Books received by the editor

Several wonderful books arrived at SUNY ESF this spring and summer while the book review responsibilities were transferring from Helmut Elsenbeer to Theodore Endreny. Many of these books have found a reviewer, but others are still available. If the readers see a book that they would like to review, you are encouraged to E‐mail: te@esf.edu and enquire about writing a review. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

台湾省1999年"9.21"集集大地震简介

台湾省１９９９年９月２１日集集大地震之后的两个月,出版了一本地震通俗读物－“变脸的大地”。扼要介绍了台湾地区的板块构造环境、震中区构造以及破坏情况。此书对民众和专业人士皆有裨益。本文将予评介。     

Books received by the editor

Comments by, and interviews with, authors, editors, and others responsible for carefully and dutifully shepherding intellecutal thoughts into published text will soon appear in this section. Dr. Jeff J. McDonnell, editor of HPToday, has approved the inclusion of this new feature. The rational in this decision to forgo a critical second opinion on the value of the book stems from our observation that books received by HPToday have often been reviewed by other respectable press (e.g., NY Times Book Review, Science Book Review, etc.), and a more unique angle might interest Hydrological Processes readers. The first group of authors has responded favourably to the notion of explaining their inspirations and frustrations and intentions in creating a published work. Please keep coming back to read more about the hydrological field! Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Books received by the editor

Comments by, and interviews with, authors, editors, and others responsible for carefully and dutifully shepherding intellecutal thoughts into published text will soon appear in this section. Dr. Jeff J. McDonnell, editor of HPToday, has approved the inclusion of this new feature. The rational in this decision to forgo a critical second opinion on the value of the book stems from our observation that books received by HPToday have often been reviewed by other respectable press (e.g., NY Times Book Review, Science Book Review, etc.), and a more unique angle might interest Hydrological Processes readers. The first group of authors has responded favourably to the notion of explaining their inspirations and frustrations and intentions in creating a published work. Please keep coming back to read more about the hydrological field! Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Books received by the editor

Comments by, and interviews with, authors, editors, and others responsible for carefully and dutifully shepherding intellecutal thoughts into published text will soon appear in this section. Dr. Jeff J. McDonnell, editor of HPToday, has approved the inclusion of this new feature. The rational in this decision to forgo a critical second opinion on the value of the book stems from our observation that books received by HPToday have often been reviewed by other respectable press (e.g., NY Times Book Review, Science Book Review, etc.), and a more unique angle might interest Hydrological Processes readers. The first group of authors has responded favourably to the notion of explaining their inspirations and frustrations and intentions in creating a published work. Please keep coming back to read more about the hydrological field! Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Books received by the editor

Comments by, and interviews with, authors, editors, and others responsible for carefully and dutifully shepherding intellecutal thoughts into published text will soon appear in this section. Dr. Jeff J. McDonnell, editor of HPToday, has approved the inclusion of this new feature. The rational in this decision to forgo a critical second opinion on the value of the book stems from our observation that books received by HPToday have often been reviewed by other respectable press (e.g., NY Times Book Review, Science Book Review, etc.), and a more unique angle might interest Hydrological Processes readers. The first group of authors has responded favourably to the notion of explaining their inspirations and frustrations and intentions in creating a published work. Please keep coming back to read more about the hydrological field! Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Books received by the editor

Comments by, and interviews with, authors, editors, and others responsible for carefully and dutifully shepherding intellecutal thoughts into published text will soon appear in this section. Dr. Jeff J. McDonnell, editor of HPToday, has approved the inclusion of this new feature. The rational in this decision to forgo a critical second opinion on the value of the book stems from our observation that books received by HPToday have often been reviewed by other respectable press (e.g., NY Times Book Review, Science Book Review, etc.), and a more unique angle might interest Hydrological Processes readers. The first group of authors has responded favourably to the notion of explaining their inspirations and frustrations and intentions in creating a published work. Please keep coming back to read more about the hydrological field! Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

