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Description / Table of Contents: The main focus of the book is the geological and geophysical interpretation of sedimentary basins along the South, Central and North Atlantic conjugate margins, but concepts derived from physical models, outcrop analogues and present-day margins are also discussed in some chapters. There is an encompassing description of several conjugate margins worldwide, based on recent geophysical and geological datasets. An overview of important aspects related to the geodynamic development and petroleum geology of Atlantic-type sedimentary basins is also included. Several chapters analyse genetic mechanisms and break-up processes associated with rift-phase structures and salt tectonics, providing a full description of conjugate margin basins based on deep seismic profiles and potential field methods.

Description / Table of Contents: A. C. Morton, R. S. Haszeldine, M. R. Giles, and S. Brown: Geology of the Brent Group: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:1-2, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.01 --- J. M. Bowen: Exploration of the Brent Province / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:3-14, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.02 --- P. C. Richards: An introduction to the Brent Group: a literature review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:15-26, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.03 --- Graham Yielding, Michael E. Badley, and Alan M. Roberts: The structural evolution of the Brent Province / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:27-43, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.04 --- B. C. Mitchener, D. A. Lawrence, M. A. Partington, M. B. J. Bowman, and J. Gluyas: Brent Group: sequence stratigraphy and regional implications / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:45-80, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.05 --- S. J. C. Cannon, M. R. Giles, M. F. Whitaker, P. M. Please, and S. V. Martin: A regional reassessment of the Brent Group, UK sector, North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:81-107, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.06 --- W. Helland-Hansen, M. Ashton, L. Lømo, and R. Steel: Advance and retreat of the Brent delta: recent contributions to the depositional model / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:109-127, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.07 --- Elaine S. Scott: The palaeoenvironments and dynamics of the Rannoch—Etive nearshore and coastal succession, Brent Group, northern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:129-147, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.08 --- Jan Alexander: A discussion of alluvial sandstone body characteristics related to variations in marine influence, Middle Jurassic of the Cleveland Basin, UK, and the implications for analogous Brent Group strata in the North Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:149-167, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.09 --- M. F. Whitaker, M. R. Giles, and S. J. C. Cannon: Palynological review of the Brent Group, UK sector, north sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:169-202, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.10 --- Gwydion Williams: Palynology as a palaeoenvironmental indicator in the Brent Group, northern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:203-212, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.11 --- Euan W. Mearns: Samarium-neodymium isotopic constraints on the provenance of the Brent Group / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:213-225, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.12 --- A. C. Morton: Provenance of Brent Group sandstones: heavy mineral constraints / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:227-244, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.13 --- K. Stattegger and A. C. Morton: Statistical analysis of garnet compositions and lithostratigraphic correlation: Brent Group sandstones of the Oseberg Field, northern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:245-262, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.14 --- Knut Bjørlykke, Tor Nedkvitne, Mogens Ramm, and Girish C. Saigal: Diagenetic processes in the Brent Group (Middle Jurassic) reservoirs of the North Sea: an overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:263-287, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.15 --- M. R. Giles, S. Stevenson, S. V. Martin, S. J. C. Cannon, P. J. Hamilton, J. D. Marshall, and G. M. Samways: The reservoir properties and diagenesis of the Brent Group: a regional perspective / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:289-327, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.16 --- J. Reed Glasmann: The fate of feldspar in Brent Group reservoirs, North Sea: a regional synthesis of diagenesis in shallow, intermediate, and deep burial environments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:329-350, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.17 --- Nicholas B. Harris: Burial diagenesis of Brent sandstones: a study of Statfjord, Hutton and Lyell fields / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:351-375, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.18 --- P. J. Hamilton, M. R. Giles, and P. Ainsworth: K-Ar dating of illites in Brent Group reservoirs: a regional perspective / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:377-400, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.19 --- R. Stuart Haszeldine, J. F. Brint, A. E. Fallick, P. J. Hamilton, and S. Brown: Open and restricted hydrologies in Brent Group diagenesis: North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:401-419, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.20 --- A. J. C. Hogg, E. Sellier, and A. J. Jourdan: Cathodoluminescence of quartz cements in Brent Group sandstones, Alwyn South, UK North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:421-440, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.21 --- Stephen Larter and Idar Horstad: Migration of petroleum into Brent Group reservoirs: some observations from the Gullfaks field, Tampen Spur area North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:441-452, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.22 --- J. D. Kantorowicz, M. R. P. Eigner, S. E. Livera, F. S. Van Schijndel-Goester, and P. J. Hamilton: Integration of petroleum engineering studies of producing Brent Group fields to predict reservoir properties in the Pelican Field, UK North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:453-469, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.23 --- Brian Moss: The petrophysical characteristics of the Brent sandstones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:471-496, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.24 --- Erratum --- Erratum: Brent Group: sequence stratigraphy and regional implications / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 61:ERR, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.26

