ALBERT

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: This volume contains 18 papers from 8 countries dealing with different aspects of triggered and induced seismicity. In situ observations of the phenomenon include examples of seismicity due to reservoirs, hard-rock mines, coal mines, mine collapses, brine production caverns, fluid injections, and geothermal hot-dry-rock projects. High-frequency acoustic emission studies from laboratory experiments and hard-rock mines have also been reported. Besides providing case studies of previously unavailable observations of seismicity, the present volume contains investigations of the causes and source mechanism of seismic events, determination of source parameters, seismic hazard as related to the design of support systems for underground openings and procedures for closure of brine production caverns, and the use of seismic and non-destructive techniques in assessing rock damage, measuring dynamic elastic moduli and detecting discontinuities. This collection of papers provides an excellent indication of the state of the art, recent developments and outstanding challenges facing scientists and engineers in understanding the causes and alleviating the effects of induced seismicity.

Description / Table of Contents: The perturbation of the earth by mankind causes earthquakes in a variety of situations. This phenomenon continues to be a major concern to engineers and scientists concerned with the mitigation of the consequences of this seismicity, as well as better understanding the processes at its origin. The present volume contains twelve papers from six countries, dealing with observations of triggered and induced seismicity in four continents. The reported cases include seismicity due to hard-rock mines, coal mines, underground research facilities for nuclear waste disposal, water injections, reservoirs, acquifers and oil fields. This volume provides case studies of previously unavailable observations of this phenomenon, investigations of the cause and source mechanism of seismic events, studies of source location distributions, determinations of seismic source parameters, cases of the use of such parameters in assessing rockburst hazard in mines, and measurements of velocity an attenuation properties of rock masses. The present collection of papers provides an excellent indication of the current state of the art and new developments in this area of research.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume contains twenty-five research papers on seismicity patterns, their interpretation and their possible relevance to learning how to predict earthquakes. The interpretation of seismicity patterns has become somewhat controversial. Some researchers present case histories suggesting that earthquakes may be predicted by increased seismic moment release or seismic quiescence and, in general, by understanding the processes of self-organized criticality. Others deny these hypotheses. Although the problem of recognizing foreshocks in real time remains unsolved, new properties of microearthquakes as a function of time are coming to light. Computer modeling of seismicity also is advancing in sophistication and relevance. Surprisingly, b-values seem to hold substantial information about varying local conditions of earthquake generation.

Description / Table of Contents: Induced seismic events are of high scientific and economic significance. They are the result of human activities interacting with regional and local tectonics, changing the local crustal stress state by mining, extraction of rock masses, injection of fluids into the rock massif, and by changing the surface loading and pore pressure state near large reservoirs. Within Europe the study of induced seismic events has a long tradition and international scientific organizations have actively stimulated the co-operation in this field. During its General Assembly in September 1994, the European Seismological Society organized the symposium "Induced Seismic Events". The focus of this symposium was concentrated on induced events in central and eastern Europe, as well as in the former Soviet Union. The major contributions to the symposium, and also some Chinese, Canadian, and South African results are presented here. Case studies as well as data analyses and methodological studies are included. Seismologists and specialists working in the field of geohazard prevention will find much information in this volume that is pertinent to their work.