体视学:一门关于多维几何结构及图像的边缘和交叉科学

本综述论文首先引入文献中体视学狭义和广义的定义及领域范围,然后举例介绍了(狭义)体视学的用途.狭义地讲,体视学是根据其截面或投影图像获取三维结构定量信息的一门科学;广义地,则可认为体视学覆盖了与多维结构或图像的理解、重建及定量分析有关的原理、方法、软硬件研究、制造及应用等所有内容.不同定义中有一点是共同的,即体视学是一门关于多维几何结构及图像的边缘和交叉科学分支.体视学方法在地球科学中有以下可能的应用:1)辅助监测火山岩浆囊的活动:2)辅助寻找地质上非常稳定的地区以用于特定目的(如埋藏核废料); 3)辅助探测地下矿产资源和能源,由地下地震波速度和衰减参数的三维分布、电磁波衰减参数的三维分布图以圈定成矿带:4)结合三维地电法深测地下古墓葬和地下水的空间分布以及大型桥梁基础软弱带等.由电磁波和电阻率等CT技术得到桥梁地基、地铁隧道(tunnel)附近的精细的三维剖面图像体视学则可望用于根据这些剖面图像进-步定量描述其对应的三维构造,在保证这些建筑物质量时起到重要的作用:5)由地幔温度的三维分布探测地幔热柱和地热区的热容量分布,以决定地热田开发的规模,并能经济合理地决定地熟钻井的位置和深度.由此可见,体视学应用于地球科学是很用前途的.本文最后向读者推荐了-组与体视学有关的书、刊或论文.希望本文对不同学科领域中感兴趣于相关边缘或交叉学科研究与应用的科技工作者有所帮助.     

BOOK REVIEW (Earthquake eng. struct. dyn. 25, 883-884 (1996))(

The title of the book should be: FOUNDATION VIBRATION ANALYSIS USING SIMPLE PHYSICAL MODELS, by John P. Wolf, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ07632, 1994. The omision of the word VIBRATION in the title as printed in the review is regretted.     

西汉至元末甘肃地区地震灾害的发生及特点初探

甘肃及邻区是中国大陆强震多发地区之一,在历史上曾经发生过多次大规模的地震灾害。从西汉惠帝二年（公元前193）开始,中国历史典籍记载了发生在甘肃的600多次地震灾害,其中绝大多数地震都发生在明清以后,与明清时期私撰史籍,方志盛行不无关系。西汉到元末近1600年间的地震灾害记载相对较少,但认识这一时段甘肃地区的地震灾害对认识甘肃省的地震全貌至关重要,基于此认识,笔者依据相关资料,撰写此文简要介绍了从西汉惠帝二年开始有地震灾害记载到元末这一历史时段里各个时期的地震灾害情况及总体特点。     

新时代少儿地震科普读物的发展现状及创新路径探究

新时代背景下,少儿科普读物有助于培养少儿读者的科学精神,有助于提升整体国民的科学素养和意识.本文在分析少儿地震科普读物内涵的基础上,比较了国内外主要读物的知识内容和表现形式,分析了现阶段少儿地震科普读物存在的问题与不足,进而提出了新时代背景下,我国少儿地震科普读物的创新发展路径,具体包括:树立"少儿本位"的优先发展原则...     

Books bought for the RAS Library 2007

This table lists books purchased for the RAS Library during 2007. Fellows are requested to contact the staff to ensure any item is available before visiting the Library specially to see it. Fellows (including those overseas) are also entitled to request that books be posted to them on loan.     

Is geomorphology sleepwalking into oblivion?

