Table Of ContentLecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza
Carolina Guardiola-Albert
Javier Heredia
Luis Moreno-Merino
Juan José Durán
Jose Antonio Vargas-Guzmán Editors
Mathematics of
Planet Earth
Proceedings of the 15th Annual
Conference of the International
Association for Mathematical
Geosciences
Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
Series Editors
P. Blondel, Bath, UK
J. Reitner, Göttingen, Germany
K. Stüwe, Graz, Austria
M. H. Trauth, Potsdam, Germany
D. A. Yuen, Minnesota, USA
Founding Editors
G. M. Friedman, Brooklyn and Troy, USA
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Mathematics of Planet Earth
Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference
of the International Association for
Mathematical Geosciences
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Editors
EulogioPardo-Igúzquiza JoseAntonio Vargas-Guzmán
Carolina Guardiola-Albert SaudiAramco
Javier Heredia Dhahran
LuisMoreno-Merino SaudiArabia
Juan JoséDurán
Departamento de Investigacióny
Prospectiva Geocientífica
InstitutoGeológico yMinero de España
Madrid
Spain
ISSN 2193-8571 ISSN 2193-858X (electronic)
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Preface
This book is a comprehensive summary of the 15th annual conference of the
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG Madrid 2013)
held in Madrid (Spain). The IAMG Madrid 2013 has been an international forum
of scientific debate on the research progress made worldwide on theoretical
developments and practical applications of geomathematics. The theme of the
conference, ‘‘Frontiers of Mathematical Geosciences: New Approaches to
Understand the Natural World,’’ makes emphasis on the need for new paradigms,
methodologies, and detailed earth models at multiple scales in order to solve
important technological problems that the humankind is facing in relation to
sustainable water, energy, minerals, and multiple environmental resources con-
sidering climate and natural hazards concerns.
Planet Earth is a complex system where the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydro-
sphere, cryosphere, and biosphere interact among them to build products from
complexprocesses.Furthermore,theincreaseofhumanpopulationisassociatedto
new issues in relation to fast lessening of earth resources and habitats;
e.g., depletion of nonrenewable resources, contamination of water, soils and air
pollution, environmental impact, deforestation, endangered species, climate
change, and geological hazards (e.g., earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions,
flooding,potentiallossofglaciersandicecaps,etc.).Someoftheseproblemsmay
be also associated to the increase of urban settlements around the world. In con-
sequence, governmental agencies, the industry, and society in general are
demanding the scientific community to increase the quantitative understanding of
how the complex earth system works. Computers, satellite imagery, and new
geophysicaltechniqueshavebeendeployedtogatherandprocesslargeamountsof
new data, expecting to facilitate the planetary monitoring and modeling. Never-
theless, the scientific basis for interpreting such data is well established in the
young discipline of geomathematics, some of the challenges in relation to earth
processes are very complex, and their solution will require the best of human
ability and creativity, through numerical models and associated methods. There-
fore, geomathematics has been raised as the essential science to model processes
and resources in geosciences for solving fundamental resource and planetary
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sustainability problems at multiple scales. Moreover, the application and use of
mathematicsingeologicalresearchandtechnologyisnotonlyfocusedondealing
withspecificissuesofourplanet.Studyfindingsonmathematicalgeosciencesare
also extremely important for the planetary geology research.
The main duty of IAMG 2013 has been to discuss and disseminate the latest
trends in research about leading problems. This proceeding book contains 184
contributions grouped adequately in 27 sessions.
Acknowledgments
This book was made possible due to the dedicated and combined effort of the
Conferenceconveners,authors,andreviewers.Theeditorsofthisbookoffertoall
ofthemtheirsinceregratitude.Especiallywewouldliketothankthe150‘‘silent’’
reviewers who spent much time commenting the manuscripts.
The15thAnnualConferenceoftheInternationalAssociationforMathematical
Geosciences (IAMG) has been organized by the Spanish Geological Survey
(InstitutoGeológicoyMinerodeEspaña,IGME).WeacknowledgetheIAMGfor
its support. In particular, we are grateful to Dr. Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn who
encouragedustoorganizethisConferenceandDr.RicardoOleaforhiscontinuous
guidance.
We would like to thank the Madrid Convention Bureau for its assistance in
preparing the proposal to organize the Conference and help with the meeting
logistics.
