Recent Advances in Geomathematics - An International Symposium (eBook)

D.F. Merriam (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
245 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-9719-4 (ISBN)

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Recent Advances in Geomathematics - An International Symposium

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Recent Advances in Geomathematics: An International Symposium 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Dedication 6
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 10
PREFACE 12
CHAPTER 1. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITIONAL DATA OF BIOCLASTIC CARBONATE SEDIMENTS FROM LADY MUSGRAVE REEF, GREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA 14
ABSTRACT 14
INTRODUCTION 14
LADY MUSGRAVE REEF 15
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS 19
CONCLUSIONS 29
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 31
REFERENCES 31
CHAPTER 2. ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF SEABED SEDIMENTS BY CLUSTER ANALYSIS 34
ABSTRACT 34
INTRODUCTION 34
GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING 35
THE SURVEY 37
ANALYSIS 38
CONCLUSIONS 45
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 45
REFERENCES 45
CHAPTER 3. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS IN CHARACTERIZATION OF LIMESTONE UNITS BASED ON MINOR- AND TRACE-ELEMENT CONTENTS 48
ABSTRACT 48
INTRODUCTION 49
MATERIAL AND ANALYSIS 49
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS 50
PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS 58
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS 60
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 60
REFERENCES 61
CHAPTER 4. INFLUENCE ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF PENNSYLVANIAN LIMESTONES IN KANSAS 64
ABSTRACT 64
INTRODUCTION 65
THE DATA SET 65
R-MODE ANALYSIS 66
Q-MODE ANALYSIS 69
RESULTS 71
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 72
REFERENCES 73
CHAPTER 5. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ALLOMETRY USING MORPHOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS 74
ABSTRACT 74
INTRODUCTION 74
ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS 76
AN EXAMPLE 80
SUMMARY 89
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 90
REFERENCES 90
CHAPTER 6. FORMALIZED STRATIGRAPHY: BASIC CONCEPTS AND ADVANTAGES 94
ABSTRACT 94
INTRODUCTION 94
SOME PROBLEMS IN TRADITIONAL STRATIGRAPHY 94
POSSIBILITY TO FOREGO DIFFICULTIES BY FORMALIZED STRATIGRAPHY 95
BASIC CONCEPTS OF FORMALIZED STRATIGRAPHY 95
FORMALIZED TYPE OF PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 99
REFERENCES 99
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE 100
CHAPTER 7. DISTANCE DEPENDENCE OF STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION: A MONTE-CARLO STUDY 102
ABSTRACT 102
INTRODUCTION 102
DEFINITION OF MEASURES FOR THE ACCURACY OF CORRELATION 103
OTHER MEASURES SUGGESTED 105
THE MONTE-CARLO METHOD 106
CORRELATION OF DMITRI SIMULATED SECTIONS 108
CORRELATION OF SECTIONS SIMULATED BY HARBAUGH'S PROGRAM 110
MEASUREMENTS ON NATURAL SECTIONS 112
PLIOCENE LIGNITE SERIES OF NE HUNGARY 113
FLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF THE DANUBE 114
CONCLUSIONS 115
REFERENCES 116
CHAPTER 8. NEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF POLARITY REVERSALS 120
ABSTRACT 120
INTRODUCTION 120
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 121
GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE 127
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 129
REFERENCES 129
CHAPTER 9. INTERACTIVE CARTOGRAPHY AT THE ECU –REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY A LA MODE 130
ABSTRACT 130
INTRODUCTION 130
ECU PROCESSES 132
INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS IN THE ECU 138
CONCLUSIONS 142
REFERENCES 142
APPENDIX A 143
CHAPTER 10. THREE - DIMENSIONAL INTERPOLATION 148
ABSTRACT 148
INTRODUCTION 148
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 149
TESTING 153
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT 153
CONCLUSIONS 167
REFERENCE 167
CHAPTER 11. COMPUTERIZED MODELING FOR SHAPE ANALYSIS IN GEOLOGY 170
ABSTRACT 170
INTRODUCTION 170
COMPUTERIZED MODELING 171
CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME MODELING TECHNIQUES 171
MANIPULATIONS OF THE COMPUTERIZED MODEL 173
SUMMARY 181
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 182
REFERENCES 182
CHAPTER 12. ANALYSIS OF RELATIONAL DATA FROM METAMORPHIC TECTONITES: DERIVATION OF DEFORMATION SEQUENCES FROM OVERPRINTING RELATIONS 184
ABSTRACT 184
INTRODUCTION 185
TEXTURAL RELATIONS 186
STRUCTURAL EVENTS 188
CONSEQUENCES OF THE DESCRIPTIVE METHOD 191
DEFORMATION PHASES 191
MACKINTOSH AREA 193
CONCLUSIONS 209
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 210
REFERENCES 210
CHAPTER 13. A COMPUTER SIMULATION APPROACH TO TEXTURAL INTERPRETATION IN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS 214
ABSTRACT 214
INTRODUCTION 214
OUTLINE OF THE SIMULATION MODEL 216
STEREOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE MODEL 220
PARTIAL PREFERRED ORIENTATION OF PARTICLES 222
SUMMARY 242
ACKNOWLE DGMENTS 242
REFERENCES 242
INDEX 246

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-9719-5 / 1483297195
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-9719-4 / 9781483297194