List of Contents NUMBER 1 Jeong-Soo Park and Efficient computation of maximum likelihood estimators in a spatial Jangsun Baek linear model with power exponential covariogram* Carl E. Jacobson 9 Using AutoCAD for descriptive geometry exercises in undergraduate structural geology Mark Jessell, Pauli Bons, Elle: the numerical simulation of metamorphic and deformation micro- Lynn Evans, Terence Barr structures and Kurt Stuwe WaltW . McNabJ r 31 A Monte Carlo simulation method for assessing biotransformation effects on groundwater fuel hydrocarbon plume lengths Yukari Kido, Tetsuro Tsuru, Three-dimensional overview of the Japan Trench an example of using the Jin-Oh Park, Toshihiko Higashikata, Frontier database system Yoshiyuki Kaneda and Yoshiteru Kono N.M. Sirakov and F.H. Muge A system for reconstructing and visualising three-dimensional objects Short Notes Yongliang Chen and Xiguo Jiao Semivariogram fitting with linear programming Yerahmiel Doytshearnd John K. Hall Simplified algorithms for isometric and perspective projections with hidden line removal S.P. Das Gupta Application of a fuzzy pattern recognition method in borehole geophysics Clifford P- Ambers 91 AutoLISP“ software tools for handling powder X-ray diffraction data in the AutoCAD ™ environment Fuat Yavuz 97 PYROX: A computer program for the IMA pyroxene classification and calculation scheme Y.H. Chang, M.D. Scrimshaw and 109 A revised Grain-Size Trend Analysis program to define net sediment J.N. Lester transport pathways J.D. Blower 115 A three-dimensional network model of permeability in vesicular material Book review 121 Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertaintyby Jean-Paul Chiles and Li Zheng Pierre Delfiner, Wiley, New York, 1999, 695 pp., ISBN 0-471-08315-1 , US $125.00 Software review 125 VARIOWIN: software for spatial data analysis in 2DYvan Pannatier. Geoff Bohling Springer, New York, 1996, 91pp, 3.5 -inch IBM-compatible diskette, ISBN 0-387-94679-9, US $52.95 Michael E. Ritter and John C. Butler 129 Another Node On the interNet Current Literature Survey If] List of Contents NUMBER 2 Thomas A. Jones 133 Using flowpaths and vector fields in object-based modeling Mingren Shi and James R. Carr 139 A modified code for R-mode correspondence analysis of large-scale problems* Pei-Jung Chung, Michael L. Jost 147 Estimation of seismic-wave parameters and signal detection using max- and Johann F. Bo6hme imum-likelihood methods SSSNRSCgEeA EOOAE E RNES E RN Roger Luff, Matthias Haeckel 157 Robust and fast FORTRAN and MATLAB “ libraries to calculate pH dis- 4 and Klaus Wallmann tributions in marine systems* e Serhat Akin 171 Analysis of tracer tests with simple spreadsheet models* G. Gottardi and M.V enutelli 179 UPF: two-dimensional finite-element groundwater flow model for saturated—unsaturated soils* Francois Risacher and Alain Clement 191 A computer program for the simulation of evaporation of natural waters to high concentration* Derek R. Peddle, H. Peter White, 203 Reflectance processing of remote sensing spectroradiometer data* Raymond J. Soffer, John R. Miller and Ellsworth F. LeDrew Short Notes Fuat Yavuz 215 LIMICA: a program for estimating Li from electron-microprobe mica ana- lyses and classifying trioctahedral micas in terms of composition and octahedral site occupancy* E. C. Grunsky A program for computing RO-mode principal components analysis for S-PLUS and R* Masoud Hessami, Francois Anctil 237 Delaunay implementation to improve kriging computing efficiency* ‘ and Alain A. Viau Fuat Yavuz 241 NBTA: a program for columbite-group minerals in rare-element granites and granitic pegmatites* Book Reviews 4 Arlei Benedito Macedo 249 Multimedia cartography W. Cartwright, M. Peterson and G. Gartner (Eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1999, 343pp., US$ 59.00, ISBN 3-540- 65818-1 . B. S. Daya Sagar 251 Computer processing of remotely sensed images: an introduction, 2nd P Edition Paul M. Mather. Wiley, Chichester, 1999, 292pp., US$ 65.00 a (Includes CD with image processing software for Windows), ISBN Beate 0-471-98550-3. X.-S. Yang 253 Mathematical modeling in the environment Charles R. Hadlock. The Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC, 1998, 312pp., US$ 55.00, ISBN 0-883- 78095 - X. E. C. Grunsky 255 Aspects of multivariate statistical analysis in geology Richard A. Reyment and Enrico Savazzi. