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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: Field geology is, by definition, the geology of exhumed rocks. This book provides a broad range of examples of deep exhumation and emphasizes the competition between the various exhumation processes: normal faulting, ductile thinning and erosion. The papers include examples from all parts of the world and from a variety of tectonic settings, including oceanic subduction zones, continental collision zones and continental rifts. The volume explores the relationship between climate, erosion and tectonics. It provides innovative applications of thermochronology to understanding the rates and geometry of normal faulting, and the interaction between erosion and tectonics. The book will be of broad interest to any student of mountain belts and orogenesis, including those in tectonics, structural geology, geodynamics, metamorphic petrology, sedimentology and geomorphology.

Description / Table of Contents: An interdisciplinary collection of papers related to long-term landscape development, integrating landscape and tectonic processes. The presentations demonstrate that studies of present-day processes can be successfully placed within an evolutionary framework and geological setting, the necessity for which increases as appreciation of the antiquity of many landscapes grows. Coverage includes: British Isles, NW Europe, Mediterranean Basin, Middle East, Himalaya, Andes and Antarctica. The papers highlight the significance of recent advances in analytical technology for improving interpretation of both geologically ‘ancient’ and ‘young’ landscapes. It is hoped that, by demonstrating the benefits of interdisciplinary discourse, a widening of interest in landscape studies will be encouraged.

Description / Table of Contents: Hydrothermal venting at mid-ocean ridges has become one of the fastest-growing areas of interest in the marine geosciences since their discovery at the beginning of the 1980s. Marine geologists, geochemists and biologists are beginning to unravel the processes that generate and focus these high-temperature, chemically charged fluid exhalations, and those that control the colonization and ecology of the bizarre gamut of fauna and flora resident at these sites. Researchers, on the edge of understanding how volcanic and tectonic processes interact to control fluid flow, can show how they can predict the likely occurrence of hydrothermal systems throughout the world ridge system, and how the biomass has flourished in such inhospitable settings. Indeed, the very isolation of the communities has led workers to suggest that their restricted evolutionary path has direct significance for studies of the early origins of life itself. Hydrothermal processes are four-dimensional in their character, on a range of time-scales, which are of the order of thousands of years in terms of the of the lifetime of the hydrothermal sites, down to days in terms of the dispersal of plume products in the water column. The papers in this volume represent the latest reviews and reports of the state-of-the-art understanding of an area of marine science that we are only just beginning to recognize the scope and impact of.

Description / Table of Contents: The variety, form and volume of data available to geologists have increased significantly over the past few decades. It has become essential to use databases (either analogue or digital) to turn this avalanche of data into usable information. Geologists have built many large and complex digital databases to support their activities. However, not all these database projects have been successful. This book reviews the principle and practice of the creation, management and use of geological databases, from the point of view of geological database designers, managers and users. It is the object of this book to increase the proportion of successful geological database projects by encouraging careful thought about the processes that are involved in the design and management of a database. You don’t have to be a geologist to learn from this book…Lucidly written, with copious line drawings, data diagrams and mono screenshots from GUIs, the book covers geological data management problems by industry sector, ranging from petroleum prospecting to palaeontology…As a one-stop introduction to both data management and the use of IT in an applied science, this book cannot be bettered. Alasdair MacLeod in Computing, 8 Feb 1996 … a very worthy summary of the current state of affairs, with much on recent achievements as well as ideas for the future and the problems that need to be solved…In addition, though, there are also introductions to the principles of database design and the work may also function as an instructional textbook…This book is much more wide ranging and valuable than its title suggests.

