ALBERT

Description / Table of Contents: The metronomic variations of the Earth-Moon system and of the Earth-Sun orbital patterns produce gravitational and temperature effects that alter the physical environment on the Earth’s surface. These give an interpenetrating effect of forcing cycles ranging from twice-daily tides, day-night alternations, various tidal patterns and the annual solar pattern. All of these have been used palaeontologically to give precision to short-term age determination in the past. It is cycles of the Milankovitch band that are showing promise of enabling new practical timescales to be established for parts of the geological record. These depend on changes in the Earth-Sun distance and changes in the tilt of the Earth’s axis with respect to the Earth’s orbit round the Sun. There is increasing evidence that small-scale sedimentary rhythmic couplets may represent the effect of such changes. The disentangling of the interpenetrating cycles to produce an orbital forcing timescale is an exciting problem and challenge for palaeobiology and sedimentology. These should enable numerical dates to be given to bio- and chronostratigraphical timescales and eventually enable many Earth processes to be analysed in real time. The papers in this volume represent major new developments in sedimentological, paIaeontological, geochemical and stratigraphical research being undertaken in this field.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:1-11, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.01 --- The symposium meeting / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:13-14, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.02 --- Part I: Symposium Papers --- Introduction to Part I / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:15-16, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.03 --- John Watson Cowie: Life in Pre-Cambrian and early Cambrian times / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:17-35, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.04 --- Roland Goldring: The significance of certain trace-fossil ranges / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:37-39, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.05 --- Michael Robert House: Fluctuations in the evolution of Palaeozoic intertebrates / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:41-54, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.06 --- Victor Gordon Walmsley: The origins of some Silurian enteletacean brachiopods / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:55-56, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.07 --- Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes: Permo-Triassic extinction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:57-76, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.08 --- C. B. Cox: Changes in terrestrial vertebrate faunas during the Mesozoic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:77-89, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.09 --- John Michael Hancock: Some Cretaceous-Tertiary marine faunal changes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:91-104, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.10 --- Graeme Maxwell Philip: Major features of the evolution of echinoids / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:105-106, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.11 --- Norman Francis Hughes and John Smart: Plant-insect relationships in Palaeozoic and later time / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:107-117, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.12 --- Lambert Beverly Halstead Tarlo: Biochemical evolution and the fossil record / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:119-132, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.13 --- James Fisher: Fossil birds and their adaptive radiation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:133-154, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.14 --- General Discussion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:155-156, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.15 --- Part II: Documentation of the Fossil Record --- Introduction to Part II / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:158-159, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.16 --- Plantae --- N. F. H.: Plantae / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:162, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.17 --- H. P. Banks, K. I. M. Chesters, N. F. Hughes, G. A. L. Johnson, H. M. Johnson, and L. R. Moore: Chapter 1 Thallophyta—1 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:163-180, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.18 --- M. Black, C. Downie, R. Ross, and W. A. S. Sarjeant: Chapter 2 Thallophyta—2 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:181-209, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.19 --- L. J. Grambast and W. S. Lacey: Chapter 3 Bryophyta and Charophyta* / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:211-217, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.20 --- H. P. Banks, W. G. Chaloner, and W. S. Lacey: Chapter 4 Pteridophyta—1 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:219-231, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.21 --- H. P. Banks, M. G. Collett, F. R. Gnauck, and N. F. Hughes: Chapter 5 Pteridophyta—2 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:233-245, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.22 --- K.L. Alvin, P. D. W. Barnard, T.M. Harris, N. F. Hughes, R. H. Wagner, and A. Wesley: Chapter 6 Gymnospermophyta / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:247-268, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.23 --- K. I. M. Chesters, F. R. Gnauck, and N. F. Hughes: Chapter 7 Angiospermae / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:269-288, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.24 --- Invertebrata --- M. J. S. R.: Invertebrata / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:290, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.25 --- F. T. Banner, W. J. Clarke, J. L. Cutbill, F. E. Eames, A. J. Lloyd, W. R. Riedel, and A. H. Smout: Chapter 8 Protozoa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:291-332, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.26 --- R. M. Finks and D. Hill: Chapter 9 Porifera and Archaeocyatha / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:333-345, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.27 --- G. A. L. Johnson, I. D. Sutton, F. M. Taylor, and G. Thomas: Chapter 10 Coelenterata / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:347-378, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.28 --- G. P. Larwood, A. W. Medd, D. E. Owen, and R. Tavener-Smith: Chapter 11 Bryozoa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:379-395, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.29 --- D. V. Ager, P. Copper, G. M. Dunlop, G. F. Elliott, F. A. Middlemiss, A. J. Rowell, A. Williams, and A. D. Wright: Chapter 12 Brachiopoda / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:397-421, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.30 --- D. Curry and N. J. Morris: Chapter 13 Mollusca: Amphineura, Monoplacophora and Gastropoda / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:423-430, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.31 --- C.H. Holland: Chapter 14 Mollusca: Cephalopoda (Nautiloidea) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:431-443, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.32 --- D. T. Donovan, F. Hodson, M. K. Howarth, M. R. House, E. T. Tozer, and C. W. Wright: Chapter 15 Mollusca: Cephalopoda (Ammonoidea) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:445-460, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.33 --- D. T. Donovan and J. M. Hancock: Chapter 16 Mollusca: Cephalopoda (Coleoidea) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:461-467, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.34 --- N. J. Morris: Chapter 17 Mollusca: Scaphopoda and Bivalvia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:469-477, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.35 --- J. W. Cowie, W. T. Dean, R. Goldring, W. D. I. Rolfe, A. W. A. Rushton, J. T. Temple, and R. P. Tripp: Chapter 18 Arthropoda: Protarthropoda and Trilobitomorpha / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:479-497, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.36 --- R. A. Crowson, W. D. I. Rolfe, J. Smart, C. D. Waterston, E. C. Willey, and R. J. Wootton: Chapter 19 Arthropoda: Chelicerata, Pycnogonida, Palaeoisopus, Myriapoda and Insecta / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:499-534, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.37 --- R. H. Bate, J. S. H. Collins, J. E. Robinson, and W. D. I. Rolfe: Chapter 20 Arthropoda: Crustacea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:535-563, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.38 --- R. P. S. Jefferies, K. A. Joysey, C. R. C. Paul, and W. H. C. Ramsbottom: Chapter 21 Echinodermata: Pelmatozoa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:565-581, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.39 --- B. N. Fletcher, G. M. Philip, and C. W. Wright: Chapter 22 Echinodermata: Eleutherozoa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:583-599, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.40 --- C. H. Holland, R. B. Rickards, D. Skevington, I. Strachan, and L. B. H. Tarlo: Chapter 23 Chordata: Hemichordata (including Graptolithina), Pogonophora, Urochordata and Cephalochordata / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:601-611, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.41 --- C. Downie, D. W. Fisher, R. Goldring, and F. H. T. Rhodes: Chapter 24 Miscellanea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:613-626, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.42 --- Vertebrata --- L. B. H. T.: Vertebrata / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:628, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.43 --- L. B. H. Tarlo: Chapter 25 Agnatha / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:629-636, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.44 --- S. M. Andrews, B. G. Gardiner, R. S. Miles, and C. Patterson: Chapter 26 Pisces / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:637-683, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.45 --- A. L. Panchen: Chapter 27 Amphibia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:685-694, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.46 --- R. M. Appleby, A. J. Charig, C. B. Cox, K. A. Kermack, and L. B. H. Tarlo: Chapter 28 Reptilia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:695-731, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.47 --- James M. McC. Fisher: Chapter 29 Aves / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:733-762, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.48 --- P. M. Butler, W. A. Clemens, S. F. Graham, D. A. Hooijer, K. A. Kermack, B. Patterson, W. D. L. Ride, D. E. Russell, R. J. G. Savage, E. L. Simons, L. B. H. Tarlo, L. Thaler, and T. Whitworth: Chapter 30 Mammalia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:763-787, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.49 --- Part III: Computer Analysis --- J. L. Cutbill and B. M. Funnell: Numerical analysis of The Fossil Record / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2:791-820, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.50

Description / Table of Contents: Michael R. House: Orbital forcing timescales: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:1-18, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.01 --- Sean B. Kelly and Shaun P. Sadler: Equilibrium and response to climatic and tectonic forcing: A study of alluvial sequences in the Devonian Munster Basin, Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:19-36, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.02 --- Michael R. House: Devonian precessional and other signatures for establishing a Givetian timescale / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:37-49, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.03 --- G. P. Weedon and W. A. Read: Orbital-climatic forcing of Namurian cyclic sedimentation from spectral analysis of the Limestone Coal Formation, Central Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:51-66, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.04 --- Gwyn P. G. Moses: Calibration, analysis and interpretation of depositional cycles in the Early Toarcian of Yorkshire, UK / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:67-74, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.05 --- Helen K. Waterhouse: High-resolution palynofacies investigation of Kimmeridgian sedimentary cycles / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:75-114, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.06 --- P. J. Valdes, B. W. Sellwood, and G. D. Price: Modelling Late Jurassic Milankovitch climate variations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:115-132, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.07 --- P. Cotillon: Constraints for using high-frequency sedimentary cycles in cyclostratigraphy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:133-141, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.08 --- F. Giraud, L. Beaufort, and P. Cotillon: Periodicities of carbonate cycles in the Valanginian of the Vocontian Trough: a strong obliquity control / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:143-164, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.09 --- Didier Quesne and Serge Ferry: Detailed relationships between platform and pelagic carbonates (Barremian, SE France) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:165-176, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.10 --- A. S. Gale: Cyclostratigraphy and correlation of the Cenomanian Stage in Western Europe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:177-197, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.11 --- Alfred G. Fischer: Cyclostratigraphy, Quo Vadis? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 85:199-204, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.085.01.12