterization --- Alistair Jones, James Doyle, Torgrim Jacobsen, and Dagrun Kjønsvik: Which sub-seismic heterogeneities influence waterflood performance? A case study of a low net-to-gross fluvial reservoir / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:5-18, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.02 --- Michael J. King: Application and analysis of a new method for calculating tensor permeability / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:19-27, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.03 --- Dagrun Kjønsvik and Jostein Alvestad: An analytical method for calculating the performance of heterogeneous reservoirs and its use in uncertainty analysis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:29-41, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.04 --- J. A. Kokkedee and V. K. Boutkan: Towards measurement of capillary pressure and relative permeability at representative wettability / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:43-50, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.05 --- Lee E. Baker: Three-phase relative permeability of water-wet, intermediate-wet and oil-wet sandstone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:51-61, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.06 --- François Kalaydjian, Olga Vizika, Jean-Claude Moulu, and Per Kristian Munkerud: The role of wettability and spreading in gas injection processes under secondary conditions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:63-71, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.07 --- Daniel Longeron, François Kalaydjian, and Charles Bardon: Gas-oil capillary pressure measurements at reservoir conditions: effect of interfacial tension and connate water saturation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:73-80, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.08 --- K. J. Heffer and N. C. Koutsabeloulis: Stress effects on reservoir flow: — Numerical modelling used to reproduce field data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:81-88, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.09 --- Water and Gas Injection Methods --- Marianne Jørgensen and Erling H. Stenby: Modelling of vapour-liquid-liquid equilibria of CO2-crude oil mixtures / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:89-97, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.10 --- Mariann Dalland and Jan Erik Hanssen: Foam barriers for thin oil rims: gas blockage with hydrocarbon foams / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:99-109, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.11 --- Jan Erik Hanssen, Leonid M. Surguchev, Idar Svorstøl, and Tore Blaker: SAGA injection: a new combination IOR process for stratified reservoirs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:111-123, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.12 --- Randy Doyle Hazlett: Soluble gas injection for waterflood profile modification / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:125-131, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.13 --- M. J. King, M. J. Blunt, M. Mansfield, and M. A. Christie: Rapid evaluation of the impact of heterogeneity on miscible gas injection / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:133-142, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.14 --- Vilgeir Dalen, Rune Instefjord, and Reidar Kristensen: A WAG injection pilot in the Lower Brent Formation at the Gullfaks Field / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:143-152, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.15 --- Richard J. Hallam, Tuan D. Ma, and Eric W. Reinbold: Performance evaluation and optimization of the Kuparuk hydrocarbon miscible water-alternating-gas flood / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:153-164, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.16 --- T. C. Wilcox, M. W. Polzin, S. S. Kuo, and K. J. Humphrey: Prudhoe Bay: infill drilling in gravity dominated WAG floods / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:165-173, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.17 --- H. Niko and J. Ovens: Waterflooding under fracturing conditions: from theoretical modelling to field process / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:175-185, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.18 --- Oil Rim Development --- S. N. Zakirov, A. N. Shandrygin, and A. S. Romanov: A new approach to oil rim development / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:187-195, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.19 --- T. Madsen, O. Lie, and M. Velvin: Improving oil recovery from Oseberg Gamma North using horizontal wells / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:197-208, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.20 --- Chemical Recovery Methods --- Birgitte E. R. Schilling, Jan-Åge Stensen, and Pål-Eric Øren: Effects of pore-scale displacement mechanisms and small-scale heterogeneities on oil recovery by surfactant flooding / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:209-218, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.21 --- L. K. Altunina, A. A. Bokserman, V. A. Kuvshinov, and V. V. Polkovnikov: Inorganic gels for enhanced oil recovery at high temperature / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:219-223, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.22 --- B. Kalpakci, T. G. Arf, D. M. Grist, S. B. Hyde, O. Vikane, and S. Espedal: A preliminary evaluation of an LTPF process for Statfjord Field, Norway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:225-237, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.23 --- A. Putz, B. Pedron, and B. Bazin: Commercial polymer injection in the Courtenay Field, 1993 update / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:239-249, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.24 --- R. Kristensen, T. Lund, V. I. Titov, and N. I. Akimov: Laboratory evaluation and field tests of a silicate gel system intended for use under North Sea conditions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:251-259, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.25 --- Thermal Recovery Methods --- R. R. G. G. Godderij, F. Gümrah, C. T. S. Palmgren, and J. Bruining: An investigation of the vertical sweep efficiency of steam drive in a layered reservoir / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:261-273, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.26 --- D. M. Marjerrison and M. R. Fassihi: Morgan pressure cycling in-situ combustion project: performance and modelling / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 84:275-286, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.084.01.27