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1999, 285pp., 1 CD. ISBN 0-444-50412-5, US$ 76 Comments : Heng Tsai 257 Comment on “A FORTRAN program for fitting Weibull distribution and 4 generating samples”, by A. Ghosh 3 Amitava Ghosh 261 Reply to comment on “A FORTRAN program for fitting Weibull distribution and generating samples” by H. Tsai List of Contents Marilyn J. Suiter and Another Node On the interNet Michelle Hall-Wallace Current Literature Survey NUMBER 3 K. Develi, T.B abadagli and C. Comlekci A new computer-controlled surface-scanning device for measurement of fracture surface roughness* Friedrich Gebhardt Spatial cluster test based on triplets of districts Neil A. Wells 3D.BAS, a QuickBasic program for three-dimensional stereo- scatterplots of XYZ data* Jeffrey Brainerd and Alex Pang Interactive map projections and distortion” IV. Radhakrishna Murthy, KV. Swamy Automatic inversion of magnetic anomalies of faults* and S. Jagannadha Rao G. Espinosa-Paredes, A. Garcia, TEMLOPI/V.2: a computer program for estimation of fully transient tem- E. Santoyo and |. Hernandez peratures in geothermal wells during circulation and shut-in* K. Prabhakar Rao and K. Mallick C++ classes for electromagnetic depth sounding on a transitional earth using vertical magnetic dipole source* Lachlan K. Stewart, Ken J. Woolfe A new tool for the Integration, graphical presentation and comparison of and Dan P. Zwart files containing palaeocurrent data* Short Notes Indranil Roy, B.C. Sarkar MINFO — a prototype mineral information database for iron ore and A. Chattopadhyay resources of India Wei Luo LANDSAP: a coupled surface and subsurface cellular automata model for landform simulation* Book Reviews U. Zier and J.P. Morgan High-performance computing R.J. Allan, M.F. Guest, A.D. Simpson, D.S. Henty and D.A. Nicole; Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 584+-xiii pp., US$ 130.00, ISBN 0-306 -46034-3 M. Mudelsee Statistical Analysis in Climate Research Hans von Storch and Francis W. Zwiers; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999, x+484pp, US$ 110, ISBN 0-521-45071-3 (hardback) Kim Kastens Another Node On the interNet Current Literature Survey NUMBER 4 Guest Editorial Richard A. Ketcham Acquisition, optimization and interpretation of X-ray computed and William D. Carlson tomographic imagery: applications to the geosciences Ross R. Moore and Scott E. Johnson Three-dimensional reconstruction and modelling of complexly folded surfaces using Mathematica VI List of Contents R. Marschallinger 419 Three-dimensional reconstruction and visualization of geological materials with IDL — examples and source code* Malcolm J. Herbert 427 Contour correspondence for serial section reconstruction: complex sce- and Christopher B. Jones narios in palaeontology Alexander A. Proussevitch 441 Recognition and separation of discrete objects within complex 3D and Dork L. Sahagian voxelized structures Mark Jessell 455 Three-dimensional geological modelling of potential-field data* R. Marschallinger and S.E. Johnson 467 Presenting 3-D models of geological materials on the World Wide Web Roddy V. Amenta 477 Three-dimensional computer modeling of fabric evolution in igneous rocks* Roddy V. Amenta 477 Three-dimensional computer modeling of fabric evolution in igneous rocks* Short Notes Dougal A. Jerram 485 Visual comparators for degree of grain-size sorting in two and three- dimensions* Torsten Steiger Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in paleontology Mary R. Marlino Another Node On the interNet NUMBER 5 Ute Christina Herzfeld and 499 A connectionist-geostatistical approach to automated image classifica- Oliver Zahner tion, applied to the analysis of crevasse patterns in surging ice Qiuming Cheng, H. Russell, 513 GlS-based statistical and fractal/multifractal analysis of surface stream D. Sharpe, Frank Kenny patterns in the Oak Ridges Moraine and Ping Qin Ricardo Diniz da Costa and 527 PhotoLin: a program to identify and analyze linear structures in aerial John Starkey photographs, satellite images and maps* R.T agliaferri, N. Pelosi, 535 Soft computing methodologies for spectral analysis in cyclo- A. Ciaramella, G. Longo, stratigraphy* M. Milano and F. Barone Eulogio Pardo-lguzquiza 549 VARIOG2D: a computer program for estimating the semi-variogram and and PeterA. Dowd its uncertainty* A. Guillen, Ch. Meunier, 563 New Internet tools to manage geological and geophysical data* X. Renaud and Ph. Repusseau C.