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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: Measurement, Scaling and Calibration --- C. S. Bristow and B. J. Williamson: Spectral gamma ray logs: core to log calibration, facies analysis and correlation problems in the Southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:1-7, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.01 --- P. W. M. Corbett, J. L. Jensen, and K. S. Sorbie: A review of up-scaling and cross-scaling issues in core and log data interpretation and prediction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:9-16, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.02 --- A. R. Duncan, G. Dean, and D. A. L. Collie: Quantitative density measurements from X-ray radiometry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:17-24, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.03 --- P. K. Harvey, T. S. Brewer, M. A. Lovell, and S. A. Kerr: The estimation of modal mineralogy: a problem of accuracy in core-log calibration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:25-38, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.04 --- M. A. Lovell, P. K. Harvey, P. D. Jackson, T. S. Brewer, G. Williamson, and C. G. Williams: Interpretation of core and log data—integration or calibration? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:39-51, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.05 --- M. H. Ramsey, P. J. Watkins, and M. S. Sams: Estimation of measurement uncertainty for in situ borehole determinations using a geochemical logging tool / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:53-63, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.06 --- Physical and Chemical Properties --- Z. M. Ahmadi and A. L. Coe: Methods for simulating natural gamma ray and density wireline logs from measurements on outcrop exposures and samples: examples from the Upper Jurassic, England / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:65-80, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.07 --- M. M. Herron and S. L. Herron: Quantitative lithology: open and cased hole application derived from integrated core chemistry and mineralogy database / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:81-95, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.08 --- A. Kingdon, S. F. Rogers, C. J. Evans, and N. R. Brereton: The comparison of core and geophysical log measurements obtained in the Nirex investigation of the Sellafield region / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:97-113, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.9 --- C. Lauer-Leredde, P. A. Pezard, F. Touron, and I. Dekeyser: Forward modelling of the physical properties of oceanic sediments: constraints from core and logs, with palaeoclimatic implications / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:115-127, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.10 --- G. Wadge, D. Benaouda, G. Ferrier, R. B. Whitmarsh, R. G. Rothwell, and C. Macleod: Lithological classification within ODP holes using neural networks trained from integrated core-log data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:129-140, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.11 --- Petrophysical Relationships --- A. C. Bastos, L. D. Dillon, G. F. Vasquez, and J. A. Soares: Core-derived acoustic, porosity & permeability correlations for computation pseudo-logs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:141-146, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.12 --- P. S. Denicol and X. D. Jing: Effects of water salinity, saturation and clay content on the complex resistivity of sandstone samples / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:147-157, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.13 --- J. R. Samworth: Complementary functions reveal data hidden in your logs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:159-171, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.14 --- A. Shakeel and M. S. King: Acoustic wave anisotropy in sandstones with systems of aligned cracks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:173-183, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.15 --- B. Widarsono, J. R. Marsden, and M. S. King: In situ stress prediction using differential strain analysis and ultrasonic shear-wave splitting / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:185-195, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.16 --- R. H. Worden: Dolomite cement distribution in a sandstone from core and wireline data: the Triassic fluvial Chaunoy Formation, Paris Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:197-211, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.17 --- P. F. Worthington: Conjunctive interpretation of core and log data through association of the effective and total porosity models / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:213-223, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.18 --- S. Xu and R. White: Permeability prediction in anisotropic shaly formations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:225-236, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.19 --- Integration of Core and Borehole Images --- T. M. Goodall, N. K. Møller, and T. M. Rønningsland: The integration of electrical image logs with core data for improved sedimentological interpretation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:237-248, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.20 --- D. Haller and F. Porturas: How to characterize fractures in reservoirs using borehole and core images: case studies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:249-259, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.21 --- P. D. Jackson, P. K. Harvey, M. A. Lovell, D. A. Gunn, C. G. Williams, and R. C. Flint: Measurement scale and formation heterogeneity: effects on the integration of resistivity data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:261-272, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.22 --- J C. Lofts and J. F. Bristow: Aspects of core-log integration: an approach using high resolution images / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:273-283, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.23 --- C. O. Major, C. Pirmez, and D. Goldberg: High-resolution core-log integration techniques: examples from the Ocean Drilling Program / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:285-295, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.24 --- Applications and Case Studies --- M. Ayadi, P. A. Pezard, C. Laverne, and G. Bronner: Multi-scalar structure at DSDP/ODP Site 504, Costa Rica Rift, I: stratigraphy of eruptive products and accretion processes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:297-310, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.25 --- M. Ayadi, P. A. Pezard, G. Bronner, P. Tartarotti, and C. Laverne: Multi-scalar structure at DSDP/ODP Site 504, Costa Rica Rift, III: faulting and fluid circulation. Constraints from integration of FMS images, geophysical logs and core data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:311-326, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.26 --- S. A. Barclay and R. H. Worden: Quartz cement volumes across oil-water contacts in oil fields from petrography and wireline logs: preliminary results from the Magnus Field, Northern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:327-339, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.27 --- T. S. Brewer, P. K. Harvey, M. A. Lovell, S. Haggas, G. Williamson, and P. Pezard: Ocean floor volcanism: constraints from the integration of core and downhole logging measurements / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:341-362, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.28 --- C. J. Bücker, H. Delius, and J. Wohlenberg: Physical signature of basaltic volcanics drilled on the northeast Atlantic volcanic rifted margins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:363-374, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.29 --- C. A. Gonçalves and L. Ewert: Development of the Cote D’Ivoire-Ghana transform margin: evidence from the integration of core and wireline log data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:375-389, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.30 --- P. Tartarotti, M. Ayadi, P. A. Pezard, C. Laverne, and F. D. De Larouziere: Multi-scalar structure at DSDP/ODP Site 504, Costa Rica Rift, II: fracturing and alteration. An integrated study from core, downhole measurements and borehole wall images / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 136:391-412, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.136.01.31

Description / Table of Contents: Robert Hall, D. J. Blundell, and Robert Hall: Tectonic evolution of SE Asia: introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:vii-xiii, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.01 --- Part 1: Present-day Tectonics --- Robert McCaffrey: Slip partitioning at convergent plate boundaries of SE Asia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:3-18, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.02 --- Jacques André Malod and Badrul Mustafa Kemal: The Sumatra margin: oblique subduction and lateral displacement of the accretionary prism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:19-28, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.03 --- Claude Rangin, Daharta Dahrin, Ray Quebral, and The Modec Scientific Party: Collision and strike-slip faulting in the northern Molucca Sea (Philippines and Indonesia): preliminary results of a morphotectonic study / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:29-46, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.04 --- A. N. Richardson, D. J. Blundell, and A. N. Richardson: Continental collision in the Banda arc / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:47-60, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.05 --- David B. Snyder, John Milsom, and Hardi Prasetyo: Geophysical evidence for local indentor tectonics in the Banda arc east of Timor / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:61-73, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.06 --- B. D. Hughes, K. Baxter, R. A. Clark, and D. B. Snyder: Detailed processing of seismic reflection data from the frontal part of the Timor trough accretionary wedge, eastern Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:75-83, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.07 --- John Milsom, Steve Kaye, and Sardjono: Extension, collision and curvature in the eastern Banda arc / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:85-94, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.08 --- Part 2: Tectonic Development of Southeast Asia --- I. Metcalfe: Pre-Cretaceous evolution of SE Asian terranes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:97-122, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.09 --- Gordon Packham: Cenozoic SE Asia: reconstructing its aggregation and reorganization / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:123-152, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.10 --- Robert Hall: Reconstructing Cenozoic SE Asia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:153-184, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.11 --- T. O. Simandjuntak and A. J. Barber: Contrasting tectonic styles in the Neogene orogenic belts of Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:185-201, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.12 --- Bryan Richter and Michael Fuller: Palaeomagnetism of the Sibumasu and Indochina blocks: implications for the extrusion tectonic model / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:203-224, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.13 --- Robert B. Stokes, Paul F. Lovatt Smith, and Ko Soumphonphakdy: Timing of the Shan-Thai-Indochina collision: new evidence from the Pak Lay Foldbelt of the Lao PDR / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:225-232, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.14 --- Paul F. Lovatt Smith, Robert B. Stokes, Charlie Bristow, and Andrew Carter: Mid-Cretaceous inversion in the Northern Khorat Plateau of Lao PDR and Thailand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:233-247, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.15 --- Charles S. Hutchison: The ‘Rajang accretionary prism’ and ‘Lupar Line’ problem