Description / Table of Contents: Exploration and Evaluation Techniques --- Stephen Flint, John Aitken, and Gary Hampson: Application of sequence stratigraphy to coal-bearing coastal plain successions: implications for the UK Coal Measures / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:1-16, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.01 --- Iain M. Fulton, Paul D. Guion, and Neil S. Jones: Application of sedimentology to the development and extraction of deep-mined coal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:17-43, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.02 --- Paul D. Guion, Iain M. Fulton, and Neil S. Jones: Sedimentary facies of the coal-bearing Westphalian A and B north of the Wales-Brabant High / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:45-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.03 --- Gary Hampson: Discrimination of regionally extensive coals in the Upper Carboniferous of the Pennine Basin, UK using high resolution sequence stratigraphic concepts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:79-97, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.04 --- Ian H. Harris: Newly developed techniques to determine proportions of undersized (friable) coal during prospective site investigations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:99-114, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.05 --- Neil S. Jones, Paul D. Guion, and Iain M. Fulton: Sedimentology and its applications within the UK opencast coal mining industry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:115-135, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.06 --- D. A. Spears and P. C. Lyons: An update on British Tonsteins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:137-146, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.07 --- X. Querol and S. Chenery: Determination of trace element affinities in coal by laser ablation microprobe-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:147-155, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.08 --- Geophysical Exploration --- N. R. Goulty: Review of borehole seismic methods developed for opencast coal exploration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:159-167, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.09 --- Resources, Environment and Energy Policies --- C. Koukouzas and N. Koukouzas: Coals of Greece: distribution, quality and reserves / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:171-180, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.10 --- John Merefield, Ian Stone, Philip Jarman, Geraint Rees, Jo Roberts, Jeff Jones, and Andrew Dean: Environmental dust analysis in opencast mining areas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:181-188, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.11 --- Jiří Pešek and Jarmila Pešková: Coal production and coal reserves of the Czech Republic and former Czechoslovakia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:189-194, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.12 --- Philip Wright: European Community energy policy: import dependency and the ineffectual consensus / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:195-203, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.13 --- Case Histories --- M. J. Allen: Exploration and exploitation of the East Pennine Coalfield / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:207-214, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.14 --- Roland Dreesen, Dominique Bossiroy, Michiel Dusar, Romeo M. Flores, and Paul Verkaeren: Overview of the influence of syn-sedimentary tectonics and palaeo-fluvial systems on coal seam and sand body characteristics in the Westphalian C strata, Campine Basin, Belgium / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:215-232, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.15 --- Rod Gayer, Tanya Hathaway, and John Davis: Structural geological factors in open pit coal mine design, with special reference to thrusting: case study from the Ffyndaff sites in the South Wales Coalfield / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:233-249, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.16 --- H. E. Baily, B. W. Glover, S. Holloway, and S. R. Young: Controls of coalbed methane prospectivity in Great Britain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:251-265, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.17 --- Stanislav Opluštil and Petr Vízdal: Pre-sedimentary palaeo-relief and compaction: controls on peat deposition and clastic sedimentation in the Radnice Member, Kladno Basin, Bohemia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:267-283, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.18 --- W. A. Read: Sequence stratigraphy and lithofacies geometry in an early Namurian coal-bearing succession in central Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:285-297, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.19 --- Otto Tomschey: Unusual enrichment of U, Mo and V in an Upper Cretaceous coal seam, Hungary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:299-305, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.20 --- M. K. G. Whateley and E. Tuncali: Origin and distribution of sulphur in the Neogene Beypazari Lignite Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 82:307-323, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.082.01.21

Description / Table of Contents: Rift Structure: Models and Observations --- C. K. Morley: Developments in the structural geology of rifts over the last decade and their impact on hydrocarbon exploration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:1-32, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.01 --- Nick J. Kusznir, Alan M. Roberts, and Chris K. Morley: Forward and reverse modelling of rift basin formation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:33-56, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.02 --- Gerald P. Roberts and Robert L. Gawthorpe: Strike variation in deformation and diagenesis along segmented normal faults: an example from the eastern Gulf of Corinth, Greece / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:57-74, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.03 --- William Bosworth: A high-strain rift model for the southern Gulf of Suez (Egypt) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:75-102, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.04 --- Nigel H. Platt: Structure and tectonics of the northern North Sea: new insights from deep penetration regional seismic data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:103-113, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.05 --- Stratigraphic Development and Reservoir Distribution --- J.J. Lambiase and W. Bosworth: Structural controls on sedimentation in continental rifts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:117-144, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.06 --- Neal W. Driscoll and John R. Hogg: Stratigraphic response to basin formation: Jeanne d’Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:145-163, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.07 --- Richard E. Ll. Collier and Rob L. Gawthorpe: Neotectonics, drainage and sedimentation in central Greece: insights into coastal reservoir geometries in syn-rift sequences / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:165-181, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.08 --- C. A. Scholz: Seismic stratigraphy of an accommodation-zone margin rift-lake delta, Lake Malawi, Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:183-195, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.09 --- R. D. A. Smith: Reservoir architecture of syn-rift lacustrine turbidite systems, early Cretaceous, offshore South Gabon / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:197-210, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.10 --- Source Rocks and Geochemistry --- Barry J. Katz: A survey of rift basin source rocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:213-240, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.11 --- Harold H. Williams, Martin Fowler, and Roger T. Eubank: Characteristics of selected Palaeogene and Cretaceous lacustrine source basins of Southeast Asia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:241-282, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.12 --- Case Studies: Productive and Non-Productive Rifts --- N. L. Banks, K. A. Bardwell, and S. Musiwa: Karoo Rift basins of the Luangwa Valley, Zambia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:285-295, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.13 --- Thomas Kreuser: Rift to drift evolution in Permian-Jurassic basins of East Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:297-315, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.14 --- Li Desheng: Hydrocarbon habitat in the Songliao Rift Basin, China / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:317-329, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.15 --- Harold H. Williams and Roger T. Eubank: Hydrocarbon habitat in the rift graben of the Central Sumatra Basin, Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 80:331-371, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.080.01.16

