Active faults of the world / / Robert Yeats [[electronic resource]]
| Active faults of the world / / Robert Yeats [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Yeats Robert S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 621 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.8/72 |
| Soggetto topico | Faults (Geology) |
| ISBN |
1-139-36526-6
1-107-22299-0 6613633224 1-280-64717-5 9786613633224 1-139-37773-6 1-139-03564-9 1-139-37487-7 1-139-37630-6 1-139-37088-X 1-139-37916-X |
| Classificazione | SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Methods and background; 2. Introduction to North America: the Pacific-North America plate boundary; 3. San Andreas System and basin and range; 4. Caribbean Plate and Middle America subduction zone; 5. South America; 6. Africa, Arabia, and Western Europe; 7. Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and the Middle East; 8. India, the Himalaya, Mainland China, and Central Asia; 9. Japan and the Western Pacific; 10. Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands; References; Index. |
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Yeats Robert S.
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Lithosphere : an interdisciplinary approach / / Irina M. Artemieva [[electronic resource]]
| Lithosphere : an interdisciplinary approach / / Irina M. Artemieva [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Artemʹeva I. M (Irina Mikhaĭlovna), <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 773 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lithosphere
Geodynamics |
| ISBN |
1-108-44846-1
1-139-17952-7 1-107-22566-3 1-283-38387-X 1-139-18916-6 9786613383877 1-139-18788-0 1-139-19047-4 1-139-18325-7 1-139-18557-8 0-511-97541-4 |
| Classificazione | SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | What is the lithosphere? -- Age of the lithosphere -- Seismic structure of the lithosphere -- Thermal regime of the lithosphere from heat flow data -- Thermal state of the lithosphere from non-thermal data -- CBL and lithospheric density from petrologic and geophysical data -- Electrical structure of the lithosphere -- Flexure and rheology -- Evolution of the lithosphere -- Summary of lithospheric properties. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781861703321 |
Artemʹeva I. M (Irina Mikhaĭlovna), <1961->
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Lithosphere : an interdisciplinary approach / / Irina M. Artemieva [[electronic resource]]
| Lithosphere : an interdisciplinary approach / / Irina M. Artemieva [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Artemʹeva I. M (Irina Mikhaĭlovna), <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 773 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lithosphere
Geodynamics |
| ISBN |
1-108-44846-1
1-139-17952-7 1-107-22566-3 1-283-38387-X 1-139-18916-6 9786613383877 1-139-18788-0 1-139-19047-4 1-139-18325-7 1-139-18557-8 0-511-97541-4 |
| Classificazione | SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | What is the lithosphere? -- Age of the lithosphere -- Seismic structure of the lithosphere -- Thermal regime of the lithosphere from heat flow data -- Thermal state of the lithosphere from non-thermal data -- CBL and lithospheric density from petrologic and geophysical data -- Electrical structure of the lithosphere -- Flexure and rheology -- Evolution of the lithosphere -- Summary of lithospheric properties. |
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Artemʹeva I. M (Irina Mikhaĭlovna), <1961->
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Mantle convection for geologists / / Geoffrey F. Davies [[electronic resource]]
| Mantle convection for geologists / / Geoffrey F. Davies [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Davies Geoffrey F (Geoffrey Frederick) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.1/16 |
| Soggetto topico |
Plate tectonics
Plumes (Fluid dynamics) Heat - Convection |
| ISBN |
1-107-21502-1
0-511-99422-2 9786613050168 1-283-05016-1 0-511-99304-8 0-511-98922-9 0-511-98744-7 0-511-97341-1 0-511-99101-0 |
| Classificazione | SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Context -- 3. Why moving plates? -- 4. Solid, yielding mantle -- 5. Convection -- 6. The plate mode of convection -- 7. The plume mode of convection -- 8. Perspective -- 9. Evolution and tectonics -- 10. Mantle chemical evolution -- 11. Assimilating mantle convection into geology -- Appendix A. Exponential growth and decay -- Appendix B. Thermal evolution details -- Appendix C. Chemical evolution details. |
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Davies Geoffrey F (Geoffrey Frederick)
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Mantle convection for geologists / / Geoffrey F. Davies [[electronic resource]]