This commentary uses Google Books N‐grams to briefly explore the changing use of the word geomorphology in books published in British English and American English. Both show a decline in the use of the term geomorphology in recent years. A singular feature of the British data is a very sharp rise and fall in the use of term geomorphology in books published since 1980. The steep falling limb (post 1993) of this curve is of particular concern and several possible explanations are put forward including, since 1986, the influence exerted by Research Assessment Exercises on publication practice in UK universities. The N‐gram trends pose important questions for all geomorphologists and we should monitor them to gain a better understanding of where we need to be most visible to ensure the long‐term health of our discipline. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

《地震观测技术与仪器》一书的翻译

介绍了《地震观测技术与仪器》一书的主要内容和特点,说明了在翻译该书过程中遇到的一些问题,概括了译者的几点认识.     

地震科学的发展及其图书资料的分类

以中国地震局地球物理研究所图书资料为例,概述了中国地震科学及其图书资料的发展历史,分析了当前存在的分类与学科发展的不适应情况,最后就进一步完善分类法提出了一些建设性意见。     

渤海海域历史上发生过地震诱发海啸吗?

历史文献中有许多关于渤海"海溢"的记录,但"海溢"是否就是现代意义上的海啸还存在疑问,而且渤海海域基本不存在发生重大海啸的海沟型地震构造背景,因此,渤海地区是否发生过海啸的争论从未停止.本文在分析历史地震和古籍资料的基础上,通过数值模拟分析历史地震引发海啸的可能性,结合对渤海沿岸海啸堆积物的地质调查,认为渤海海域历史上基本没有发生过破坏性海啸事件,即使存在过海啸,到岸浪高也不会高于0.5 m,而且仅限于东营—潍坊一带.     

Results and analysis of soil-structure interaction experiments performed in the centrifuge

In this paper a centrifuge model that is capable of realistically representing soil-structure systems subjected to earthquake-like excitation is used to create a data pool which demonstrates the influence of (i) the frequencies of the structure, (ii) the foundation embedment and (iii) the foundation shape on radiation damping and soil-structure interaction effects for a structure on a semi-infinite soil layer over bedrock. The centrifuge model used in this study was developed and validated by the authors in an earlier publication,¹ and employs an internal method of earthquake simulation, and the clay-like material, Duxseal, to absorb wave reflections at the boundary of the soil sample. The results of the experimental study are used to compute damping and stiffness values of a two-degree-of-freedom piecewise-linear numerical model of the soil-structure systems. The experimental parameter values are then compared to the values computed using classical text book formulae. The analysis demonstrates the value of the experimental data in validating and developing soil-structure interaction theory, and confirms the accuracy of classical text book formulae in the linear range.     

Reaching out into the universe

On the theme of education and public outreach, what books are available to take the interested observer or intrigued passer-by a little further into the subject? Sue Bowler picks a few.     

Explaining success and failure in international river management

When and why are international efforts to solve transboundary river management problems successful? When and why do such efforts fail, and what does success or failure mean? With more than 260 international river basins covering 45% of the Earth's land surface, and with freshwater being humanity's most valuable natural resource, these questions are hardly trivial. Natural scientists and engineers have provided some answers, but they remain far from complete without major input from the social sciences. While technical know-how and innovation are also crucial to successful international river management, success in this context hinges primarily on political processes in which institutional arrangements are designed and implemented. This review essay maintains that social scientists have made considerable progress in this field since 1977, when a landmark book by David Le Marquand on the politics of international river management was published. This progress includes the development of theoretically better informed explanatory models and their evaluation against an increasing amount of empirical information. It provides a solid foundation for proceeding to a larger-scale research effort that involves the analysis of a larger set of empirical cases on the basis of a single explanatory model.     

1997年西藏玛尼7.5级地震2001年青海昆仑山口8.1级地震震前中长期预测

作者在1996年底对中国大陆2005年前6级以上强震危险区（13处）作出了预测，其中对应1997年玛尼7.5级地震、2001年昆仑山口8.1级地震，取得了很好的预报效果。本文分时段：1996年底前、1997年11月前、2001年11月前，分别总结了预测依据及震情跟踪分析。加上对同期（1997－2001年）其他强震预测的实际对应，表明地震活动图像分析方法在分析预报研究中是可以有所作为的。