Description / Table of Contents: In a clear style, the atlas describes the origin and major characteristics of the different soil types that can be found in this environment. The atlas discusses the possible impacts of climate change on permafrost-affected soils and explains the critical role that they play in the global climate and global carbon cycles. 6. For the first time ever, the distribution of soil types for the entire northern circumpolar region can be visualised in a comprehensible manner by the lay-person. Information on the major soil types is presented in detail on twenty six map plates (the atlas has an A3 page size giving a dramatic A2 spread for maps). In a novel exercise, the World Reference Base for Soil Resources has been used as a framework for correlating knowledge from diverse national soil classification systems into a single, coherent, inter-continental product. The atlas illustrates the diversity of soil in the permafrost and seasonally frozen environments through a series of maps supported by explanatory and easily readable texts, high quality photographs and descriptive graphics. The atlas presents the reader with a series of maps that show the variation of soil properties in a circumpolar context and from a polar perspective, allowing comparisons to be made across international boundaries. In addition, larger scale maps show the distribution of major soil types by regions with descriptions of the major issues. The maps have been produced through the elaboration of harmonized soil databases for the northern circumpolar areas by Geographic Information Systems software (GIS).Through supporting texts, the atlas describes the major soil types found in northern latitudes, together with their principal properties and characteristics, the main soil forming processes, the importance of soil classification and the use of soil. Special attention is given to impact of cold climates on soil characteristics and on the relationship between climate change and soils properties (e.g. carbon dynamics, carbon sinks and sources, methane emission). In addition, the atlas illustrates how soil can be used as indicators of past climate change and present examples local and regional perspectives of the importance and functions of soil for society as a whole and particularly for indigenous northern cultures.

Description / Table of Contents: The 16th ICSMGE held at Osaka, Japan in 2005 responds to the needs of the engineering and construction community, promoting dialog and exchange between academia and practice in various aspects of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. This is reflected in the central theme of the conference "Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment". The proceedings of the conference are of great interest for geo-engineers and researchers in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Volume 1 contains 5 plenary session lectures, the Terzaghi Oration, Heritage Lecture, and 3 papers presented in the major project session. Volumes 2, 3, and 4 contain papers with the following topics: Soil mechanics in general; Infrastructure and mobility; Environmental issues of geotechnical engineering; Enhancing natural disaster reduction systems; Professional practice and education. Volume 5 contains the report of practitioner/academic forum, 20 general reports, a summary of the sessions and workshops held during the conference.