-T. Lee, Q.-Z. Yin andT.-C. Lee 577 An internal normalization technique for unmixing total-spiked mixtures with application to MC-ICP-MS* M. Alarcon and S. Alonso 583 Computing 3-D atmospheric trajectories for complex orography: application to a case study of strong convection in the western Mediterranean* Short Notes Ken J.Woolfe, Lachlan K. Stewart 597 Wind and currents 2000: A new tool for the visualisation of vectorial and Andrew D. Heap time-series data* Jos Manuel Vacas Pea 601 lsogons: a program in pascal to draw the dip isogons of folds* List of Contents Book Reviews James R. Carr Data analysis in the Earth sciences using Matlab. Gerard Middleton; Pre- ntice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2000, 260pp., ISBN 0133935051 (paperback+disk) M. Goncalves Computing for scientists: principles of programming with C++ and For- tran 90. R.J. Barlow and A.R. Barnett; Wiley, Chichester, 1998, 292pp., price USS49.95, ISBN 0-471-95596-5 Barbara DeFelice Another Node On the interNet Announcement. Best paper award 1999 NUMBER 6 Guest Editorial Michael Z. Liand Carl L. Amos SEDTRANS9YE6: the upgraded and better calibrated sediment-transport model for continental shelves . Janette L. Cookman and STORMSED1.0: hydrodynamics and sediment transport in a 2-D, stea- Peter B. Flemings dy-state, wind- and wave-driven coastal circulation model . Courtney K. Harris A two-dimensional, time-dependent model of suspended sediment and Patricia L.Wiberg transport and bed reworking for continental shelves David B. Bahr, Eric W.H. Hutton, Exponential approximations to compacted sediment porosity profiles. James P.M. Syvitski and Lincoln F. Pratson Lincoln F. Pratson, Jasim Imran, BANG1D: a one-dimensional, Lagrangian model of subaqueous turbid Eric W.H. Hutton, Gary Parker clouds. and James P.M. Syvitski Jasim Imran, Peter Harff A numerical model of submarine debris flow with graphical user inter- and Gary Parker face. James P.M. Syvitski 2D SEDFLUX 1.0C: an advanced process-response numerical model for and Eric W.H. Hutton the fill of marine sedimentary basins - James R. Carr Another Node On the interNet NUMBER 7 Roseanna M. Neupauer A MATLAB implementation of the minimum relative entropy method for and Brian Borchers linear inverse problems* Xianlin Ma and Tingting Yao A program for 2D modeling (cross) correlogram tables using fast Fourier transform* George Ch. Miliaresis Geomorphometric mapping of Zagros Ranges at regional scale Cathal G. Dillon, Paul F. Carey Fractscript: A macro for calculating the fractal dimension of object and Richard H. Worden perimeters in images of multiple objects* Nicholas C. Coops Prediction of historical forest habitat patterns using binomial distributions and Peter C. Catling and simple Boolean logic from high spatial resolution remote sensing Vill List of Contents W.E. Featherstone 807 Absolute and relative testing of gravimetric geoid models using Global Positioning System and orthometric height data* A. Crave and P. Davy A stochastic “precipiton” model for simulating erosion/sedimentation dynamics Michael Mineter and Nick Hulton 829 Parallel processing for finite-difference modelling of ice sheets SimonW . Houlding XML—an opportunity for <meaningful> data standards in the geosciences* Junko Iwahashi, Shiaki Watanabe Landform analysis of slope movements using DEM in Higashikubiki area, and Takahiko Furuya Japan Pankajakshan Thadathil, Aravind An interactive graphical system for XBT data quality control and K. Ghosh, J.S. Sarupria visualization * and V.V. Gopalakrishna Short Notes ZW. Yu 877 Surface interpolation from irregularly distributed points using surface splines, with Fortran program* A. Dogan Paktunc MODAN —a computer program for estimating mineral quantities based on bulk composition: windows version* Carme Hervada-Sala 887 Modifications to KB2D program in GSLIB to allow use of tabulated cov- and Eusebi Jarauta-Bragulat ariances calculated with fast Fourier transform method* Book Review Xiaoyong Zhan 891 Applied Mathematics in Hydrogeology. Tien-Chang Lee, Lewis Publishers, 1999, 382pp, ISBN 1-56670-375-1, US $69.95 Lawrie Phipps 895 Another Node On the interNet NUMBER 8 Judy Ehlen and Russel S. Harmon 899 GeoComp 99: GeoComputation and the Geosciences H.H. Asadi and M. Hale 901 Apredictive GIS