BEST PAPER AWARD FOR MATHEMATICAL GEOSCIENCES (formerly Mathematical Geology)

 
Each year, the editorial board of Mathematical Geosciences selects an outstanding paper published in that journal to receive the Best Paper Award. The following was selected as the best paper for 1996: "Topologic and Geometric Characterization of Fault Networks Using 3-Dimensional Generalized Maps." The authors are Yvon Halbwachs with the Université Louis-Pasteur, Strasbourg, and G. Courrioux, Xavier Renaud, and Philippe Repusseau, with the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, Orléans, France. In selecting a best paper, the editorial board used the following criteria: a best paper represents a significant advance by presenting a new concept or method with important applications, or a breakthrough on a long-standing problem; is well-written, clearly-illustrated, and referenced comprehensively; and is likely to be cited often in the literature for many years. In making this selection, one member of the board commented that this paper was "very well documented and illustrated a promising domain of computer applications."

To recognize their achievement, the authors will each receive a year's membership in the IAMG with a subscription to Mathematical Geosciences.

Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
Editor-in-Chief
Mathematical Geosciences