Random Processes in Geology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • A. T. Bharucha-Reid

   Pages 1-2

3. Statistical Analysis of Geotectonics

   • I. K. Crain

   Pages 3-15

4. Summary of Magnitude Properties of Topologically Distinct Channel Networks and Network Patterns

   • M. F. Dacey

   Pages 16-38

5. Probabilistic Modeling in Geology

   • W. C. Krumbein

   Pages 39-54

6. A Random-Walk Simulation Model of Alluvial-Fan Deposition

   • W. E. Price Jr.

   Pages 55-62

7. Sedimentary Porous Materials as a Realization of a Stochastic Process

   • F. W. Preston, J. C. Davis

   Pages 63-86

8. Analysis of Volcanic Earthquakes of Asamayama (Japan)

   • R. A. Reyment

   Pages 87-95

9. Stratigraphic Implications of Random Sedimentation

   • W. Schwarzacher

   Pages 96-111

10. Joint Distribution Functions for Link Lengths and Drainage Areas

    • J. S. Smart

    Pages 112-123

11. Applications of Random Process Models to the Description of Spatial Distributions of Qualitative Geologic Variables

    • P. Switzer

    Pages 124-134

12. Markov Models of Repose-Period Patterns of Volcanoes

    • F. E. Wickman

    Pages 135-161

13. Back Matter

    Pages 163-168

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The International Association for Mathematical Geology, in conjunc­ tion with the International Geological Congress, sponsored two symposia in Montreal, Canada, September 1972. The first symposium, Random Processes in Geology, consisted of two, half-day sessions and featured ten major papers on various aspects of stochastic models as applied to geologic problems. The invited speakers were selected by the Projects Committee of the IAMG so as to represent a wide spectrum of geologic disciplines. The topics fell naturally into two categories: those dealing with continuous stochastic processes and those concerned with point processes and branch­ ing operations. The program, as presented, was Introduction: R. A. Reyment Ideal granites and their metasomatic transformation: stochastic model, statistical description, and natural rocks: A. B. Vistelius (read by G. Lea) The influence of greisenization on the Markovian properties of grain sequences in granitic rocks: M. A. Romanova The mechanism of bed formation in a limestone-shale environment: W. Schwarzacher Volcanic eruptions as random events: F. E. Wickman Statistical geometric similarity in drainage networks: J. S. Smart Length and gradient properties of stochastic streams: M. F. Dacey Application of stochastic point processes to volcanic eruptions: R. A. Reyment Applications of random process models to the description of spatial distributions of qualitative geologic variables: P. Switzer Sedimentary porous materials as a realization of a stochastic process: F. W. Preston and J. C. Davis Stochastic process models in geology: W. C. Krumbein. This volume consists of eight of the ten presented papers.

• Geologie
• Stochastischer Prozess
• earthquake
• environment
• geology
• modelling
• sediment
• sedimentation
• tectonics

• Department of Geology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

  Daniel F. Merriam

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