Progress in geomathematics

Celebrating Frits Agterberga (TM)s half-century of publication activity in geomathematics, this volumea (TM)s 28 timely papers, written by his friends and colleagues, treat a variety of subjects of current interest, many of them also studied by Frits, including: spatial analysis in mineral resource...

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Other Authors: Bonham-Carter, Graeme,, Cheng, Qiuming,, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berlin ; London : Springer, ©2008.
Berlin ; London : [2008]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 553 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Role of Frederik Pieter Agterberg in the Development of Geomathematics
  • Another Look at the Chemical Relationships in the Dissolved Phase of Complex River Systems
  • A Critical Approach to Probability Laws in Geochemistry
  • Investigation of the Structure of Geological Process Through Multivariate Statistical Analysis8212;The Creation of a Coal
  • Master of the Obscure8212;Automated Geostatistical Classification in Presence of Complex Geophysical Processes
  • The Rapid Retreat of Jakobshavns Isbr230;, West Greenland: Field Observations of 2005 and Structural Analysis of its Evolution
  • Spatiotemporal Continuity of Sequential Rain Suggested by 3-D Variogram
  • Anisotropic Scaling Models of Rock Density and the Earths Surface Gravity Field
  • Non-linear Theory and Power-Law Models for Information Integration and Mineral Resources Quantitative Assessments
  • Mineral Potential Modelling for the Greater Nahanni Ecosystem Using GIS Based Analytical Methods
  • Map Scale Effects on Estimating the Number of Undiscovered Mineral Deposits
  • Are Fractal Dimensions of the Spatial Distribution of Mineral Deposits Meaningful?
  • African Neoproterozoic Mineral Deposits and Pan African Metallogenesis
  • On Blind Tests and Spatial Prediction Models
  • Strip Transect Sampling to Estimate Object Abundance in Homogeneous and Non-Homogeneous Poisson Fields: A Simulation Study of the Effects of Changing Transect Width and Number
  • Increasing Resolution in Exploration Biostratigraphy Part I
  • Increasing Resolution in Exploration Biostratigraphy Part II
  • RASC/CASC: Example of Creative Application of Statistics in Geology
  • Euclidean Distances and Singular Value Decomposition: Useful Tools for Geometric Morphometrics in Biology and Paleontology
  • A Note on Seasonal Variation in Radiolarian Abundance
  • Application of Markov Mean First-Passage Time Statistics to Sedimentary Successions: A Pennsylvanian Case-Study from the Illinois Basin
  • The Beta Distribution for Categorical Variables at Different Support
  • Enhancement of Seafloor Maps for Mecklenburg Bay, Baltic Sea, Using Proxy Variables
  • Statistical Analysis of Physiographic and Structural Directional Data in the U.S. Midcontinent (Kansas)
  • Cross-Wavelet Analysis: A Tool for Detection of Relationships Between Paleoclimate Proxy Records
  • On Correlational Properties for Volcanic Earthquakes Associated with Asamayama (Japan), 19832005
  • Crosscorrelation of Sea Levels
  • Diversion of Flooding Rivers to Residual Mining Open Pits
  • A Christmas Parking Lot Problem.