Description / Table of Contents: It is generally believed that Britain last became separated from mainland Europe about 8500 years ago, although earlier stages of the Quaternary are also considered in this book. The evidence for insularity, or otherwise, of both Britain and Ireland is based on a wide range of data, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of Quaternary research. This volume provides up-to-date reviews of this evidence: physical or geological, and palaeontological data, as well as marine and non-marine organisms, are examined. Also evaluated are the possible biological repercussions of insularity: the fauna and flora of Britain and Ireland are certainly impoverished when compared with neighbouring mainland European countries - see, for example, the spectacular ecological and evolutionary consequences on the red deer populations of Jersey.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume contains a selection of 16 papers written by colleagues and students of the late Professor John Sutton FRS. John Sutton was one of the most eminent geologists of his time. He was interested in every aspect of the Earth Sciences, although his passion was for Precambrian rocks throughout the world, and particularly those of NW Scotland. The papers included in this volume reflect the wide interests of John Sutton and provide the latest ideas and information on the Early Precambrian.

Description / Table of Contents: Paleomagnetism is a relatively young geoscience which incorporates aspects of geomagnetism, rock magnetism and geology. This volume investigates the use of paloenmagnetism in oil exploration and production. It presents various techniques including a newly emerging technique which will be of general interest to the oil industry. The main areas in which paleomagnetic data may be useful to the petroleum geologist are : paleomagnetic dating and magnetostratigraphy; susceptibility logging of cores; magnetic fabric studies for paleocurrent analysis; using remagnetization to date diagenetic events including those associated with hydrocarbon migration; and identification of magnetic anomalies associated with hydrocarbon plumes and oil seeps. Most papers deal with case studies performed on wells from active exploration or production locations worldwide. The book is the first of its kind and presents much previously unpublished data. It will be of particular interest to both academics and professionals in the oil industry.

Description / Table of Contents: Volcanoes become active when fluids are in motion, and erupt when these fluids escape into the atmosphere. Volcanic fluids are a mixture of solid, liquid and gas. These mixtures result in a complex range of flow behaviour, especially during interaction with conduit geometry. These processes are not directly observable and must be inferred from interpretations of field observation and measurement. One of the outcomes of this complexity is the generation of pressure and force transients as high-density phases accelerate and decelerate during unsteady flow. These transients are one means of flexing the conduit wall, a process that manifests itself as ground motion and is detectable as volcano seismic signals. On eruption, volcanic fluids interact with the atmosphere and generate acoustic and thermal signals. In this Special Publication we present a series of papers based on field, numerical and experimental approaches that seek to establish links between geophysical signals and fluid motion in volcanic conduits.

Description / Table of Contents: There are continual rounds of annual conferences, special sessions and other symposia that provide ample opportunity for researchers to convene and discuss igneous processes. However, the origins of laccoliths and sills continue to inspire and confound geologists. In one sense, this is surprising. After all, don't we know all we need to know about these rocks by now? As testified by the diverse range of topics covered in this volume, the answer is clearly ‘no’. This book contains contributions on physical geology, igneous petrology, volcanology, structural geology, crustal mechanics and geophysics that cover the entire gambit of geological processes associated with the shallow emplacement of magma. High-level intrusions in sedimentary basins can also act as hydrocarbon reservoirs and as sources for thermal maturation. In drawing together a diversity of perspectives on the emplacement of sills, laccoliths and dykes we hope to advance further our understanding of their behaviour.

Description / Table of Contents: The morphology of Earth's surface reflects the interaction of climate, tectonics and denudational processes operating over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. These processes can be considered catastrophic or continuous; depending on the timescale of observation or interest. Recent research had required integration of historically distinct subjects such as geomorphology, sedimentology, climatology and tectonics. Together, these have provided new insights into absolute and relative rates of denudation, and the factors that control the many dynamic processes involved. Specific subject areas covered are sediment transport processes and the timescales of competing processes, the role of the geological record and landscapes in constraining different processes, the nature of landscape evolution at different spatial scales and in contrasting geological environments.