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: Nick Cameron, Ray Bate, Val Clure, and Jeremy Benton: Oil and gas habitats of the South Atlantic: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:1-9, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.01 --- The Geological and Geophysical Framework --- Garry D. Karner and Neal W. Driscoll: Tectonic and stratigraphic development of the West African and eastern Brazilian Margins: insights from quantitative basin modelling / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:11-40, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.02 --- Kerry Gallagher and Roderick Brown: The Mesozoic denudation history of the Atlantic margins of southern Africa and southeast Brazil and the relationship to offshore sedimentation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:41-53, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.03 --- Renato M. Darros de Matos: History of the northeast Brazilian rift system: kinematic implications for the break-up between Brazil and West Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:55-73, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.04 --- Bruce R. Rosendahl and Henrike Groschel-Becker: Deep seismic structure of the continental margin in the Gulf of Guinea: a summary report / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:75-83, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.05 --- R. Crossley and D. Cripps: Templates from mainland Africa and the Red Sea for interpreting the early evolution of the South Atlantic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:85-96, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.06 --- Oil and Gas Habitats --- P. Dolan: Western Africa: an unfinished story of oil and gas exploration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:97-99, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.07 --- M. P. Coward, E. G. Purdy, A. C. Ries, and D. G. Smith: The distribution of petroleum reserves in basins of the South Atlantic margins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:101-131, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.08 --- Ian Davison: Tectonics and hydrocarbon distribution along the Brazilian South Atlantic margin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:133-151, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.09 --- Eric H. A. Jungslager: Petroleum habitats of the Atlantic margin of South Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:153-168, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.10 --- Organic Geochemistry --- C. F. Schiefelbein, J. E. Zumberge, N. R. Cameron, and S. W. Brown: Petroleum systems in the South Atlantic margins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:169-179, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.11 --- R. Burwood: Angola: source rock control for Lower Congo Coastal and Kwanza Basin petroleum systems / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:181-194, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.12 --- Applications --- Ann Holbourn, Wolfgang Kuhnt, Abderrazzak El Albani, Thomas Pletsch, Florian Luderer, and Thomas Wagner: Upper Cretaceous palaeoenvironments and benthonic foraminiferal assemblages of potential source rocks from the western African margin, Central Atlantic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:195-222, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.13 --- A. El Albani, W. Kuhnt, F. Luderer, J. P. Herbin, and M. Caron: Palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Late Cretaceous sequence in the Tarfaya Basin (southwest of Morocco) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:223-240, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.14 --- Thomas Wagner and Thomas Pletsch: Tectono-sedimentary controls on Cretaceous black shale deposition along the opening Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (ODP Leg 159) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:241-265, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.15 --- R. C. Preece, M. A. Kaminski, and T. W. Dignes: Miocene benthonic foraminiferal morphogroups in an oxygen minimum zone, offshore Cabinda / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:267-282, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.16 --- Raymond H. Bate: Non-marine ostracod assemblages of the Pre-Salt rift basins of West Africa and their role in sequence stratigraphy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:283-292, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.17 --- R. V. Dingle: Walvis Ridge barrier: its influence on palaeoenvironments and source rock generation deduced from ostracod distributions in the early South Atlantic Ocean / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:293-302, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.18 --- Exploration Studies and Issues --- Jonathan P. Turner: Detachment faulting and petroleum prospectivity in the Rio Muni Basin, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:303-320, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.19 --- Joanne Bagguley and Sarah Prosser: The interpretation of passive margin depositional processes using seismic stratigraphy: examples from offshore Namibia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:321-344, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.20 --- I. G. Stanistreet and H. Stollhofen: Onshore equivalents of the main Kudu gas reservoir in Namibia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:345-365, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.21 --- Dougal A. Jerram, Nigel Mountney, and Harald Stollhofen: Facies architecture of the Etjo Sandstone Formation and its interaction with the Basal Etendeka Flood Basalts of northwest Namibia: implications for offshore prospectivity / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:367-380, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.22 --- J. Clemson, J. Cartwright, and R. Swart: The Namib Rift: a rift system of possible Karoo age, offshore Namibia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:381-402, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.23 --- P. F. Barker: Falkland Plateau evolution and a mobile southernmost South America / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:403-408, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.24 --- S. R. Lawrence, M. Johnson, S. R. Tubb, and S. J. Marshallsea: Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the North Falkland region / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:409-424, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.25 --- P. J. E. Bransden, P. Burges, M. J. Durham, and J. G. Hall: Evidence for multi-phase rifting in the North Falklands Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:425-443, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.26 --- Neil S. Meadows: Basin evolution and sedimentary fill in the Palaeozoic sequences of the Falkland Islands / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 153:445-464, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.27

Description / Table of Contents: R. W. Jones and M. D. Simmons: Preface and Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:1-3, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.01 --- S. N. J. Payne, D. F. Ewen, and M. J. Bowman: The role and value of ‘high-impact biostratigraphy’ in reservoir appraisal and development / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:5-22, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.02 --- S. Duxbury, D. Kadolsky, and S. Johansen: Sequence stratigraphic subdivision of the Humber Group in the Outer Moray Firth area (UKCS, North Sea) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:23-54, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.03 --- P. H. Morris, S. N. J. Payne, and D. P. J. Richards: Micropalaeontological biostratigraphy of the Magnus Sandstone Member (Kimmeridgian-Early Volgian), Magnus Field, UK North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:55-73, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.04 --- D. J. Shipp: Well-site biostratigraphy of Danish horizontal wells / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:75-84, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.05 --- J. A. Bergen and P. J. Sikora: Microfossil diachronism in southern Norwegian North Sea chalks: Valhall and Hod fields / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:85-111, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.06 --- P. J. Sikora, J. A. Bergen, and C. L. Farmer: Chalk palaeoenvironments and depositional model, Valhall-Hod fields, southern Norwegian North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:113-137, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.07 --- M. D. Bidgood, A. G. Mitlehner, G. D. Jones, and D. J. Jutson: Towards a stable and agreed nomenclature for North Sea Tertiary diatom floras — the ‘Coscinodiscus’ problem / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:139-153, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.08 --- N. A. Holmes: The Andrew Formation and ‘biosteering’ — different reservoirs, different approaches / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:155-166, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.09 --- G. Mangerud, T. Dreyer, L. Søyseth, O. Martinsen, and A. Ryseth: High-resolution biostratigraphy and sequence development of the Palaeocene succession, Grane Field, Norway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:167-184, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.10 --- R. W. Jones: Forties Field (North Sea) revisited: a demonstration of the value of historical micropalaeontological data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:185-200, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.11 --- D. McLean and S. J. Davies: Constraints on the application of palynology to the correlation of Euramerican Late Carboniferous clastic hydrocarbon reservoirs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:201-218, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.12 --- M. D. Simmons, M. D. Bidgood, P. Brenac, P. D. Crevello, J. J. Lambiase, and C. K. Morley: Microfossil assemblages as proxies for precise palaeoenvironmental determination — an example from Miocene sediments of northwest Borneo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:219-241, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.13 --- R. W. Jones, N. E. Jones, A. D. King, and D. Shaw: Reservoir biostratigraphy of the Pedernales Field, Venezuela / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:243-257, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.14 --- J. M. Armentrout, L. B. Fearn, K. Rodgers, S. Root, W. D. Lyle, D. C. Herrick, R. B. Bloch, J. W. Snedden, and B. Nwankwo: High-resolution sequence biostratigraphy of a lowstand prograding deltaic wedge: Oso Field (late Miocene), Nigeria / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:259-290, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.15 --- C. J. Van Der Zwan and W. A. Brugman: Biosignals from the EA Field, Nigeria / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:291-301, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.16 --- B. J. O’Neill, A. E. DuVernay, and R. A. George: Applied palaeontology: a critical stratigraphic tool in Gulf of Mexico exploration and exploitation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 152:303-308, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.17

