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This volume 'Use ofMicrocomputers in Geology' is the sixth in the series Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences published by Plenum Press in New York. The series was started in 1969 to publish proceedings of important meetings on geomathematics and computer applications. The first two volumes recorded proceedings ofthe Colloquia (1969,1970) sponsored by the Kansas Geological Survey at The University ofKansas in Lawrence. The third volume was proceedings ofthe 8th International Sedimentological Congress (1971) held in Heidelberg, West Germany; the fourth was preceedings ofthe 8th Geochautauqua (1979) at Syracuse Universityin Syracuse, New York; and the fifth was selected papers from the 27th International Geological Congress (1989) held in Washington, D.C. All meetings were cosponsored by the International Association for Mathematical Geology. These special publications are important in the development of quantitative geology. Papers by a wide range of authors on a wide range of topics gives the reader a flavor for recent advances in the subject -in this volume, those advances in the use ofmicrocomputers. The 24 authors ofthe 15 papers come from nine countries -Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, UK, and USA. My coeditor, Hans Kürzl, has given pertinent information on the included papers in the Introduction.
List of contents
Zoneography of mineral resources.- Teaching and testing strategy in mineral exploration by simulation techniques on personal computers.- Computer-aided decision techniques for hydrogeochemical uranium exploration.- Estimating the probability of occurrence of mineral deposits from multiple map patterns.- Use of a laptop computer and spreadsheet software for geophysical surveys.- A program for petrophysical database management.- Artificial intelligence tools and techniques for waterresources assessment in Africa.- Hydrodat®: a package for hydrogeochemical data management.- MinIdent - some recent developments.- Microcomputer application of digital elevation models and other gridded data sets for geologists.- Reusable code works!.- A PC statistical package for field acquisition and analysis of two-dimensional orientation data.- A simple method for the comparison of adjacent points on thematic maps.- Map integration model applied in site selection.- Analysis of space and time dependent data on a PC using a data analysis system (DAS): a case study.
