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Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences
An Update of the 70s
Daniel F. Merriam(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 26. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 386 pages
978-1-4684-7734-4 (ISBN)
Description
In looking back at the 1970's, the decade may prove to be a crucial one in the development of quantitative geology. After quantification had lain fallow and essen- tially undeveloped for 120 years, introduction of the computer in the 1950's revived interest and fostered ad- vances in the subject. Developments continued through the 1960's at a rapid pace and the state-of-the-art was reported on in the proceedings of an international sym- posium held at the University of Kansas in June 1969 (Merriam, 1969). The proceedings of the Kansas meeting, published as the first contribution in this series on "Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences" was one of 8 collo- quia sponsored by the Kansas Geological Survey and the International Association for Mathematical Geology in the late 1960's. In a sense those international sympo- sia were continued in the 1970's at Syracuse University as a series of Geochautauquas sponsored by the Depart- ment of Geology at Syracuse University and the Interna- tional Association for Mathematical Geology. These pro- ceedings report the results of the 8th Geochautauqua held in Syracuse on 26-27 October 1979.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
14 s/w Abbildungen
XIV, 386 p. 14 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
688 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4684-7734-4 (9781468477344)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4684-7732-0
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Content
Systems Behavior and Geoscience Problem-Solving.- Developments at the Man-Machine Interface.- Computers as an Aid in Mineral-Resource Evaluation.- Quantitative Biostratigraphy, 1830-1980.- Computers in Geological Photointerpretation.- Looking Harder and Finding Less - Use of the Computer in Petroleum Exploration.- Use of Computers in Seismic Reflection Prospecting.- Regional Mineral and Fuel Resource Forecasting - a Major Challenge and Opportunity for Mathematical Geologists.- Computers in Oceanography (abstract).- Computer Applications in Exploration and Mining Geology: Ten Years of Progress.- Some Developments in Computer Applications in Petrology.- Stratigraphic Analysis: Decades of Revolution (1970-1979) and Refinement (1980-1989).- Computer Methods for Geochemical and Petrologic Mixing Problems.- Computer as a Research Tool in Paleontology.- The Computer in Paleoecology.- The Future of Information Systems in the Earth Sciences.- Trends in Computer Applications in Structural Geology: 1969-1979.- A Forecast for Use of Computers by Geologists in the Coming Decade of the 80s.