Before the Scottish Survey: Alfred Harker the Geologist

The archival papers of the eminent petrologist Alfred Harker span his entire geological career of over 60 years. These are held by the Archive of the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences (University of Cambridge). Harker was associated with the Department of Geology, the Woodwardian Museum and post-1904, the Sedgwick Memorial Museum. Importantly, his meticulously labelled notebooks provide an unprecedented insight into his development as a field and laboratory scientist. They chart Harker's beginnings as a fossil collector and observer of sedimentary stratigraphy on the North Yorkshire coast, his trips to Wales and Devon with the Sedgwick Club, and his later work in the English Lake District with his friend and colleague John. E. Marr. This paper examines in particular Harker's suite of 20 notebooks kept up until 1894, including his trip to Edinburgh in August 1892. This visit introduced the young scientist to the geology of Scotland for the first time. An overview of Harker's experience and contemporary contacts suggests some reasons why Sir Archibald Geikie later invited him to join the Scottish Survey staff in 1895.     

ANALYSIS OF COUNT DATA USING POISSON REGRESSION*

In geographical research the data of interest are often in the form of counts. Standard regression analysis is inappropriate for such data, but if certain assumptions are met, a form of regression based on the Poisson distribution can be used. This paper illustrates the use of Poisson regression in the computer package GLIM with an example from historical geography. Apprentice migration to Edinburgh is regressed on a combination of categorical, count, and continuous explanatory variables.     

国际天然气水合物勘查开发研究新进展——第七届爱丁堡国际天然气水合物大会特邀报告综述

简要介绍了2011年7月在英国爱丁堡召开的第七届国际天然气水合物大会概况。对会议中5个大会特邀主题报告给予介绍或评述。Thomas介绍了亨弗利·戴维对科学发现的追求和应用,后者在实验室发现了气水合物。Ripmeeste总结了实验模拟中对气水合物客体与载体相互作用、水合物形成和分解过程的认识和成果。Suess指出过去25年间人们对海洋天然气水合物的研究经历了从“避免策略到旨在获取”、“能源开发和二氧化碳储存兼顾”、“追求储量到记录环境变化”3个阶段。Kurihara总结了日本多年的研发结果,包括数字模拟研究、对甲烷储层的分类和产气能力的评估、天然气生产方法等,讨论了商业发展甲烷水合物的可行性和挑战。Sloan介绍了管道安全复杂体系的4种概念性端元类型,并指出风险管理策略比防治更为经济,是未来防止水合物堵塞的重要工具。     

国际天然气水合物勘查开发研究新进展 ——第七届爱丁堡国际天然气水合物大会特邀报告综述

简要介绍了2011年7月在英国爱丁堡召开的第七届国际天然气水合物大会概况。对会议中5个大会特邀主题报告给予介绍或评述。Thomas介绍了亨弗利· 戴维对科学发现的追求和应用,后者在实验室发现了气水合物。Ripmeeste总结了实验模拟中对气水合物客体与载体相互作用、水合物形成和分解过程的认识和成果。Suess指出过去25年间人们对海洋天然气水合物的研究经历了从“避免策略到旨在获取”、“能源开发和二氧化碳储存兼顾”、“追求储量到记录环境变化”3个阶段。Kurihara总结了日本多年的研发结果,包括数字模拟研究、对甲烷储层的分类和产气能力的评估、天然气生产方法等,讨论了商业发展甲烷水合物的可行性和挑战。Sloan介绍了管道安全复杂体系的4种概念性端元类型,并指出风险管理策略比防治更为经济,是未来防止水合物堵塞的重要工具。