Description / Table of Contents: This book is the first to describe the history of geoconservation. It draws on experience from the UK, Europe and further afield, to explore topics including: what is geoconservation; where, when and how did it start; who was responsible; and how has it differed across the world? Geological and geomorphological features, processes, sites and specimens, provide a resource of immense scientific and educational importance. They also form the foundation for the varied and spectacular landscapes that help define national and local identity as well as many of the great tourism destinations. Mankind's activities, including contributing to enhanced climate change, pose many threats to this resource: the importance of safeguarding and managing it for future generations is now widely accepted as part of sustainable development. Geoconservation is an established and growing activity across the world, with more participants and a greater profile than ever before. This volume highlights a history of challenges, set-backs, successes and visionary individuals and provides a sound basis for taking geoconservation into the future.

Description / Table of Contents: The Early-Middle Pleistocene transition (around 1.2 to 0.5 Ma) marks a profound shift in Earth’s climate state. Low-amplitude 41 ka climate cycles, dominating the earlier part of the Pleistocene, gave way progressively to a 100 ka rhythm of increased amplitude that characterizes our present glacial—interglacial world. This volume assesses the biotic and physical response to this transition both on land and in the oceans: indeed it examines the very nature of Quaternary climate change. Milankovitch theory, palaeoceanography using isotopes and microfossils, marine organic geochemistry, tephrochronology, the record of loess and soil deposition, terrestrial vegetationa! change, and the migration and evolution of hominins as well as other large and small mammals, are all considered. These themes combine to explore the very origins of our present biota.

Description / Table of Contents: D. H. Tarling: Introduction: sediments and diagenesis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:1-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.21 --- C. M. Batt: Preliminary investigations into the acquisition of remanence in archaeological sediments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:9-19, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.02 --- S. A. Pisarevsky: Studies of post-depositional remanent magnetization and their relevance to the palaeomagnetic record / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:21-26, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.03 --- Graham J. Borradaile: Viscous remanent magnetization of high thermal stability in limestone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:27-42, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.04 --- Barbara A. Maher and Mark W. Hounslow: The significance of magnetotactic bacteria for the palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic record of Quaternary sediments and soils / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:43-46, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.05 --- Shmuel Marco, Hagai Ron, Michael O. McWilliams, and Mordechai Stein: The locking-in of remanence in upper Pleistocene sediments of Lake Lisan (palaeo Dead Sea) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:47-52, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.06 --- J. Dinarès-Turell and M. J. Dekkers: Diagenesis and remanence acquisition in the Lower Pliocene Trubi marls at Punta di Maiata (southern Sicily): palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic observations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:53-69, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.07 --- L. Vigliotti, L. Capotondi, and M. Torii: Magnetic properties of sediments deposited in suboxic-anoxic environments: relationships with biological and geochemical proxies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:71-83, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.08 --- Michael Urbat, Mark J. Dekkers, and Simon P. Vriend: The isolation of diagenetic groups in marine sediments using fuzzy c-means cluster analyses / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:85-93, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.09 --- Gary S. Wilson and Andrew P. Roberts: Diagenesis of magnetic mineral assemblages in multiply redeposited siliciclastic marine sediments, Wanganui basin, New Zealand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:95-108, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.10 --- P. Turner, P. Chandler, D. Ellis, G. P. Leveille, and M. L. Heywood: Remanence acquisition and magnetostratigraphy of the Leman Sandstone Formation: Jupiter Fields, southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:109-124, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.11 --- E. A. Hailwood, D. Bowen, F. Ding, P. W. M. Corbett, and P. Whattler: Characterizing pore fabrics in sediments by anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility analyses / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:125-126, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.12 --- F. Hrouda and J. Ježek: Magnetic anisotropy indications of deformations associated with diagenesis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:127-137, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.13 --- Graham J. Borradaile, Philip W. Fralick, and France Lagroix: Acquisition of anhysteretic remanence and tensor subtraction from AMS isolates true palaeocurrent grain alignments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:139-145, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.14 --- B. D’Argenio, V. Ferreri, M. Iorio, A. Raspini, and D. H. Tarling: Diagenesis and remanence acquisition in the Cretaceous carbonate sediments of Monte Raggeto, southern Italy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:147-156, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.15 --- Emő Márton: Diagenesis in platform carbonate rocks: a palaeomagnetic study of an upper Triassic-lower Jurassic section, Tata (Hungary) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:157-165, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.16 --- Alla Shogenova: The influence of dolomitization on the magnetic properties of Lower Palaeozoic carbonate rocks in Estonia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:167-180, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.17 --- Herbert Haubold: Alteration of magnetic properties of Palaeozoic platform carbonate rocks during burial diagenesis (Lower Ordovician sequence, Texas, USA) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:181-203, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.18 --- Glossary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:205-208, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.19