Description / Table of Contents: PREFACE Seismic imaging is the process through which seismograms recorded on the Earth's surface are mapped into representations of its interior properties. Imaging methods are nowadays applied to a broad range of seismic observations: from nearsurface environmental studies, to oil and gas exploration, even to long-period earthquake seismology. The characteristic length scales of the features imaged by these techniques range over many orders of magnitude. Yet there is a common body of physical theory and mathematical techniques which underlies all these methods. The focus of this book is the imaging of reflection seismic data from controlled sources. At the frequencies typical of such experiments, the Earth is, to a first approximation, a vertically stratified medium. These stratifications have resulted from the slow, constant deposition of sediments, sands, ash, and so on. Due to compaction, erosion, change of sea level, and many other factors, the geologic, and hence elastic, character of these layers varies with depth and age. One has only to look at an exposed sedimentary cross section to be impressed by the fact that these changes can occur over such short distances that the properties themselves are effectively discontinuous relative to the seismic wavelength. These layers can vary in thickness from less than a meter to many hundreds of meters. As a result, when the Earth's surface is excited with some source of seismic energy and the response recorded on seismometers, we will see a complicated zoo of elastic wave types: reflections from the discontinuities in material properties, multiple reflections within the layers, guided waves, interface waves which propagate along the boundary between two different layers, surface waves which are exponentially attenuated with depth, waves which are refracted by continuous changes in material properties, and others. The character of these seismic waves allows seismologists to make inferences about the nature of the subsurface geology. Because of tectonic and other dynamic forces at work in the Earth, this first-order view of the subsurface geology as a layer cake must often be modified to take into account bent and fractured strata. Extreme deformations can occur in processes such as mountain building. Under the influence of great heat and stress, some rocks exhibit a taffy-like consistency and can be bent into exotic shapes without breaking, while others become severely fractured. In marine environments, less dense salt can be overlain by more dense sediments; as the salt rises under its own buoyancy, it pushes the overburden out of the way, severely deforming originally flat layers. Further, even on the relatively localized scale of exploration seismology, there may be significant lateral variations in material properties. For example, if we look at the sediments carried downstream by a river, it isclear that lighter particles will be carried further, while bigger ones will be deposited first; flows near the center of the channel will be faster than the flow on the verge. This gives rise to significant variation is the density and porosity of a given sedimentary formation as a function of just how the sediments were deposited. Taking all these effects into account, seismic waves propagating in the Earth will be refracted, reflected and diffracted. In order to be able to image the Earth, to see through the complicated distorting lens that its heterogeneous subsurface presents to us, in other words, to be able to solve the inverse scattering problem, we need to be able to undo all of these wave propagation effects. In a nutshell, that is the goal of imaging: to transform a suite of seismograms recorded at the surface of the Earth into a depth section, i.e., a spatial image of some property of the Earth (usually wave speed or impedance). There are two main types of spatial variations of the Earth's properties. There are the smooth changes (smooth meaning possessing spatial wavelengths which are long compared to seismic wavelengths) associated with processes such as compaction. These gradual variations cause ray paths to be gently turned or refracted. On the other hand, there are the sharp changes (short spatial wavelength), mostly in the vertical direction, which we associate with changes in lithology and, to a lesser extent, fracturing. These short wavelength features give rise to the reflections and diffractions we see on seismic sections. If the Earth were only smoothly varying, with no discontinuities, then we would not see any events at all in exploration seismology because the distances between the sources and receivers are not often large enough for rays to turn upward and be recorded. This means that to first order, reflection seismology is sensitive primarily to the short spatial wavelength features in the velocity model. We usually assume that we know the smoothly varying part of the velocity model (somehow) and use an imaging algorithm to find the discontinuities. The earliest forms of imaging involved moving, literally migrating, events around seismic time sections by manual or mechanical means. Later, these manual migration methods were replaced by computer-oriented methods which took into account, to varying degrees, the physics of wave propagation and scattering. It is now apparent that all accurate imaging methods can be viewed essentially as linearized inversions of the wave equation, whether in terms of Fourier integral operators or direct gradient-based optimization of a waveform misfit function. The implicit caveat hanging on the word "essentially" in the last sentence is this: people in the exploration community who practice migration are usually not able to obtain or preserve the true amplitudes of the data. As a result, attempts to interpret subtle changes in reflector strength, as opposed to reflector position, usually run afoul of one or more approximations made in the sequence of processing steps that makes up a migration (trace equalization, gaining, deconvolution, etc.) On the other hand, if we had true amplitude data, that is, if the samples recorded on the seismogram really were proportional to the velocity of the piece of Earth to which the geophone were attached, then we could make quantitative statements about how spatial variations in reflector strength are related to changes in geological properties. The distinction here is the distinction between imaging reflectors, on the one hand, and doing a true inverse problem for the subsurface properties on the other. Until quite recently the exploration community was exclusively concerned with the former, and today the word "migration" almost always refers to the imaging problem. The more sophisticated view of imaging as an inverse problem is gradually making its way into the production software of oil and gas exploration companies, since careful treatment of amplitudes is often crucial in making decisions on subtle lithologic plays (amplitude versus offset or AVO) and in resolving the chaotic wave propagation effects of complex structures. When studying migration methods, the student is faced with a bewildering assortment of algorithms, based upon diverse physical approximations. What sort of velocity model can be used: constant wave speed v? v(x), v(x, z), v(x, y, z)? Gentle dips? Steep dips? Shall we attempt to use turning or refracted rays? Take into account mode converted arrivals? 2D (two dimensions)? 3D? Prestack? Poststack? If poststack, how does one effect one-way wave propagation, given that stacking attenuates multiple reflections? What domain shall we use? Time-space? Time-wave number? Frequency-space? Frequency-wave number? Do we want to image the entire dataset or just some part of it? Are we just trying to refine a crude velocity model or are we attempting to resolve an important feature with high resolution? It is possible to imagine imaging algorithms that would work under the most demanding of these assumptions, but they would be highly inefficient when one of the simpler physical models pertains. And since all of these situations arise at one time or another, it is necessary to look at a variety of migration algorithms in daily use. Given the hundreds of papers that have been published in the past 15 years, to do a reasonably comprehensive job of presenting all the different imaging algorithms would require a book many times the length of this one. This was not my goal in any case. I have tried to emphasize the fundamental physical and mathematical ideas of imaging rather than the details of particular applications. I hope that rather than appearing as a disparate bag of tricks, seismic imaging will be seen as a coherent body of knowledge, much as optics is...

