CONTENTS -- Editors -- List of Reviewers -- Mineralization Characteristics and Ore Fluid of Huai Kham on Gold Deposit, Northern Thailand Somboon Khositanont, Khin Zaw and Prayote Ounchanum -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Geology of Huai Kham On Deposit -- 3. Vein Mineralogy and Alteration -- 4. Sulfur Isotope Study -- 5. Fluid Inclusion Study -- 5.1. Classification of fluid inclusions -- 5.2. Microthermometric measurement and P-T-V-X relation -- 5.3. P-T-V-X relation -- 6. Gold Mineralization at Huai Kham On Deposit -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Formation of Hollow Concretions in Northeastern Thailand Prinya Putthapiban and Sutatcha Hongsresawat -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General Geology of the Study Areas -- 3. Physical Descriptions of the Hollow Concretions -- 4. Formation Processes -- 4.1. Lithified stage -- 4.2. Subsurface chemical reaction stage -- 4.3. Post-chemical erosion stage -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Investigations on Local Quartz Sand for Application in Glass Industry Pisutti Dararutana, Prukswan Chetanachan, Pornsawat Wathanakul and Narin Sirikulrat -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experiment -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb Isotopic Study of Late Neogene Volcanic Rocks from the Arita-Imari Area (SW Japan): Evidence for Coexisting OIB-Like and Subduction-Related Mantle Sources Nguyen Hoang, Jun'ichi Itoh, Kozo Uto and Akikazu Matsumoto -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Analytical Techniques -- 3. Analytical Results -- 3.1. Major element compositions -- 3.2. Trace element characteristics -- 3.3. Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1. Origin of the isotopic enrichment -- 4.2. Effects of assimilation-fractional crystallization -- 4.3. Source heterogeneity -- 5. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References.

Landslide Hazard Zoning of the Muravera Hillside (Sardinia, Italy) Giulio Barbieri and Paolo Cambuli -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Geological and Geomorphological Setting of the Muravera Hillside -- 3. Landslide Hazard Assessment -- 3.1. Basic cartography -- 3.2. Weighted cartography -- 3.3. Map of the landslide hazard by overlapping -- 3.4. Map of the landslide hazard due to falls and topples -- 3.5. Map of the landslide hazard due to debris flows -- 3.6. Final map of landslide hazard -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- An Integrative Geoscience Data Model by Linking Field-Speci.c Data Models in Digital Geologic Map, Earth Resource, and Geo-Hazard Lucas Donny Setijadji and Koichiro Watanabe -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Geoscience Data Model Projects -- 2.1. Major geoscience data model projects -- 2.2. About this project -- 2.3. Case study -- 3. Proposed Integrative Data Model -- 3.1. Modeling approach and platform -- 3.2. GeoSEA data model structure -- 3.3. Detailed descriptions of object classes -- 4. Demonstration of Implementation -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Crustal Deformation Monitoring by GNSS: Network Analysis and Case Studies Marco Piras, Marco Roggero and Maurizio Fantino -- 1. Introduction -- 2. GNSS Monitoring Network and Data Processing -- 2.1. GNSS continuously operating network setup -- 2.2. Monumentation -- 2.3. Local control network -- 2.4. Data processing -- 3. Time Series Analysis -- 4. Some Case Studies -- 4.1. The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake -- 4.2. Crustal deformation in Japan -- 4.3. Crustal deformation in the Alps -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- The Global Geodetic Observing System H.-P. Plag, M. Rothacher, M. Pearlman, R. Neilan and C. Ma -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Geodesy's Contribution to Earth Observations and Society at Large -- 3. The Global Geodetic Observing System: The Organization and the System.