Description / Table of Contents: Maarten J. De Wit and Andrew Hynes: The onset of interaction between the hydrosphere and oceanic crust, and the origin of the first continental lithosphere / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:1-9, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.01 --- Kenneth A. Eriksson: Crustal growth, surface processes, and atmospheric evolution on the early Earth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:11-25, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.02 --- E. G. Nisbet: Archaean ecology: a review of evidence for the early development of bacterial biomes, and speculations on the development of a global-scale biosphere / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:27-51, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.03 --- R. M. Shackleton: Tectonic evolution of greenstone belts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:53-65, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.04 --- P. Choukroune, H. Bouhallier, and N. T. Arndt: Soft lithosphere during periods of Archaean crustal growth or crustal reworking / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:67-86, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.05 --- Peter J. Treloar and Tom G. Blenkinsop: Archaean deformation patterns in Zimbabwe: true indicators of Tibetan-style crustal extrusion or not? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:87-107, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.06 --- James F. Wilson, Robert W. Nesbitt, and C. Mark Fanning: Zircon geochronology of Archaean felsic sequences in the Zimbabwe craton: a revision of greenstone stratigraphy and a model for crustal growth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:109-126, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.07 --- Alec F. Trendall: Paradigms for the Pilbara / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:127-142, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.08 --- John S. Myers: The generation and assembly of an Archaean supercontinent: evidence from the Yilgarn craton, Western Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:143-154, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.09 --- D. I. Groves, J. R. Ridley, E. M. J. Bloem, M. Gebre-Mariam, S. G. Hagemann, J. M. A. Hronsky, J. T. Knight, N. J. McNaughton, J. Ojala, R. M. Vielreicher, T. C. McCuaig, and P. W. Holyland: Lode-gold deposits of the Yilgarn block: products of Late Archaean crustal-scale overpressured hydrothermal systems / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:155-172, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.10 --- R. J. Herrington: Late Archaean structure and gold mineralization in the Kadoma region of the Midlands greenstone belt, Zimbabwe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:173-191, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.11 --- David Bridgwater, Flemming Mengel, Brian Fryer, Paul Wagner, and Søren Claudius Hansen: Early Proterozoic mafic dykes in the North Atlantic and Baltic cratons: field setting and chemistry of distinctive dyke swarms / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:193-210, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.12 --- R. G. Park: Palaeoproterozoic Laurentia-Baltica relationships: a view from the Lewisian / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:211-224, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.13 --- Timothy James Wynn: Deformation in the mid to lower continental crust: analogues from Proterozoic shear zones in NW Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:225-241, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.14 --- Mike P. Coward, Richard M. Spencer, and Camille E. Spencer: Development of the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:243-269, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.15 --- R. H. Graham: Asian analogues for Precambrian tectonics? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 95:271-289, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.095.01.16