of Borneo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:247-261, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.16 --- Shariff A. K. Omang and A. J. Barber: Origin and tectonic significance of the metamorphic rocks associated with the Darvel Bay Ophiolite, Sabah, Malaysia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:263-279, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.17 --- Khalid Ngah, Mazlan Madon, and H. D. Tjia: Role of pre-Tertiary fractures in formation and development of the Malay and Penyu basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:281-289, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.18 --- H. D. Tjia and K. K. Liew: Changes in tectonic stress field in northern Sunda Shelf basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:291-306, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.19 --- Ben Clennell: Far-field and gravity tectonics in Miocene basins of Sabah, Malaysia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:307-320, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.20 --- W. J. McCourt, M. J. Crow, E. J. Cobbing, and T. C. Amin: Mesozoic and Cenozoic plutonic evolution of SE Asia: evidence from Sumatra, Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:321-335, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.21 --- M. A. Samuel and N. A. Harbury: The Mentawai fault zone and deformation of the Sumatran Forearc in the Nias area / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:337-351, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.22 --- Koji Wakita, Jan Sopaheluwakan, Kazuhiro Miyazaki, Iskandar Zulkarnain, and Munasri: Tectonic evolution of the Bantimala Complex, South Sulawesi, Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:353-364, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.23 --- Moyra E. J. Wilson and Dan W. J. Bosence: The Tertiary evolution of South Sulawesi: a record in redeposited carbonates of the Tonasa Limestone Formation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:365-389, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.24 --- Steven C. Bergman, Dana Q. Coffield, James P. Talbot, and Richard A. Garrard: Tertiary Tectonic and magmatic evolution of western Sulawesi and the Makassar Strait, Indonesia: evidence for a Miocene continent-continent collision / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:391-429, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.25 --- Jason R. Ali, John Milsom, Edward M. Finch, and Bundan Mubroto: SE Sundaland accretion: palaeomagnetic evidence of large Plio-Pleistocene thin-skin rotations in Buton / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:431-443, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.26 --- P Z. Vroon, M. J. Van Bergen, and E. J. Forde: Pb and Nd isotope constraints on the provenance of tectonically dispersed continental fragments in east Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:445-453, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.27 --- Kees Linthout, Henk Helmers, Jan R. Wijbrans, and Jan Diederik A. M. Van Wees: 40Ar/39Ar constraints on obduction of the Seram ultramafic complex: consequences for the evolution of the southern Banda Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:455-464, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.28 --- Tim R. Charlton: Correlation of the Salawati and Tomori Basins, eastern Indonesia: a constraint on left-lateral displacements of the Sorong fault zone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:465-481, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.29 --- Jeffrey F. A. Malaihollo and Robert Hall: The geology and tectonic evolution of the Bacan region, east Indonesia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:483-497, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.30 --- Simon Baker and Jeffrey Malaihollo: Dating of Neogene igneous rocks in the Halmahera region: arc initiation and development / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:499-509, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.31 --- M. Pubellier, R. Quebral, M. Aurelio, and C. Rangin: Docking and post-docking escape tectonics in the southern Philippines / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:511-523, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.32 --- P. V. Crowhurst, K. C. Hill, D. A. Foster, and A. P. Bennett: Thermochronological and geochemical constraints on the tectonic evolution of northern Papua New Guinea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:525-537, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.33 --- Helmut Wopfner: Gondwana origin of the Baoshan and Tengchong terranes of west Yunnan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:539-547, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.34 --- Zuyi Zhou, Qiuyuan Lao, Huanjiang Chen, Sijiang Ding, and Zhongting Liao: Early Mesozoic orogeny in Fujian, southeast China / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 106:549-556, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.106.01.35

Description / Table of Contents: Maarten J. De Wit and Andrew Hynes: The onset of interaction between the hydrosphere and oceanic crust, and the origin of the first continental lithosphere / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:1-9, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.01 --- Kenneth A. Eriksson: Crustal growth, surface processes, and atmospheric evolution on the early Earth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:11-25, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.02 --- E. G. Nisbet: Archaean ecology: a review of evidence for the early development of bacterial biomes, and speculations on the development of a global-scale biosphere / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:27-51, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.03 --- R. M. Shackleton: Tectonic evolution of greenstone belts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:53-65, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.04 --- P. Choukroune, H. Bouhallier, and N. T. Arndt: Soft lithosphere during periods of Archaean crustal growth or crustal reworking / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:67-86, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.05 --- Peter J. Treloar and Tom G. Blenkinsop: Archaean deformation patterns in Zimbabwe: true indicators of Tibetan-style crustal extrusion or not? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:87-107, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.06 --- James F. Wilson, Robert W. Nesbitt, and C. Mark Fanning: Zircon geochronology of Archaean felsic sequences in the Zimbabwe craton: a revision of greenstone stratigraphy and a model for crustal growth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:109-126, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.07 --- Alec F. Trendall: Paradigms for the Pilbara / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:127-142, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.08 --- John S. Myers: The generation and assembly of an Archaean supercontinent: evidence from the Yilgarn craton, Western Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:143-154, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.09 --- D. I. Groves, J. R. Ridley, E. M. J. Bloem, M. Gebre-Mariam, S. G. Hagemann, J. M. A. Hronsky, J. T. Knight, N. J. McNaughton, J. Ojala, R. M. Vielreicher, T. C. McCuaig, and P. W. Holyland: Lode-gold deposits of the Yilgarn block: products of Late Archaean crustal-scale overpressured hydrothermal systems / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:155-172, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.10 --- R. J. Herrington: Late Archaean structure and gold mineralization in the Kadoma region of the Midlands greenstone belt, Zimbabwe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:173-191, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.11 --- David Bridgwater, Flemming Mengel, Brian Fryer, Paul Wagner, and Søren Claudius Hansen: Early Proterozoic mafic dykes in the North Atlantic and Baltic cratons: field setting and chemistry of distinctive dyke swarms / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:193-210, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.12 --- R. G. Park: Palaeoproterozoic Laurentia-Baltica relationships: a view from the Lewisian / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:211-224, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.13 --- Timothy James Wynn: Deformation in the mid to lower continental crust: analogues from Proterozoic shear zones in NW Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:225-241, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.14 --- Mike P. Coward, Richard M. Spencer, and Camille E. Spencer: Development of the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:243-269, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.15 --- R. H. Graham: Asian analogues for Precambrian tectonics? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:271-289, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.16

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: 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: A workshop on Induced Seismicity was organized during the 27th General Assembly of the International Association of Seismology and Physics of Earth's Interior (IASPEI) in Wellington, New Zealand during January 10-21, 1994. This volume presents a collection of 16 papers accepted for publication which accrued from this workshop. The first three papers address mining activity related to induced seismicity. The fourth paper deals with water injection induced seismic activity, while the remaining 12 papers treat several aspects of water reservoir induced earthquakes. Globally, the Koyna dam creating Shivajisagar Lake in Maharashtra, India, continues to be the most significant site of reservoir-induced earthquakes. With the increase in the number of cases of induced seismicity, there is a growing concern among planners, engineers, geophysicists and geologists to understand the environment conducive to this phenomenon. While the changes in pore-fluid pressure have been identified as the key factor in inducing earthquakes, the phenomenon itself is still poorly understood. This reality thus makes the study of the induced seismicity very important and this volume timely.

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: Uwe Ring, Mark T. Brandon, Sean D. Willett, and Gordon S. Lister: Exhumation processes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:1-27, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.01 --- Subduction-Related Accretionary Wedges (B-type Subduction) --- Richard L. Sedlock: Evaluation of exhumation mechanisms for coherent blueschists in western Baja California, Mexico / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:29-54, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.02 --- Uwe Ring and Mark T. Brandon: Ductile deformation and mass loss in the Franciscan Subduction Complex: implications for exhumation processes in accretionary wedges / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:55-86, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.03 --- Stuart N. Thomson, Bernhard Stöckhert, and Manfred R. Brix: Miocene high-pressure metamorphic rocks of Crete, Greece: rapid exhumation by buoyant escape / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:87-107, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.04 --- T. J. Rawling and G. S. Lister: Oscillating modes of orogeny in the Southwest Pacific and the tectonic evolution of New Caledonia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:109-127, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.05 --- R. P. Wintsch, T. Byrne, and M. Toriumi: Exhumation of the Sanbagawa blueschist belt, SW Japan, by lateral flow and extrusion: evidence from structural kinematics and retrograde P-T-t paths / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:129-155, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.06 --- Collisional Belts and Intra-Continental Convergence (A-type Subduction) --- Fritz Schlunegger and Sean Willett: Spatial and temporal variations in exhumation of the central Swiss Alps and implications for exhumation mechanisms / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:157-179, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.07 --- Olivier