1. Introduction to the special issue on Statistics and the Earth Sciences

   • John H. Schuenemeyer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 370

2. Application of the Buffon needle problem and its extensions to parallel-line search sampling scheme

   • C. F. Chung

   OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 390

3. Target search by golden weave

   • W. E. Sharp

   OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 398

4. Maximum likelihood estimates of the size distribution of North Sea oil fields

   • James L. Smith
   • Geoffrey L. Ward

   OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 413

5. Geostatistical estimation of parameters for hydrologic transport modeling

   • P. G. Doctor
   • R. W. Nelson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 428

6. Estimating percentiles in aerial radiometric data using normal and lognormal distributional assumptions

   • Thomas R. Bement
   • Fredric L. Pirkle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 442

7. A distribution-free alternative to least-squares regression and its application to Rb/Sr isochron calculations

   • Raymond G. Vugrinovich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 454

8. Variogram models must be positive-definite

   • Margaret Armstrong
   • Romain Jabin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 459

9. On the existence of characteristic shapes for desert dunes

   • F. J. Bloore

   OriginalPaper Pages: 461 - 463

10. An algebraic method for evaluating angular strain rosettes: Comment

    • C. M. Griffiths

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 465 - 465

11. An algebraic method for evaluating angular strain rosettes: Comment

    • Declan G. De Paor

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 467 - 468

12. An algebraic method for evaluating angular strain rosettes: Reply

    • Donal M. Ragan

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 469 - 469