| Mantle convection for geologists / / Geoffrey F. Davies [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Davies Geoffrey F (Geoffrey Frederick) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.1/16 |
| Soggetto topico |
Plate tectonics
Plumes (Fluid dynamics) Heat - Convection |
| ISBN |
1-107-21502-1
0-511-99422-2 9786613050168 1-283-05016-1 0-511-99304-8 0-511-98922-9 0-511-98744-7 0-511-97341-1 0-511-99101-0 |
| Classificazione | SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Context -- 3. Why moving plates? -- 4. Solid, yielding mantle -- 5. Convection -- 6. The plate mode of convection -- 7. The plume mode of convection -- 8. Perspective -- 9. Evolution and tectonics -- 10. Mantle chemical evolution -- 11. Assimilating mantle convection into geology -- Appendix A. Exponential growth and decay -- Appendix B. Thermal evolution details -- Appendix C. Chemical evolution details. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828421303321 |
Davies Geoffrey F (Geoffrey Frederick)
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Modern Spatiotemporal Geostatistics
| Modern Spatiotemporal Geostatistics |
| Autore | Christakos George |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newburyport, : Dover Publications, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (593 p.) |
| Disciplina | 550.72/7 |
| Collana | Dover Earth Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Earth sciences - Statistical methods
Maximum entropy method Bayesian statistical decision theory Geology Earth & Environmental Sciences Geology - General |
| ISBN |
9781523132010
1523132019 9780486310930 0486310930 9781680150940 1680150944 |
| Classificazione | SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Mapping Fundamentals; The Epistemic Status of Modern Spatiotemporal Geostatistics: It Pays to Theorize!; Why Modern Geostatistics?; Indetermination thesis; Spatiotemporal geometry; Sources of physical knowledge; The non-Procrustean spirit; Bayesian Maximum Entropy Space/Time Analysis and Mapping; BME features; The Integration Capability of Modern Spatiotemporal Geostatistics; The "Knowledge-Map" Approach; Scientific content; 1. Spatiotemporal Mapping in Natural Sciences; A More Realistic Concept
The Spatiotemporal Continuum IdeaThe Coordinate System; Euclidean coordinate systems; Non-Euclidean coordinate systems; Metrical Structure; Separate metrical structures; Composite metrical structures; Some comments on physical spatiotemporal geometry; The Field Idea; Restrictions on spatiotemporal geometry imposed by field measurements and natural media; Restrictions on spatiotemporal geometry imposed by physical laws; The Complementarity Idea; Putting Things Together: The Spatiotemporal Random Field Concept; Correlation analysis and spatiotemporal geometry Permissibility criteria and spatiotemporal geometryEffect of spatiotemporal geometry on mapping; Some Final Thoughts; 2. Spatiotemporal Geometry; From the General to the Specific; The General Knowledge Base; A mathematical formulation of the general knowledge base; General knowledge in terms of statistical moments; General knowledge in terms of physical laws; Some other forms of general knowledge; The Specificatory Knowledge Base; Specificatory knowledge in terms of hard data; Specificatory knowledge in terms of soft data; Summa Theologica; 3. Physical Knowledge Acquisition and Processing of Physical KnowledgeEpistemic Geostatistics and the BME Analysis; Prior stage; Meta-prior stage; Integration or posterior stage; Conditional Probability of a Spatiotemporal Map and its Relation to the Probability of Conditionals; Material and strict map conditionals; Other map conditionals; The BME Net; 4. The Epistemic Paradigm; A Pragmatic Framework of the Mapping Problem; The Prior Stage; Map information measures in light of general knowledge; General knowledge-based map pdf General knowledge in the form of random field statistics (including multiple-point statistics)General knowledge in the form of physical laws; Possible modifications and generalizations of the prior stage; The Meta-Prior Stage; The Integration or Posterior Stage; The Structure of the Modern Spatiotemporal Geostatistics Paradigm; The Two Legs on Which the BME Equations Stand; 5. Mathematical Formulation of the BME Method; Specificatory Knowledge and Single-Point Mapping; Posterior Operators for Interval and Probabilistic Soft Data; Posterior Operators for Other Forms of Soft Data; Discussion 6. Analytical Expressions of the Posterior Operator |
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Christakos George
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Multiple-point geostatistics : stochastic modeling with training images / / Gregoire Mariethoz and Jef Caers
| Multiple-point geostatistics : stochastic modeling with training images / / Gregoire Mariethoz and Jef Caers |
| Autore | Mariethoz Gregoire |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.01/5195 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geology - Statistical methods