Description / Table of Contents: PREFACE The ocean has always been reluctant to reveal its secrets. Its size and the inaccessibility of its deeper regions have made their safeguard a reasonably simple matter with the result that significant misconceptions persisted for many years. Two of the most widespread of these concerned the featureless nature of the sea floor and the silence of the deep ocean. Underwater acoustics has played a key role in discrediting both and in so doing introduced new and exciting developments in oceanography and geophysics. In the years following World War II, echosounders and subbottom profilers based on new active sonar technology, revealed the true nature of the seafloor topography and led to the major advances represented by plate tectonics. Research driven by the requirements of passive sonar, on the other hand, was to demonstrate that the sea was not silent but was characterised by a complex noise spectrum. Many individual mechanisms and sources ranging from man-made, biological and geophysical activity to the intrinsic noise of the sea itself were found to contribute to this spectrum. A major component, which is the subject of this book, was to remain unrecognised to underwater acoustics until noise measurements could be made effectively at very low frequencies, although its presence had been indicated by seismology long before these measurements were possible. By virtue of its geographical isolation in the Southern Ocean, New Zealand has provided an ideal environment for long-range propagation and ambient noise investigations and numerous studies have been reported. Our interest in the subject of this book was aroused initially in the course of one such experiment in 1966. For the first time it had been possible to extend the recording bandwidth to 1 Hz and the improved performance of this new system was anticipated eagerly. However the main purpose of the experiment was nearly aborted by the appearance of a new and unsuspected noise component at frequencies below 10 Hz. Due primarily to technical limitations in the equipment then available, a subsequent programme, designed to identify the properties and origin of the source more clearly, was not productive and was soon abandoned. An opportunity to revisit the problem arose some 10 years later, when the University of Auckland became involved in a major environmental study in support of the development of an offshore gas field in Cook Strait. The technology then available provided an opportunity to examine afresh the relationship between sea state and the seismo-acoustic response generated. An initial trim demonstrated the potential of the site. Accordingly a long-term programme, involving the parallel measurement of the oceanwave field and acoustic response, was undertaken in a series of student research theses. The data so gathered were of sufficiently high quality to ultimately establish wave-wave interactions as the source of the acoustic effects observed and to identify many of its characteristics. This result was soon to be confirmed by other studies. As the noise data accumulated, however, it became apparent that certain refinements to the theories describing the mechanism were required. Our attempts to provide these refinements have been reported in a number of contributions in recent years. The accounts of these and similar contributions by others have unfortunately appeared in the literature in a somewhat disjointed manner, with the result that the evolution of the subject has not been easy to follow. This book attempts to present a more coherent account of the subject and its development. Most of the early experimental and theoretical results from our group have arisen from two key Ph.D. theses, due to Dr. K.C. Ewans and Dr. C.Y. Wu. The painstaking and careful instrumentation development and data analysis provided by Dr. Ewans were critical to the definitive correlation which we were able to establish between wind field, seastate and the acoustic response so generated. Dr. Wu's thesis presented the first phase of our attempt at the resolution of certain key theoretical issues, which were identified in the course of the experimental programme. Both studies owe much to the support of Shell BP Todd Oil Services Ltd., acting for Maui Development Ltd., and to the University of Auckland. The support of the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. during a later experimental investigation of the Southern Ocean wave field is also acknowledged...

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 / THE NATURE OF TROPOCHEMICAL CELL-TWINNING / Progress of study of known examples of homologous series based on the TCT mechanism --- Chapter 1 / INTRODUCTION / pp. 1-9 --- Chapter 2 / HETEROVALENT VACANCY-COUPLED SUBSTITUTION / pp. 11-13 --- Chapter 3 / HOMOLOGOUS SERIES IN THE PbS - Bi2S3 SYSTEM AND EXTENDED LILLIANITE HOMOLOGOUS SERIES / pp. 15-57 --- Chapter 4 / HOMOLOGOUS SERIES IN THE MnS - Y2S3 SYSTEM / pp. 59-62 --- Chapter 5 / THE ENSTATITE-IV HOMOLOGOUS SERIES, Me~x/3Mg~2/3Si(x-4)/3Ox or Me~x/3Li~4/3 Si(x-4)/3Ox,WITH Me = Mg, Sc and x = 88, 100, 112 or 124 / pp. 63-111 --- Chapter 6 / HOMOLOGOUS SERIES OF OXYBORATES RELATED TO PINAKIOLITE, (Mg, Mn2+, Fe3+) 1.9Mn3+O2[BO3] / pp. 113-159 --- Part II / NEW EXAMPLES OF HOMOLOGOUS SERIES / Based on the TCT mechanism --- Chapter 7 / THE PLAGIONITE HOMOLOGOUS SERIES, Pb3+2xSb8S15+2x, with x = 0, 1, 2, or 3 / pp. 161-213 --- Chapter 8 / HIGH- TEMPERATURE HOMOLOGOUS SERIES OF LEAD SULFANTIMONITES, xPbS·Sb2S3, WITH x = 2 or 3 / pp. 215-226 --- SUMMARY AND COMMENTS / pp. 227-231 --- APPENDICES --- 1. Contracted twins / pp. 233-234 --- 2. Characterization of distorted coordination polyhedra / pp. 235-251 --- 3. A collection of papers concerning new structure data of the crystalline phases cited or related to those in the text / pp. 253-314

