1. Address of the editor-in-chief

   • Wolf-Christian Dullo

   EditorialNotes 01 March 1996 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Preface

   • Jörn H. Kruhl
   • Hans-Joachim Kümpel

   Editor 01 March 1996 Pages: 2 - 2

3. Fractal properties of multi-order folding as a tool for exploration of low-grade banded iron ores in the Krivoy Rog basin (Ukraine)

   • D. A. Kulik
   • M. I. Chernovsky

   Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 3 - 11

4. Variability of sedimentary sequence: numerical modeling of the deposition-erosion process

   • S. Ivanov

   Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 12 - 18

5. Morphological instabilities in pattern formation by precipitation and crystallization processes

   • H. -J. Krug
   • H. Brandstädter
   • K. H. Jacob

   Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 19 - 28

6. Self-organization of recent rhythmic iron-manganese precipitations in underground mines in the Harz mountains

   • S. Dietrich
   • K. -H. Jacob

   Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 29 - 37

7. The fractal shape of sutured quartz grain boundaries: application as a geothermometer

   • J. H. Kruhl
   • M. Nega

   Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 38 - 43

8. Fractals in deep crustal seismic reflection profiles

   • K. Vasudevan
   • Q. Li
   • F. A. Cook

   Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 44 - 49

9. Scaling behaviour of vertical magnetic susceptibility and its fractal characterization: an example from the German continental deep drilling project (KTB)

   • S. Leonardi
   • H. -J. Kümpel

   Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 50 - 57

10. Localized folding of viscoelastic layers

    • G. Hunt
    • H. Mühlhaus
    • A. Ord

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 58 - 64

11. A physical statistical approach to erosion

    • S. Hergarten
    • H. J. Neugebauer

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 65 - 70

12. Multifractal and entropic properties of landslides in Japan

    • C. Goltz

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 71 - 84

13. Self-organization in the rapid flow of granular material: evidence for a major flow mechanism

    • S. Straub

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 85 - 91

14. Generating fracture networks using iterated function systems

    • U. Mohrlok
    • R. Liedl

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 92 - 95

15. Non-riemannian and fractal geometries of fracturing in geomaterials

    • H. Nagahama

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 96 - 102

16. Stochastic dynamics of damage evolution in brittle rocks

    • Vadim V. Silberschmidt
    • Vladimir G. Silberschmidt

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 103 - 109

17. Counting statistics of f ^−β fluctuations: a new method for analysis of earthquake data

    • H. R. Bittner
    • P. Tosi
    • K. -D. Kniffki

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 110 - 115

18. Fractal approach in modelling of earthquakes

    • V. V. Silberschmidt

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 116 - 123

19. Nonlinear time series analysis of the ionospheric measurements

    • A. L. Karpenko
    • N. I. Manaenkova

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 124 - 129

20. Retrograde mineral reactions: a heat source in the continental crust?

    • U. K. Haack
    • H. D. Zimmermann

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 130 - 137

21. Polyphase wrench tectonics in the southern french Massif Central: kinematic inferences from pre- and syntectonic granitoids

    • Jean-Yves Roig
    • Michel Faure
    • Patrick Ledru

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 138 - 153

22. Zircon dating of North Bohemian granulites, Czech Republic: further evidence for the Lower Carboniferous high-pressure event in the Bohemian Massif

    • J. Kotková
    • A. Kröner
    • J. Fiala

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 154 - 161

23. Nd-Sr isotopic and trace element study of rocks and fluids from the continental deep drilling Project (KTB), Germany

    • F. Teichmann
    • A. R. Basu

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 162 - 171

24. The Garzon fault: active southwestern boundary of the Caribbean plate in Colombia

    • J. Chorowicz
    • P. Chotin
    • R. Guillande

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 172 - 179

25. Triple-junction migration during Paleozoic plate convergence: the Aracena metamorphic belt, Hercynian massif, Spain

    • A. Castro
    • C. Fernández
    • N. Sánchez

    Original Paper 01 March 1996 Pages: 180 - 185

26. Roland Brinkmann 1898–1995

    Nachruf 01 March 1996 Pages: 186 - 190