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Numerical Geology

A Source Guide, Glossary and Selective Bibliography to Geological Uses of Computers and Statistics

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Nicholas M. S. Rock
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (LNEARTH, volume 18)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. List of symbols and abbreviations used

    Pages 1-8

  3. Section I. Introduction to geological computer use

    Pages 9-62

  4. Section II. The behavior of numbers: Elementary statistics

    Pages 63-117

  5. Section III: Interpreting data of one variable: Univariate statistics

    Pages 118-166

  6. Section IV. Interpreting data with two variable: Bivariate statistics

    Pages 167-199

  7. Section V: Some Special types of geological data

    Pages 200-245

  8. Section VI: Advanced techniques

    Pages 246-328

  9. Selective bibliography of numerical geology

    Pages 329-427
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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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Numerical Geology

  • Book Subtitle: A Source Guide, Glossary and Selective Bibliography to Geological Uses of Computers and Statistics

  • Authors: Nicholas M. S. Rock

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0045143

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-50070-4Published: 10 August 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-45912-5Published: 11 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0930-0317

  • Series E-ISSN: 1613-2580

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 427

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Earth Sciences, general, Geophysics/Geodesy, Mineralogy, Geology, Mineral Resources, Computer Graphics

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