Fundamentals of Computational Geoscience

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   • Chongbin Zhao, Bruce E. Hobbs, Alison Ord

   Pages 1-6

3. A Progressive Asymptotic Approach Procedure for Simulating Steady-State Natural Convective Problems in Fluid-Saturated Porous Media

   • Chongbin Zhao, Bruce E. Hobbs, Alison Ord

   Pages 7-36

4. A Consistent Point-Searching Interpolation Algorithm for Simulating Coupled Problems between Deformation, Pore-Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Mass Transport Processes in Hydrothemal Systems

   • Chongbin Zhao, Bruce E. Hobbs, Alison Ord

   Pages 37-71

5. A Term Splitting Algorithm for Simulating Fluid-Rock Interaction Problems in Fluid-Saturated Hydrothermal Systems of Subcritical Zhao Numbers

   • Chongbin Zhao, Bruce E. Hobbs, Alison Ord

   Pages 73-93

6. A Segregated Algorithm for Simulating Chemical Dissolution Front Instabilities in Fluid-Saturated Porous Rocks

   • Chongbin Zhao, Bruce E. Hobbs, Alison Ord

   Pages 95-119

7. A Decoupling Procedure for Simulating Fluid Mixing, Heat Transfer and Non-Equilibrium Redox Chemical Reactions in Fluid-Saturated Porous Rocks

   • Chongbin Zhao, Bruce E. Hobbs, Alison Ord

   Pages 121-151

8. An Equivalent Source Algorithm for Simulating Thermal and Chemical Effects of Intruded Magma Solidification Problems

   • Chongbin Zhao, Bruce E. Hobbs, Alison Ord

   Pages 153-173

9. The Particle Simulation Method for Dealing with Spontaneous Crack Generation Problems in Large-Scale Geological Systems

   • Chongbin Zhao, Bruce E. Hobbs, Alison Ord

   Pages 175-220

10. Back Matter

    Pages 221-241

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Geoscience is a fundamental natural science discipline dealing with the origin, evolutionary history and behaviour of the planet Earth. As a result of its complicated and complex nature, the Earth system not only provides the necessary materials and environment for mankind to live, but also brings many types of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, ?oods and tornadoes, to mention just a few. With the ever-increasing demand for improving our living standards, it has been recognized that the existing natural resources will be exhausted in the near future and that our living environments are, in fact, deteriorating. To maintain the sustainable development of our living standards and the further improvement of our living environments, an inevitable and challenging task that geoscientists are now confronting is how accurately to predict not only the occurrences of these natural disasters, but also the locations of large concealed natural resources in the deepEarth. For this reason, geoscientists must study the processes, rules and laws, by which the Earth system operates, instead of simply describing and observing g- science phenomena.

• Computational geoscience
• Fundament
• Interpolation
• algorithms
• numerical methods
• simulation
• remote sensing/photogrammetry

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