Description / Table of Contents: Mechanical properties and fluid transport in rocks are intimately linked as deformation of a solid rock matrix immediately affects the pore space and permeability. This may result in transient or permanent changes of pore pressures and effective pressures causing rock strength to vary in space and time. Fluid circulation and deformation processes in crustal rocks are coupled, producing significant complexity of mechanical and fluid transport behavior. This often poses severe technical and economic problems for reservoir and geotechnical engineering projects involved in oil and gas production, CO2 sequestration, mining and underground waste disposal. For example, the depletion of hydrocarbon and water reservoirs leading to compaction may have adverse effects on well production. Solution/precipitation processes modify porosity and affect permeability of aquifers and reservoir rocks. Fracture damage from underground excavation will critically influence the long-term stability and performance of waste storage. Part I of this topical volume covers mainly the nucleation and evolution of crack damage in rocks, new or modified techniques to measure rock fracture toughness and a discussion of upscaling techniques relating mechanical and fluid transport behaviour in rocks at different spatial scales. Part II, to be published later in 2006, will include studies investigating the coupling of rock deformation and fluid flow.

Description / Table of Contents: Reconstructing past climate and past ocean circulation demands the highest possible precision and accuracy which urges the scientific community to look at different sediment records such as the ones from coastal zones to deep-sea with a more complete set of technical and methodological tools. However, the information given by each tool varies in precision, accuracy and in significance according to their environmental settings. It is therefore essential to compare tools. With that in mind, and as part of the International year of Planet Earth, a workshop entitled `From deep-sea to coastal zones: Methods and Techniques for studying palaeoenvironments' took place in Faro (Portugal), from 25–29 February 2008 in order to: present several methods and techniques that can be used for studying sediments from deep-sea to coastal zones, namely for reconstructing palaeoenvironments in order to document past climatic changes and short to long-term environmental processes; allow cross experience between different fields and specialties, either from deep-sea to coastal zones or from micropaleontology to geochemistry; give the opportunity to students from different universities and countries to attend the workshop; publish a special volume on the presented methods and techniques during the workshop. The workshop was organized in four non-parallel sessions dealing with the use of micropaleontology, isotopes, biogeochemistry and sedimentology, as tools for palaeoenvironmental studies. The present IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science proceedings reflect this organization and papers are published in each theme. The papers are either short reviews or case studies and are highlighted below. The remains of microorganisms found in sediments are the main proxies used in micropaleontological studies. However, the link between fossilized remains and their living origin is not easy to reconstruct only based on the geologic/sedimentary record. Accordingly, Barbosa presents a review of the actual knowledge of living phytoplankton dynamics and the processes, or environmental conditions, which could contribute to the production of fossilized biogenic remains. In the next paper, de Vernal presents a review, based on several case studies, on how palynological fossils observed in sediments are used in tracing biogenic fluxes, characterizing sedimentary environments, or even reconstructing hydrographical conditions and productivity. The two other papers presented in the micropaleontological proxy section are case studies on the use of dinoflagellates (Rochon) and calcareous plankton remains (Guerreiro et al), respectively, to better understand their local or regional environmental living characteristics ant therefore their specific interpretation for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction at a regional scale. Isotopic proxies can be used either as provenance tracers or as chronometers of different processes. Once again, each study can provide a very specific framework of the proxies' use and it is very important to know and evaluate the limits of these tools in each environment and/or type of analyzed material. Accordingly, the two first articles deal with the study of organic carbon either by carbon and oxygen stable isotopes (Hélie) or by radiocarbon (Mollhenhauer and Rethemeyer) analysis. The two other articles in this section deal with the use of radioisotopes. Ghaleb reviews the methods for measuring short-lived radiosisotopes in sediments, giving examples of their use for estimating recent sedimentary accumulation rates; whereas Hillaire-Marcel reviews the potential use of U-series isotopes as radiochronometers in biogenic carbonates. Geochemistry groups more than one field of expertise. However, in the present section, inorganic geochemistry is not treated and both articles present work on a very specific, and at the same time very complex, compound of the organic matter realm: black carbon. As such, Veilleux et al present a density fractionation method for isolating the small quantities of soot-like and graphitic material usually found in natural samples, whereas González-Vila et al. illustrate the potential of the combined use of analytical pyrolysis and solid state 13C NMR to determine the presence of black carbon and to characterize the refractory organic matter in marine sediments from the Gulf of Cadiz (Spain). In the last section, two papers are presented and discuss sedimentological proxies. In their paper, using diffuse spectral reflectance data, Veiga-Pires and Mestre try to determine if `twinned cores' (or paired cores) can be used as duplicate records to increase the volume of sediments collected in the field, whereas Drago et al discuss the use of fish remains in sediments for the reconstruction of paleoproductivity. Each of the above papers benefited from the constructive comments of at least two reviewers and we wish to sincerely thank the reviewers for their timely evaluation. We also thank the participants, volunteers and organizers of the workshop for their implication, making this first workshop on Methods and Techniques for studying palaeoenvironments (METECH) a success. The workshop and this proceeding would not have been possible without the financial and logistical support of GEOTOP, CIMA, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FACC07/1/1315) and IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science...

