What is fuzzy logic?--a system of concepts and methods for exploring modes of reasoning that are approximate rather than exact. While the engineering community has appreciated the advances in understanding using fuzzy logic for quite some time, fuzzy logic's impact in non-engineering disciplines is only now being recognized. The authors of Fuzzy Logic in Geology attend to this growing interest in the subject and introduce the use of fuzzy set theory in a style geoscientists can understand. This is followed by individual chapters on topics relevant to earth scientists: sediment modeling, fracture detection, reservoir characterization, clustering in geophysical data analysis, ground water movement, and time series analysis.

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Contributors vii
Foreword by Lotfi A. Zadeh ix
Preface xiii
Glossary of Symbols xv
Chapter 1 Introduction 1(10)
Chapter 2 Fuzzy Logic: A Specialized Tutorial 11(52)
Chapter 3 Fuzzy Logic and Earth Science: An Overview 63(40)
Chapter 4 Fuzzy Logic in Geological Sciences: A Literature Review 103(18)
Chapter 5 Applications of Fuzzy Logic to Stratigraphic Modeling 121(32)
Chapter 6 Fuzzy Logic in Hydrology and Water Resources 153(38)
Chapter 7 Formal Concept Analysis in Geology 191(48)
Chapter 8 Fuzzy Logic and Earthquake Research 239(36)
Chapter 9 Fuzzy Transform: Application to the Reef Growth Problem 275(26)
Chapter 10 Ancient Sea Level Estimation 301(36)
Acknowledgments 337(2)
Index 339