Description / Table of Contents: The Context of Palaeohydrology --- K. J. Gregory: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:1-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.01 --- L. Starkel: Palaeohydrological reconstruction: advantages and disadvantages / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:9-17, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.02 --- Nigel W. Arnell: Palaeohydrology and future climate change / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:19-25, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.03 --- J. M. Adams and H. Faure: Changes in moisture balance between glacial and interglacial conditions: influence on carbon cycle processes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:27-42, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.04 --- D. E. Walling: Erosion and sediment yield in a changing environment / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:43-56, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.05 --- A. G. Brown: Human dimensions of palaeohydrological change / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:57-72, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.06 --- V. R. Baker: Discovering Earth’s future in its past: palaeohydrology and global environmental change / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:73-83, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.07 --- Approaches to Palaeohydrological Analysis --- Mediterranean, Tropical and Monsoon Regions --- G. Benito, M. J. Machado, and A. Pérez-González: Climate change and flood sensitivity in Spain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:85-98, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.08 --- Ian C. Fuller, Mark G. Macklin, David G. Passmore, Paul A. Brewer, John Lewin, and Ann G. Wintle: Geochronologies and environmental records of Quaternary fluvial sequences in the Guadalope basin, northeast Spain, based on luminescence dating / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:99-120, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.09 --- Yehouda Enzel, Lisa L. Ely, P. Kyle House, and Victor R. Baker: Magnitude and frequency of Holocene palaeofloods in the southwestern United States: A review and discussion of implications / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:121-137, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.10 --- Michael F. Thomas and Martin B. Thorp: The response of geomorphic systems to climatic and hydrological change during the Late Glacial and early Holocene in the humid and sub-humid tropics / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:139-153, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.11 --- Vishwas S. Kale, Lisa L. Ely, Yehouda Enzel, and Victor R. Baker: Palaeo and historical flood hydrology, Indian Peninsula / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:155-163, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.12 --- Cold Regions --- Paul A. Carling: A preliminary palaeohydraulic model applied to late Quaternary gravel dunes: Altai Mountains, Siberia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:165-179, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.13 --- A. F. Yamskikh: Late Quaternary intra-continental river palaeohydrology and polycyclic terrace formation: the example of south Siberian river valleys / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:181-190, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.14 --- Temperate Regions --- J. M. Hooke: River responses to decadal-scale changes in discharge regime: the Gila River, SE Arizona / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:191-204, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.15 --- T. Kalicki: Climatic or anthropogenic alluviation in Central European valleys during the Holocene? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:205-215, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.16 --- Barbara T. Rumsby and Mark G. Macklin: River response to the last neoglacial (the ‘Little Ice Age’) in northern, western and central Europe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:217-233, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.17 --- A Future for Palaeohydrology --- J. Branson, K. J. Gregory, and M. J. Clark: Issues in scientific co-operation on information sharing: the case of palaeohydrology / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:235-249, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.18 --- J. R. Pilcher: The Past Global Changes (PAGES) Project / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:251-256, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.19 --- A. G. Brown: Palaeohydrology: prospects and future advances / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 115:257-265, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.115.01.20

Description / Table of Contents: A major rifting episode began in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia in September 2005. Over a ten-day period, c. 2.5 km3 of magma were intruded along a 60 km-long dyke separating the Arabian and Nubian plates. Over the next five years, a further 13 dyke intrusions caused continued extension, eruptions and seismicity. This activity led to a renewed international focus on the role of magmatism in rifting, with major international collaborative projects working in Afar and Ethiopia to study the ongoing activity and to place it in a broader context. This book brings together articles that explore the role of magmatism in rifting, from the initiation of continental break-up through to full seafloor spreading. We also explore the hazards related to rifting and the associated volcanism. This work has implications for our understanding of how continents break-up and the associated distribution of resources in rift basins and continental margins.