本书是1979年10月在美国纽约州锡拉丘举行的第8届地质科学会议讲习班报告的汇编。论文多属70年代地质定量化在地学各个领域进展的回顾,对生物地层学、地球化学、地球物理、信息系统、图表分析、金属矿产和燃料资源的预测和评价、采矿学、古生物学、石油勘查、构造地质等的进展进行了总结,具体方法介绍较少,也对当前数学地质 This is a compilation of the report of the 8th Workshop of the Geological Science Conference, held in Syracuse, New York, October 1979. The paper mostly reviews the progress of geological quantification in geosciences in the 1970s. It is a comprehensive review of advances in geosciences, geochemistry, geophysics, information systems, chart analysis, prediction and evaluation of metallogenic and fuel resources, mining, paleontology, petroleum Prospecting, tectonic geology and other advances were summarized, the introduction of specific methods less, but also the current mathematical geology