Earth Sciences and Mathematics, Volume I

Introduction: Linking Earth Sciences and Mathematics.- A Review of Earthquake Statistics: Fault and Seismicity-Based Models, ETAS and BASS.- A Finite Element Algorithm of a Nonlinear Diffusive Climate Energy Balance Model.- An Upper Limit to Ground Deformation in the Island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, for the Period 1997–2006.- Multi-Channel Satellite Image Analysis Using a Variational Approach.- 3D Gravity Inversion by Growing Bodies and Shaping Layers at Mt. Vesuvius (Southern Italy).- Testing Logselfsimilarity of Soil Particle Size Distribution: Simulation with Minimum Inputs.- Steric Sea-Level Change and its Impact on the Gravity Field caused by Global Climate Change.- A Fractal Interaction Model for Winding Paths through Complex Distributions: Application to Soil Drainage Networks.- The Coherent Pixels Technique (CPT): An Advanced DInSAR Technique for Nonlinear Deformation Monitoring.- On the Occurence of Extreme Events in Long-term Correlated and Multifractal Data Sets.- A Regional Archaeomagnetic Model for the Palaeointensity in Europe for the last 2000 Years and its Implications for Climatic Change.