Vanderhaeghe, Jean-Pierre Burg, and Christian Teyssier: Exhumation of migmatites in two collapsed orogens: Canadian Cordillera and French Variscides / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:181-204, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.08 --- Andrew T. Calvert, Phillip B. Gans, and Jeffrey M. Amato: Diapiric ascent and cooling of a sillimanite gneiss dome revealed by 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology: the Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:205-232, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.09 --- Allen F. Glazner: Exposure of deep, dense rocks: interplay between erosion and sinking / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:233-239, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.10 --- J. McL. Miller, R. T. Gregory, D. R. Gray, and D. A. Foster: Geological and geochronological constraints on the exhumation of a high-pressure metamorphic terrane, Oman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:241-260, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.11 --- Geoffrey E. Batt, Barry P. Kohn, Jean Braun, Ian McDougall, and Trevor R. Ireland: New insight into the dynamic development of the Southern Alps, New Zealand, from detailed thermochronological investigation of the Mataketake Range pegmatites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:261-282, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.12 --- John I. Garver, Mark T. Brandon, Mary Roden-Tice, and Peter J. J. Kamp: Exhumation history of orogenic highlands determined by detrital fission-track thermochronology / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:283-304, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.13 --- Lithospheric Extension: Divergent Plate Motions (Rifting) --- M. A. Forster and G. S. Lister: Detachment faults in the Aegean core complex of Ios, Cyclades, Greece / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:305-323, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.14 --- Laurel B. Goodwin: Controls on pseudotachylyte formation during tectonic exhumation in the South Mountains metamorphic core complex, Arizona / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:325-342, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.15 --- David A. Foster and Barbara E. John: Quantifying tectonic exhumation in an extensional orogen with thermochronology: examples from the southern Basin and Range Province / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 154:343-364, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.16

Description / Table of Contents: D. W. Waples: Basin modelling: how well have we done? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:1-14, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.01 --- M. R. Giles, S. L. Indrelid, and D. M. D. James: Compaction — the great unknown in basin modelling / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:15-43, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.02 --- A. Okui, R. M. Siebert, and H. Matsubayashi: Simulation of oil expulsion by 1-D and 2-D basin modelling — saturation threshold and relative permeabilities of source rocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:45-72, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.03 --- D. W. Waples and G. D. Couples: Some thoughts on porosity reduction — rock mechanics, overpressure and fluid flow / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:73-81, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.04 --- T. Tokunaga, S. Hosoya, H. Tosaka, K. Kojima, and S. Hosoya: An estimation of the intrinsic permeability of argillaceous rocks and the effects on long-term fluid migration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:83-94, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.05 --- D. Darby, R. S. Haszeldine, and G. D. Couples: Central North Sea overpressures: insights into fluid flow from one- and two-dimensional basin modelling / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:95-107, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.06 --- T. Throndsen and M. Wangen: A comparison between 1-D, 2-D and 3-D basin simulations of compaction, water flow and temperature evolution / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:109-116, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.07 --- G. Archard, J. Stafford, K. Bardwell, M. Bagge, J. Stafford, and K. Bardwell: A review of techniques used to determine geological and thermal history in the Southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:117-136, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.08 --- R. Schegg and W. Leu: Analysis of erosion events and palaeogeothermal gradients in the North Alpine Foreland Basin of Switzerland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:137-155, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.09 --- J. A. Hegre, J. L. Pittion, J. P. Herbin, and N. V. Lopatin: Geochemical modelling in an organic-rich source rock: the Bazhenov Formation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:157-167, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.10 --- W. A. Symington, K. E. Green, J. Huang, R. J. Pottorf, and L. L. Summa: A multidisciplinary approach to modelling secondary migration: a Central North Sea example / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:169-185, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.11 --- T. T. Y. Ho, R. P. Jensen, S. K. Sahai, R. H. Leadholm, and O. Senneseth: Comparative studies of pre- and post-drilling modelled thermal conductivity and maturity data with post-drilling results: implications for basin modelling and hydrocarbon exploration / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:187-208, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.12 --- R. O. Thomsen: Aspects of applied basin modelling: sensitivity analysis and scientific risk / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:209-221, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.13 --- K. Gallagher and D. W. Morrow: A novel approach for constraining heat flow histories in sedimentary basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 141:223-239, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.14