Geological modeling |
| ISBN |
1-118-66293-8
1-118-66295-4 1-118-66294-6 |
| Classificazione | SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Multiple-point geostatistics; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Concepts; 1 Hiking in the Sierra Nevada; 1.1 An imaginary outdoor adventure company: Buena Sierra; 1.2 What lies ahead; 2 Spatial estimation based on random function theory; 2.1 Assumptions of stationarity; 2.2 Assumption of stationarity in spatial problems; 2.3 The kriging solution; 2.3.1 Unbiasedness condition; 2.3.2 Minimizing squared loss; 2.4 Estimating covariances; 2.5 Semivariogram modeling; 2.6 Using a limited neighborhood; 2.7 Universal kriging; 2.8 Semivariogram modeling for universal kriging
2.9 Simple trend example case2.10 Nonstationary covariances; 2.11 Assessment; References; 3 Universal kriging with training images; 3.1 Choosing for random function theory or not?; 3.2 Formulation of universal kriging with training images; 3.2.1 Zero error-sum condition; 3.2.2 Minimum sum of square error condition; 3.3 Positive definiteness of the sop matrix; 3.4 Simple kriging with training images; 3.5 Creating a map of estimates; 3.6 Effect of the size of the training image; 3.7 Effect of the nature of the training image; 3.8 Training images for nonstationary modeling 3.9 Spatial estimation with nonstationary training images3.10 Summary of methodological differences; References; 4 Stochastic simulations based on random function theory; 4.1 The goal of stochastic simulations; 4.2 Stochastic simulation: Gaussian theory; 4.3 The sequential Gaussian simulation algorithm; 4.4 Properties of multi-Gaussian realizations; 4.5 Beyond Gaussian or beyond covariance?; References; 5 Stochastic simulation without random function theory; 5.1 Direct sampling; 5.1.1 Relying on information theory; 5.1.2 Application of direct sampling to Walker Lake 5.2 The extended normal equation5.2.1 Formulation; 5.2.2 The RAM solution; 5.2.3 Single normal equations simulation for Walker Lake; 5.2.4 The problem of conditioning; 5.3 Simulation by texture synthesis; 5.3.1 Computer graphics; 5.3.2 Image quilting; References; 6 Returning to the Sierra Nevada; Reference; Part II Methods; 1 Introduction; 2 The algorithmic building blocks; 2.1 Grid and pointset representations; 2.2 Multivariate grids; 2.3 Neighborhoods; 2.4 Storage and restitution of data events; 2.4.1 Raw storage of training image; 2.4.2 Cross-correlation based convolution 2.4.3 Partial convolution2.4.4 Tree storage; 2.4.5 List storage; 2.4.6 Clustering of patterns; 2.4.7 Parametric representation of patterns; 2.5 Computing distances; 2.5.1 Norms; 2.5.2 Hausdorff distance; 2.5.3 Invariant distances; 2.5.4 Change of variable; 2.5.5 Distances between distributions; 2.6 Sequential simulation; 2.6.1 Random path; 2.6.2 Unilateral path; 2.6.3 Patch-based methods; 2.6.4 Patch carving; 2.7 Multiple grids; 2.8 Conditioning; 2.8.1 The different types of data; 2.8.2 Different types of data: an example; 2.8.3 Steering proportions; References 3 Multiple-point geostatistics algorithms |
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Multiple-point geostatistics : stochastic modeling with training images / / Gregoire Mariethoz and Jef Caers
| Multiple-point geostatistics : stochastic modeling with training images / / Gregoire Mariethoz and Jef Caers |
| Autore | Mariethoz Gregoire |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.01/5195 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geology - Statistical methods
Geological modeling |
| ISBN |
1-118-66293-8
1-118-66295-4 1-118-66294-6 |
| Classificazione | SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Multiple-point geostatistics; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Concepts; 1 Hiking in the Sierra Nevada; 1.1 An imaginary outdoor adventure company: Buena Sierra; 1.2 What lies ahead; 2 Spatial estimation based on random function theory; 2.1 Assumptions of stationarity; 2.2 Assumption of stationarity in spatial problems; 2.3 The kriging solution; 2.3.1 Unbiasedness condition; 2.3.2 Minimizing squared loss; 2.4 Estimating covariances; 2.5 Semivariogram modeling; 2.6 Using a limited neighborhood; 2.7 Universal kriging; 2.8 Semivariogram modeling for universal kriging
