Front Cover; Advances in Geophysics, Volume 38; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Aftershocks and Fault-Zone Properties; 1. Introduction; 2. The Phenomenology of Aftershocks; 3. Temporal Behavior of Aftershocks; 4. Analysis of Data; 5. Physical Factors Controlling the Rate of Decay; 6. Class 3 Aftershocks and Events Triggered at Large Distances; 7. Discussion and Future Research Opportunities; References; Chapter 2. On Fire at Ten; 1. Introduction; 2. Scientific Background; 3. FIRE86; 4. FIRE87; 5. FIRE91; 6. ASTEX; 7. Cloud Parameterizations; 8. FIRE and ISCCP.

9. FIRE in the Classroom10. Future Issues; References; Chapter 3. Dissipation of Tidal Energy. Paleotides, and Evolution of the Earth -- Moon System; 1. Introduction; 2. Tidal Energy Budget in the Ocean-Lithosphere-Atmosphere System; 3. The Problem of Tidal Energy Dissipation and the Tidal Energy Cycle in the Ocean-Lithosphere-Atmosphere System; 4. Models of Tidal Evolution of the Earth-Moon System with a Phase-Lagged Ellipsoid Approximation of the Earth; 5. Evolution of the Ocean and Ocean Tides through Geologic Time.

6. Models of Earth-Moon Tidal Evolution Taking into Account Changing Resonance Properties of the Ocean7. Conclusions; List of Principal Symbols; References; Index.