[1] Monte Carlo inversion techniques were first used by Earth scientists more than 30 years ago. Since that time they have been applied to a wide range of problems, from the inversion of free oscillation data for whole Earth seismic structure to studies at the meter-scale lengths encountered in exploration seismology. This paper traces the development and application of Monte Carlo methods for ...

The problem of imbalance The traditional system of manuscript evaluation has created a certain imbalance bordering with unfairness: while the authors of submitted papers typically have had their identity disclosed already at the outset, the reviewers have remained mostly anonymous. With a new open evaluation system being currently envisaged, the main difference would be that evaluators become d...

We introduce a class of non-stationary processes, or signals, that are close to stationary and call them locally stationary. They arise in many applications in seismology, in speech analysis and elsewhere. We show that their local spectral characteristics can be obtained eeciently using an adaptive windowed Fourier transform. We illustrate with some examples from seismology the use of our metho...

Orthodox–Evangelical relationships are dominated by proselytism (at least in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union). This is understood as church conversion practiced through unfair means among people who already Christians, belonging to so-called “historical churches.” However, beyond it, there a real potential for cooperation using moral values starting point. As an increasing disagreeme...