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This sourcebook to the prodigious literature on applications of computers and statistics to geology contains over 2000 references. The glossary provides succinct explanations of most statistical and mathematical terms. Computer topics include hardware, software, programming languages, databases, and communications graphics, CAO/CAM, CAI, GIS and expert systems. Statistical topics range from elementary properties of numbers through univariate, bivariate to multivariate methods. The brief notes on each method provide a general guide to what the technique does, and are illustrated with worked examples from a wide range of geological disciplines. Students and researchers will find the book useful in coping with the explosion of information which has taken place in geology, and to make the best possible use of computers in interpreting acquired data.
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Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences Edited by Somdev Bhattacharji, Gerald M. Friedman, Horst J. Neugebauer and Adolf Seilacher 18 N. M. S. Rock Numerical Geology A Source Guide, Glossary and Selective Bibliography to Geological Uses of Computers and Statistics Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg NewYork London Paris Tokyo Author Dr. Nicholas M.S. Rock Department of Geology, University of Western Austraha Nedlands, 6009, Western Austraha ISBN 3-540-50070-7 Sprmger-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg N e w York ISBN 0-387-50070-7 Sprmger-Verlag N e w York Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of ~}lustratlons, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in other ways, and storage in data banks Duplication of this publication or parts thereof ~sonly permitted under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its version of June 24, 1985, and a copyright fee must a[ways be paid Violations faJI under the prosecution act of the German Copyright Law. © Spnnger-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988 Printed in Germany Pnntmg and binding Druckhaus E]eltz, Hemsbach/Bergstr. 2132/3140-543210 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book was completed despite the best efforts of Malcolm (aged 6) and Duncan (aged 4). I would like to thank the University of Westem Australia (especially my colleagues in the Geology Department) for giving me the opportunity to write the work, and for all those on and off campus who contributed comments on its various stages. Permission to use Fig.3.2 (ERCC), Figs.4.1-4.2 (WARCC), Fig.4.4 0~SRI) and Table 3.3 (Gordon & Breach publishers) was much appreciated. Owners of various trade marks and trade names which are used frequently in this book are also acknowledged below. Other names annotated rM or ® in the text are trade names, trade marks or registered trade marks of various software and hardware suppliers, which are too numerous to be listed individually. Since desktop publishing technology is very new and may be unfamiliar to some readers, brief comments on how this book was produced may be of interest. The text was 'desktop published' entirely by the author on Macintosh microcomputers, using MacWrite for text, Superpaint for figures, Mac,~xtn for mathematical formulae and ANUGraph for curves of statistical functions. It was output on an Apple Laserwriter Plus laserprinter. The laserwriter output was then used as camera-ready copy for reduction to 80% in final printing by the publishers. The main text is in Times Roman font, and the literature citations in A v a n t G a r d e , while Helvetica is used for annotation on figures and Symbol font (~Ltl30~. (~OVX)for Greek letters. ANUGraph is a tradename of N.Smythe, M.Ward and the ANU. Apollo, Apple, CLIRS, Cray, Cyber, DIALOG, ICL, NAG, Oracle, PLATO, Prime, SAS, SPSS, Sun, & Systat are trade