4. GGOS: An Observing System of Layered Infrastructure -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The International Laser Ranging Service Michael Pearlman, Carey Noll, Jan McGarry, Werner Gurtner and Erricos Pavlis -- 1. ILRS Organization -- 2. Scientific Applications of Laser Ranging -- 2.1. The global terrestrial reference frame -- 2.2. The Earth in space -- 2.3. The Earth's gravity field -- 2.4. Precise orbit determination and verification -- 2.5. Lunar ranging -- 2.6. Role within other activities -- 3. Satellites Tracked by ILRS -- 4. Network Performance -- 5. Analysis and Data Products -- 5.1. "Positioning and EOP" product -- 5.2. "Benchmarking" process -- 5.3. New products -- 6. Modeling -- 6.1. Refraction -- 6.2. Retroreflector array -- 7. Advances Underway -- 7.1. Automation -- 7.2. KHz ranging -- 7.3. New, more powerful stations -- 7.4. Two-color ranging -- 7.5. Improved satellite retroreflector array design -- 7.6. Transponders -- 7.7. New missions -- 8. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Earth Rotation Parameters from Very Long Baseline Interferometry and Ringlaser Observables P. J. Mendes Cerveira, H. Spicakova, H. Schuh, T. Kluegel, U. Schreiber and A. Velikoseltsev -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Kinematics of Earth Orientation -- 2.1. Theoretical considerations -- 2.2. VLBI -- 3. Ringlaser -- 4. Discussion and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Toward a New VLBI System for Geodesy and Astrometry Jörg Wresnik, Johannes Böhm, Andrea Pany and Harald Schuh -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evaluation of the Monte Carlo Simulation -- 3. Comparison of Gauß-Markov LSM and KF in OCCAM -- 4. OCCAM Kalman Filter Analysis with Di.erent Variance Rates for Wet Zenith Delays and Gradients -- 5. Slew Speed Studies -- 6. Conclusions and Perspectives -- References.

Periodic Station Motion in Gothenburg Observed with GPS - Possibly Related to Hydrological Phenomena? R. Haas, N. Tangdamrongsub, H.-G. Scherneck and J. Johansson -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hydrological and Meteorological Observations -- 3. GPS Data Analysis and Results -- 4. Conclusion and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Evaluation of the Coseismic Pore Fluid Pressure on a Thrust Fault Jeen-Hwa Wang -- 1. Introduction -- 2. One-Dimensional Conduction Equation of Heat -- 3. Two-Dimensional Faulting Model -- 4. An Example -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The Water Level Changes of the Aneuklaot Lake, Weh Island after the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake Agustan, Djoko Nugroho, Lena Sumargana, Irwan Meilano, Mohd. E.endi Daud, Fumiaki Kimata and Yusuf S. Djadjadihardja -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Effect of Near-Source Trench Structure on Teleseismic Body Waveforms: An Application of a 2.5D FDM to the Java Trench Taro Okamoto and Hiroshi Takenaka -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data -- 3. 2.5D Computation -- 4. Waveform Relocation Technique -- 5. Simulation of Inversion -- 6. Results of Waveform Relocation -- 7. Discussion -- 8. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Numerical Modeling of the 2006 Java Tsunami Earthquake Nuraini Rahma Hanifa, Irwan Meilano, Takeshi Sagiya, Fumiaki Kimata and Hasanuddin Z. Abidin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Java 2006 Tsunami Earthquake -- 3. GPS PPP Continuous Observation -- 4. Tsunami Modeling Method -- 5. Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Why Many Victims: Lessons from the July 2006 South Java Tsunami Earthquake Hasanuddin Z. Abidin and Teruyuki Kato -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Unexpected Earthquake and Tsunami -- 3. Unfelt Earthquake and No-Tsunami Warning.

4. No Clear Precursory Sign of Residing Sea Level -- 5. Relatively High Tsunami -- 6. Spontaneous Unsupervised Way of Facing Tsunami -- 7. Many Inhabitants Along the Lowland Coastal Areas -- 8. Short Period for First Emergency Response -- 9. Closing Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Earthquake Potential in Myanmar Hla Hla Aung -- 1. Tectonic Setting -- 2. Historical Earthquakes and Recent Seismic Activities in Myanmar -- 3. Structural Features Along the Sagaing Transform Belt -- 4. Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Looking into a Sandpile by Photo-Elasticity and Discrete Element Method Naoto Yoshioka and Hide Sakaguchi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Photo-Elastic Experiment -- 2.1. Experimental setup and procedure -- 2.2. Results -- 3. Simulation by Discrete Element Method (DEM) -- 3.1. DEM specifications -- 3.2. Results -- 4. Discussion and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Statistical Properties and Time Trend in the Number of Holocene Volcanic Eruptions A. N. Zemtsov and A. A. Tron -- 1. General Trend in the Number of Eruptions -- 2. Rank Statistics for the Number of Eruptions -- 3. Explosive Volcanism Productivity -- 4. The Law of Eruptions Recurrence -- Conclusion -- References.