model for mapping potential gold and base metal miner- alization inTakab area, Iran M.J. Gooch and J.H. Chandler 913 Failure prediction in automatically generated digital elevation models RobertJ . Abrahart, Linda See 921 Investigating the role of saliency analysis with a neural network rainfall- and Pauline E. Kneale runoff model id C.D. Lloyd and P.M. Atkinson 929 Assessing uncertainty in estimates with ordinary and indicator kriging q M.A. Oliver and A.L. Khayrat 939 A geostatistical investigation of the spatial variation of radon in soil ' Gregory E.T ucker, 959 An object-oriented framework for distributed hydrologic and geo- F StephenT. Lancaster, morphic modeling using triangulated irregular networks é Nicole M. Gasparini, Rafael L. Bras and Scott M. Rybarcezyk List of Contents IX Holger Grtner, Andreas Bergmann Object-oriented modeling of data sources as a tool for the integration of and Jochen Schmidt heterogeneous geoscientific information Linda See and Robert J. Abrahart Multi- model data fusion for hydrological forecasting D.H. De Boer Self-organization in fluvial landscapes: sediment dynamics as an emergent property Martin Dehn, Holger Grtner Principles of semantic modeling of landform structures and Richard Dikau James A. Botti Another Node On the interNet NUMBER 9 Denis Jongmans, Eric Pirard and Guest Editorial Stuart Marsh Torleif Dahlin The development of DC resistivity imaging techniques Donat Demanet, Application and processing of geophysical images for mapping faults Eric Pirard, Francois Renardy and Denis Jongmans Francois Kervyn Modelling topography with SAR interferometry: illustrations of a favourable and less favourable environment Paul Sardini, Stohane Sammartino An image analysis contribution to the study of transport properties of and Etienne Tvissen low-permeability crystalline rocks Pedro Pina, Luis Ribeiro and A mathematical morphology contribution to study some aspects of Fernando Muge hydrogeological systems Birte Rogen, Lars Gommesen and Grain size distributions of chalk from image analysis of electron micro- Ida L. Fabricius graphs SeanThompson, Frank Fueten Mineral identification using artificial neural networks and the rotating and David Bockus polarizer stage M. Van Geet, R. Swennen and Towards 3-D petrography: application of microfocus computer M. Wevers tomography in geological science Beatriz Menndez, Christian David and Confocal scanning laser microscopy applied to the study of pore and Angel Martinez Nistal crack networks in rocks Giuseppe Bonifazi, Silvia Serranti, Characterisation of flotation froth colour and structure by machine Fabio Volpe and Riccardo Zuco vision John Kemeny and Bryan Zeitler Another Node On the interNet Best paper award for 2000 NUMBER 10 Graeme Bonham-Carter and The Computers & Geosciences Silver CD Project Eric Grunsky V. Chakravarthi, S.B. Singh INVERZDBASE—A program to compute basement depths of density and G. Ashok Babu interfaces above which the density contrast varies with depth* Borut alik and Ivana Kolingerova A cell-based point-in-polygon algorithm suitable for large sets of points* X List of Contents Geoffrey C. Bohling and Ir2dinv: A finite-difference model for inverse analysis of two-dimen- James J. Butler Jr. sional linear or radial groundwater flow” George Ch. Miliaresis Extraction of bajadas from digital elevation models and satellite imagery* A. Mogessie, K. Ettinger, AMPH-IMAQ7: a hypercard program to determine the name of an amphi- B.E. Leake and R. Tessadri bole from electron microprobe and wet chemical analyses* Naoto Takeno FLASK-SG: A program to compute chemical equilibria in metamorphic petrology” Bjorn Birnir, Terence R. Smith The scaling of fluvial landscapes and George E. Merchant G. Schena and C. Chiaruttini Reconstruction capability of the kernel-based stereological inversion applied to particle separation techniques Jin P. Gwo, Eduardo F. D’Azevedo, HBGC123D: a high-performance computer model of coupled hydrogeo- Hartmut Frenzel, Melanie Mayes, logical and biogeochemical processes* G.-T. Yeh, Philip M. Jardine, Karen M. Salvage and Forrest M. Hoffman Short Notes DW. Meek A semiparametric method for estimating the scale of fluctuation Kieran F. Mulchrone and A Windows program for the analysis of tectonic strain using deformed Patrick A. Meere elliptical markers* Dexter Perkins and Joseph Hartman Another Node On the interNet