Various books on data analysis in earth sciences have been published during the last ten years, such as Statistics and Data Analysis in Geology by JC Davis, Introduction to Geological Data Analysis by ARH Swan and M Sandilands, Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences Using MATLAB® by GV Middleton or Statistics of Earth Science Data by G Borradaile. Moreover, a number of software packages have been designed for earth scientists such as the ESRI product suite ArcGIS or the freeware package GRASS for generating geo- graphic information systems, ERDAS IMAGINE or RSINC ENVI for remote sensing and GOCAD and SURFER for 3D.