Description / Table of Contents: Duncan S. Macgregor: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:1-6, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.01 --- Palaeozoic and Sub-Salt Regional Papers --- David R. D. Boote, Daniel D. Clark-Lowes, and Marc W. Traut: Palaeozoic petroleum systems of North Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:7-68, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.02 --- Marc W. Traut, David R. D. Boote, and Daniel D. Clark-Lowes: Exploration history of the Palaeozoic petroleum systems of North Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:69-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.03 --- Duncan S. Macgregor: Giant fields, petroleum systems and exploration maturity of Algeria / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:79-96, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.04 --- B. Fekirine and H. Abdallah: Palaeozoic lithofacies correlatives and sequence stratigraphy of the Saharan Platform, Algeria / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:97-108, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.05 --- K. Echikh: Geology and hydrocarbon occurrences in the Ghadames Basin, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:109-129, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.06 --- Paul Logan and Ian Duddy: An investigation of the thermal history of the Ahnet and Reggane Basins, Central Algeria, and the consequences for hydrocarbon generation and accumulation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:131-155, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.07 --- Palaeozoic Reservoirs and Fields --- Rob Crossley and Neil McDougall: Lower Palaeozoic reservoirs of North Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:157-166, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.08 --- Mohamed Robert Djarnia and Berrached Fekirine: Sedimentological and diagenetic controls on Cambro-Ordovician reservoir quality in the southern Hassi Messaoud area (Saharan Platform, Algeria) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:167-174, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.09 --- N. Alem, S. Assassi, S. Benhebouche, and B. Kadi: Controls on hydrocarbon occurrence and productivity in the F6 reservoir, Tin Fouyé-Tabankort area, NW Illizi Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:175-186, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.10 --- Rabah Chaouchi, M. S. Malla, and F. Kechou: Sedimentological evolution of the Givetian-Eifelian (F3) sand bar of the West Alrar field, Illizi Basin, Algeria / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:187-200, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.11 --- Mesozoic-Cenozoic Regional Papers --- Duncan S. Macgregor and Richard T. J. Moody: Mesozoic and Cenozoic petroleum systems of North Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:201-216, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.12 --- R. Guiraud: Mesozoic rifting and basin inversion along the northern African Tethyan margin: an overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:217-229, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.13 --- M. Wilson, R. Guiraud, C. Moreau, and Y. J.-C. Bellion: Late Permian to Recent magmatic activity on the African-Arabian margin of Tethys / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:231-263, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.14 --- M. L. Keeley and M. S. Massoud: Tectonic controls on the petroleum geology of NE Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:265-281, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.15 --- Al Moundir Morabet, Rabah Bouchta, and Haddou Jabour: An overview of the petroleum systems of Morocco / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:283-296, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.16 --- Moesozoic Reservoirs and Fields --- S. M. Richardson, N. Vivian, R. J. Cook, M. Wilkes, and H. Hussein: Application of fault seal analysis techniques in the Western Desert, Egypt / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:297-315, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.17 --- Rutger Gras and Bindra Thusu: Trap architecture of the Early Cretaceous Sarir Sandstone in the eastern Sirt Basin, Libya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:317-334, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.18 --- D. Spring and O. P. Hansen: The influence of platform morphology and sea level on the development of a carbonate sequence: the Harash Formation, Eastern Sirt Basin, Libya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:335-353, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.19 --- R. G. Loucks, R. T. J. Moody, J. K. Bellis, and A. A. Brown: Regional depositional setting and pore network systems of the El Garia Formation (Metlaoui Group, Lower Eocene), offshore Tunisia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:355-374, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.20 --- A. Zaïer, A. Beji-Sassi, S. Sassi, and R. T. J. Moody: Basin evolution and deposition during the Early Paleogene in Tunisia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:375-393, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.21 --- The Atlas Fold Belt --- R. Bracène, A. Bellahcène, D. Bekkouche, E. Mercier, and D. Frizon de Lamotte: The thin-skinned style of the South Atlas Front in Central Algeria / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:395-404, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.22 --- Mark A. Morgan, John Grocott, and Richard T. J. Moody: The structural evolution of the Zaghouan-Ressas Structural Belt, northern Tunisia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:405-422, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.23 --- Karim Mekireche, Nordine Sabaou, and Reda-Samy Zazoun: Critical factors in the exploration of an Atlas intramontane basin; the Western Hodna Basin of northern Algeria / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 132:423-432, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.24