Description / Table of Contents: The Beyond Kyoto conference in Aarhus March 2009 was organised in collaboration with other knowledge institutions, businesses and authorities. It brought together leading scientists, policy-makers, authorities, intergovernmental organisations, NGO's, business stakeholders and business organisations. The conference was a joint interdisciplinary project involving many academic areas and disciplines. These conference proceedings are organised in central and recurring themes that cut across many debates on climate change, the climatic challenges as well as the solutions. In the front there is a short presentation of the conference concept. Part I of the proceedings focuses on issues related to the society – covering climate policy, law, market based instruments, financial structure, behaviour and consumption, public participation, media communication and response from indigenous peoples etc. Part II of the proceedings concerns the scientific knowledge base on climate related issues – covering climate change processes per se, the potential impacts of projected climate change on biodiversity and adaptation possibilities, the interplay between climate, agriculture and biodiversity, emissions, agricultural systems, increasing pressure on the functioning of agriculture and natural areas, vulnerability to extreme weather events and risks in respect to sea-level rise etc...

Description / Table of Contents: This volume of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science presents a selection of papers that were given at the WMO/GEO Expert Meeting on an International Sand and Dust Storm Warning System hosted by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación in Barcelona (Spain) on 7-9 November 2007 (http://www.bsc.es/wmo). A sand and dust storm (SDS) is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions and arises when a gust front passes or when the wind force exceeds the threshold value where loose sand and dust are removed from the dry surface. After aeolian uptake, SDS reduce visibility to a few meters in and near source regions, and dust plumes are transported over distances as long as thousands of kilometres. Aeolian dust is unique among aerosol phenomena: (1) with the possible exception of sea-salt aerosol, it is globally the most abundant of all aerosol species, (2) it appears as the dominating component of atmospheric aerosol over large areas of the Earth, (3) it represents a serious hazard for life, health, property, environment and economy (occasionally reaching the grade of disaster or catastrophic event) and (4) its influence, impacts, complex interactions and feedbacks within the Earth System span a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. From a political and societal point of view, the concern for SDS and the need for international cooperation were reflected after a survey conducted in 2005 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in which more than forty WMO Member countries expressed their interest for creating or improving capacities for SDS warning advisory and assessment. In this context, recent major advances in research – including, for example, the development and implementation of advanced observing systems, the theoretical understanding of the mechanisms responsible for sand and dust storm generation and the development of global and regional dust models – represent the basis for developing applications focusing on societal benefit and risk reduction. However, at present there are interdisciplinary research challenges to overwhelm current uncertainties in order to reach full potential. Furthermore, the community of practice for SDS observations, forecasts and analyses is mainly scientifically based and rather disconnected from potential users. This requires the development of interfaces with operational communities at international and national levels, strongly focusing on the needs of people and factors at risk ... The general objective of the WMO/GEO Expert Meeting on an International Sand and Dust Storm Warning System was to discuss and recommend actions needed to develop a global routine SDS-WAS based on integrating numerical SDS prediction and observing systems, and on establishing effective cooperation between data producers and user communities in order to provide SDS-WAS products capable of contributing to the reduction of risks from SDS. The specific objectives were: to identify, present and suggest future real-time observations for forecast verification and dust surveillance: satellite, ground-based remote sensing (passive and active) and in-situ monitoring; to present ongoing forecasting activities; to discuss and identify user needs: health, air quality, air transport operations, ocean, and others; to identify and discuss dust research issues relevant for operational forecast applications; to present the concept of SDS-WAS and Regional Centers...