Appreciationisalsoextendedtothefollowingsponsors,withouttheirsupportit
would not have been possible to publish this book:
• Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
• Saudi Aramco
• Gas Natural Fenosa
• Gamma Geofísica
• KARSTINV
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Organizing Committee
The 15th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical
Geosciences (IAMG) has been organized by researches from the Spanish
Geological Survey (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, IGME).
Eulogio Pardo Igúzquiza
Carolina Guardiola Albert
Javier Heredia Díaz
Luís Moreno Merino
Juan José Durán Valsero
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Scientific Committee
Angulo, José Miguel (Universidad de Granada, Spain)
Atkinson, Peter (University of Southampton, UK)
Bárdossy, George (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
Bastida, Fernando (Oviedo University, Spain)
Baucon, Andrea (UNESCO Geopark Naturtejo Meseta Meridional, Portugal)
Bertino, Laurent (Mohn-Sverdrup Center, Norway)
Bohling, Geoff (Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, USA)
Bosque Sendra, Joaquín (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
Caers, Jef (Stanford University, USA)
Candela, Lucila (Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain)
Carrera, Jesús (Instituto Jaume Almera, Spain)
Casermeiro, Miguel Angel (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
Chica Olmo, Mario (Universidad de Granada, Spain)
Christakos, George (San Diego State University, USA)
Demyanov, Vasily (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK)
Diblasi, Angela (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina)
Díez, Andrés (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain)
Doveton, John (Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, USA)
Dowd, Peter (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Egozcue, Juan José (Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain)
Elorza, Francisco Javier (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)
Fernández Torres, José (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
Fernandez-Steeger, Tomas M. (RWTH Aachen, Germany)
Freeden, Willi (TU Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Gens Solé, Antonio (Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain)
Giráldez, Juan Vicente (Universidad de Córdoba, Spain)
Gómez Hernández, Jaime (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)
Goovaerts, Pierre (Biomedware, USA)
Grunsky, Eric (Geological Survey of Canada, Canada)
Gutiérrez, Francisco (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Hendricks Franssen, Harrie-Jan (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany)
Herrera García, Gerardo (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain)
Ildefonso Diaz, Jesús (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
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Kanevski, M. (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Karimi, Hassan A. (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Kaufman, Gordon M. (Sloan School of Management MIT, USA)
Mardia, Kanti V. (University of Leeds, UK)
Martín, Miguel Angel (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Martín Alfageme, Santiago (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain)
Martínez Frías, Jesús (Centro de Astrobiología, Spain)
Mateu, Jorge (Universidad Jaume I, Spain)
Moreno, José F. (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
Mosegaard, Klaus (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
Nashed, Zuhair (University of Central Florida, USA)
Neto de Carvalho, Carlos (UNESCO Geopark Naturtejo Meseta Meridional,
Portugal)
Olea, Ricardo (U.S. Geological Survey, USA)
Pachepsky, Yakov (United States Department of Agriculture, USA)
Paredes, Carlos (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Pawlowsky-Glahn, Vera (Universidad de Girona, Spain)
Pérez Cerdan, Fernando (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain)
Poblet Esplugas, Josep (Oviedo University, Spain)
Ramón Francés García, Felix (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)
Renard, Philip (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Rivas, Raul (Instituto de Hidrología de Llanuras, Argentina)
Rodríguez, Leticia (Centro de Estudio Hidro-Ambientales, Universidad Nacional
del Litoral, Argentina)
Rodríguez-Tovar, Francisco Javier (Universidad de Granada, Spain)
Romero Pérez, Ma del Pilar (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
Samper, Javier (Universidad de La Coruña, Spain)
San Jose Martínez, Fernando (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Schaeben, Helmut (Technische Universität Bergakademie, Germany)
Schuenemeyer, Jack (Southwest Statistical Consulting, LLC, USA)
Soares, Amilcar (Instituo Superior Tecnico Lisboa, Portugal)
Soto, Juan I. (Granada University, Spain)
Vargas Guzmán, J. A. (Aramco, Saudi Arabia)
Victorov, Alexey S. (Institute of Environmental Geoscience of Russian Academy
of Science, Russia)
Wackernagel, Hans (Centre Geosciences Ecole de Mines de Paris, France)
Yongjiu, Dai (Beijing Normal University, China)