2.9 Simple trend example case2.10 Nonstationary covariances; 2.11 Assessment; References; 3 Universal kriging with training images; 3.1 Choosing for random function theory or not?; 3.2 Formulation of universal kriging with training images; 3.2.1 Zero error-sum condition; 3.2.2 Minimum sum of square error condition; 3.3 Positive definiteness of the sop matrix; 3.4 Simple kriging with training images; 3.5 Creating a map of estimates; 3.6 Effect of the size of the training image; 3.7 Effect of the nature of the training image; 3.8 Training images for nonstationary modeling 3.9 Spatial estimation with nonstationary training images3.10 Summary of methodological differences; References; 4 Stochastic simulations based on random function theory; 4.1 The goal of stochastic simulations; 4.2 Stochastic simulation: Gaussian theory; 4.3 The sequential Gaussian simulation algorithm; 4.4 Properties of multi-Gaussian realizations; 4.5 Beyond Gaussian or beyond covariance?; References; 5 Stochastic simulation without random function theory; 5.1 Direct sampling; 5.1.1 Relying on information theory; 5.1.2 Application of direct sampling to Walker Lake 5.2 The extended normal equation5.2.1 Formulation; 5.2.2 The RAM solution; 5.2.3 Single normal equations simulation for Walker Lake; 5.2.4 The problem of conditioning; 5.3 Simulation by texture synthesis; 5.3.1 Computer graphics; 5.3.2 Image quilting; References; 6 Returning to the Sierra Nevada; Reference; Part II Methods; 1 Introduction; 2 The algorithmic building blocks; 2.1 Grid and pointset representations; 2.2 Multivariate grids; 2.3 Neighborhoods; 2.4 Storage and restitution of data events; 2.4.1 Raw storage of training image; 2.4.2 Cross-correlation based convolution 2.4.3 Partial convolution2.4.4 Tree storage; 2.4.5 List storage; 2.4.6 Clustering of patterns; 2.4.7 Parametric representation of patterns; 2.5 Computing distances; 2.5.1 Norms; 2.5.2 Hausdorff distance; 2.5.3 Invariant distances; 2.5.4 Change of variable; 2.5.5 Distances between distributions; 2.6 Sequential simulation; 2.6.1 Random path; 2.6.2 Unilateral path; 2.6.3 Patch-based methods; 2.6.4 Patch carving; 2.7 Multiple grids; 2.8 Conditioning; 2.8.1 The different types of data; 2.8.2 Different types of data: an example; 2.8.3 Steering proportions; References 3 Multiple-point geostatistics algorithms |
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Orogenesis : the making of mountains / / by Michael R.W. Johnson, Simon L. Harley [[electronic resource]]
| Orogenesis : the making of mountains / / by Michael R.W. Johnson, Simon L. Harley [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Johnson M. R. W (Michael Raymond Walter) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 388 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.8/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Orogeny
Orogenic belts Plate tectonics Geology, Structural |
| ISBN |
1-139-23419-6
1-107-22494-2 1-280-87897-5 1-139-23268-1 9786613720283 1-139-02392-6 1-139-23045-X 1-139-22901-X 1-139-23346-7 1-139-23192-8 |
| Classificazione | SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Major features of the Earth and plate tectonics -- Driving mechanisms for plates, slab retreat and advance, and a cause of orogenesis -- Physical and chemical principles : rock deformation, isostasy, geochronology and heat production in the lithosphere -- Large-scale features of orogens : thrusts and folds -- Evolution of orogens -- Lateral spreading of orogens : foreland propagation, channel flow and weak zones in the crust -- Metamorphism in orogeny -- The erosion and exhumation of mountains -- Sedimentary history of the foredeep basins -- Deep structure, mountain support and phase changes -- Mountains and climate -- Secular change in orogeney. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790303103321 |
Johnson M. R. W (Michael Raymond Walter)
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Orogenesis : the making of mountains / / by Michael R.W. Johnson, Simon L. Harley [[electronic resource]]
| Orogenesis : the making of mountains / / by Michael R.W. Johnson, Simon L. Harley [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Johnson M. R. W (Michael Raymond Walter) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 388 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.8/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Orogeny
Orogenic belts Plate tectonics Geology, Structural |
| ISBN |
1-139-23419-6
1-107-22494-2 1-280-87897-5 1-139-23268-1 9786613720283 1-139-02392-6 1-139-23045-X 1-139-22901-X 1-139-23346-7 1-139-23192-8 |
| Classificazione | SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Major features of the Earth and plate tectonics -- Driving mechanisms for plates, slab retreat and advance, and a cause of orogenesis -- Physical and chemical principles : rock deformation, isostasy, geochronology and heat production in the lithosphere -- Large-scale features of orogens : thrusts and folds -- Evolution of orogens -- Lateral spreading of orogens : foreland propagation, channel flow and weak zones in the crust -- Metamorphism in orogeny -- The erosion and exhumation of mountains -- Sedimentary history of the foredeep basins -- Deep structure, mountain support and phase changes -- Mountains and climate -- Secular change in orogeney. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816665103321 |
Johnson M. R. W (Michael Raymond Walter)
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