Description / Table of Contents: Mechanical properties and fluid transport in rocks are intimately linked as deformation of a solid rock matrix immediately affects the pore space and permeability. The coupling of fluid circulation and deformation processes in crustal rocks results in significant complexity of the mechanical and fluid transport behavior. This often poses severe technical and economic problems for reservoir and geotechnical engineering projects involved in oil and gas production, CO2 sequestration, mining and underground waste disposal. The volume results from the 5th Euroconference on Rock Physics and Geomechanics, which was held in Potsdam, Germany in September 2004. Part I of the topical volume mainly contains contributions investigating the nucleation and evolution of crack damage in rocks, new or modified techniques to measure rock fracture toughness and a discussion of upscaling techniques relating mechanical and fluid transport behavior in rocks at different spatial scales. Part II contains contributions discussing fluid flow and transport in rocks as observed on the laboratory scale and in boreholes. The evolution of rock damage pertinent to the stability of underground excavations is studied and scaling relations of elastic properties and seismic events are discussed.

Description / Table of Contents: Faults are primary focuses of both fluid migration and deformation in the upper crust. The recognition that faults are typically heterogeneous zones of deformed material, not simple discrete fractures, has fundamental implications for the way geoscientists predict fluid migration in fault zones, as well as leading to new concepts in understanding seismic/aseismic strain accommodation. This book captures current research into understanding the complexities of fault-zone internal structure, and their control on mechanical and fluid-flow properties of the upper crust. A wide variety of approaches are presented, from geological field studies and laboratory analyses of fault-zone and fault-rock properties to numerical fluid-flow modelling, and from seismological data analyses to coupled hydraulic and rheological modelling. The publication aims to illustrate the importance of understanding fault-zone complexity by integrating such diverse approaches, and its impact on the rheological and fluid-flow behaviour of fault zones in different contexts.

Description / Table of Contents: For the geoscientist, interest in sediment dynamics relates to the understanding of modern processes, together with their extrapolation to the interpretation of ancient deposits within the stratigraphic record. Over the years, various measurement techniques and scientific approaches have been applied to the determination of sediment transport pathways and the derivation of erosion, transport and deposition rates. Recently, a number of new techniques and approaches have been developed, associated with different temporal and spatial scales, and it is appropriate and timely to review a representative selection, by reference to recently undertaken coastal and shelf investigations. The various contributions in the volume cover, for example: optical and acoustic backscatter measurements; particle tracking; the use of mutibeam imagery; grain-size trend analysis; and analytic, numerical and conceptual modelling. Although no single method provides a complete solution to the problem posed, this overview will assist sedimentologists and sediment dynamicists in their selection of the most appropriate approaches, towards the establishment of ‘high confidence’ in the interpretation of sediment transport rates and directions.

Description / Table of Contents: This book is the first peer-reviewed collection of papers focusing on the potential of myth storylines to yield data and lessons that are of value to the geological sciences. Building on the nascent discipline of geomythology, scientists and scholars from a variety of disciplines have contributed to this volume. The geological hazards (such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and cosmic impacts) that have given rise to myths are considered, as are the sacred and cultural values associated with rocks, fossils, geological formations and landscapes. There are also discussions about the historical and literary perspectives of geomythology. Regional coverage includes Europe and the Mediterranean, Afghanistan, Cameroon, India, Australia, Japan, Pacific islands, South America and North America. Myth and Geology challenges the widespread notion that myths are fictitious or otherwise lacking in value for the physical sciences.

Description / Table of Contents: Fractured reservoirs contain a significant proportion of the global hydrocarbon reserves; however, they commonly exhibit unpredictable and extreme production behaviour. To develop such reservoirs it is necessary to obtain the best understanding possible of the fracture network and its impact on the fluid flow within the reservoir, using the full range of geoscience and engineering datasets available at all scales. This book presents an overview of current techniques and the latest technologies used to understand and exploit fractured reservoirs. The contributions are organized into sections on outcrop analogues, the application of geophysical techniques for fracture detection and imaging, numerical and analogue modelling and case studies from fields in the Middle East, Europe and North America. A number of the case studies also consider ways of assessing uncertainties in fracture geometry description and the implications for effective reservoir management.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: This book presents a collection of papers that combines marine and terrestrial geological investigations valuable to hazard assessment in rocky coastal areas, including examples mostly coming from the Italian coasts. The hazardous processes that are discussed include: large slope failures, cliff recession and floods of steep coastal streams. It is assumed that coastal slopes operate as transfer zones of land-born geological processes, which deliver sediment to the coastal and open sea at intermittent time intervals, and therefore place coastal communities that are exposed or vulnerable to these events at high risk. Rocky coastal areas can be associated with regions of active or recent tectonics/volcanic activity, or can develop as low-relief cliffs along non-active margins. In all these settings, mass-wasting phenomena represent the most serious hazardous processes, and there is a need to characterize and model the factors causing them. It is stressed that proper comprehension of coastal mass-wasting hazard has to include shipboard acoustic surveys, historical source investigations and onshore geological features.