Description / Table of Contents: K. W. Glennie: Permian and Triassic rifting in northwest Europe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:1-5, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.01 --- M. P. Coward: Structural and tectonic setting of the Permo-Triassic basins of northwest Europe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:7-39, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.02 --- A. Carter, A. Yelland, C. Bristow, and A. J. Hurford: Thermal histories of Permian and Triassic basins in Britain derived from fission track analysis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:41-56, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.03 --- T. Swiecicki, P. Wilcockson, A. Canham, G. Whelan, and H. Homann: Dating, correlation and stratigraphy of the Triassic sediments in the West Shetlands area / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:57-85, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.04 --- K. Hitchen, M. S. Stoker, D. Evans, and B. Beddoe-Stephens: Permo-Triassic sedimentary and volcanic rocks in basins to the north and west of Scotland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:87-102, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.05 --- T. B. Anderson, J. Parnell, and A. H. Ruffell: Influence of basement on the geometry of Permo-Triassic basins in the northwest British Isles / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:103-122, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.06 --- P. J. Goldsmith, B. Rich, and J. Standring: Triassic correlation and stratigraphy in the South Central Graben, UK North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:123-143, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.07 --- P. A. Griffiths, M. R. Allen, J. Craig, W. R. Fitches, and R. J. Whittington: Distinction between fault and salt control of Mesozoic sedimentation on the southern margin of the Mid-North Sea High / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:145-159, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.08 --- R. A. Chadwick and D. J. Evans: The timing and direction of Permo-Triassic extension in southern Britain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:161-192, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.09 --- A. Ruffell, M. P. Coward, and M. Harvey: Geometry and tectonic evolution of megasequences in the Plymouth Bay Basin, English Channel / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:193-214, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.10 --- P. M. Shannon: Permo-Triassic development of the Celtic Sea region, offshore Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:215-237, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.11 --- M. L. Keeley: New evidence of Permo-Triassic rifting, onshore southern Ireland, and its implications for Variscan structural inheritance / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 91:239-253, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.091.01.12

Description / Table of Contents: P. F. Croker and P. M. Shannon: The petroleum geology of Ireland’s offshore basins: introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:1-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.01 --- P. W. Readman, B. M. O’Reilly, J. W. F. Edwards, and M. J. Sankey: A gravity map of Ireland and surrounding waters / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:9-16, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.02 --- Rob Shelton: Mesozoic basin evolution of the North Channel: preliminary results / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:17-20, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.03 --- Steven Fitzsimons and John Parnell: Diagenetic history and reservoir potential of Permo-Triassic sandstones in the Rathlin Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:21-35, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.04 --- James P. Armstrong, Victor A. A. D’Elia, and Rita Löberg: Holywell Shale: a potential source of hydrocarbons in the East Irish Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:37-38, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.05 --- Stephen Trueblood, Chris Bryan, and Steve Pickering: The Douglas oil field and its implications for exploration on the Irish Continental Shelf / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:39-40, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.06 --- Peter F. Croker: Shallow gas accumulation and migration in the western Irish Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:41-58, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.07 --- Steven J. Maddox, Richard Blow, and Martin Hardman: Hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Central Irish Sea Basin with reference to Block 42/12, offshore Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:59-77, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.08 --- P. S. Griffiths: Predictive model for the development and distribution of Triassic reservoir sands offshore southeast Ireland, based on seismic sequence geometries at the Variscan unconformity / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:79-80, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.09 --- F. W. Musgrove, L. M. Murdoch, and T. Lenehan: The Variscan fold-thrust belt of southeast Ireland and its control on early Mesozoic extension and deposition: a method to predict the Sherwood Sandstone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:81-100, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.10 --- Philip Rowell: Tectono-stratigraphy of the North Celtic Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:101-137, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.11 --- Nuala P. Ewins and Patrick M. Shannon: Sedimentology and diagenesis of the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the North Celtic Sea and Fastnet Basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:139-169, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.12 --- L. G. Kessler II and Scott D. Sachs: Depositional setting and sequence stratigraphic implications of the Upper Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) sandstone interval, North Celtic Sea/St George’s Channel Basins, offshore Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:171-192, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.13 --- N. J. Murphy, M. J. Sauer, and J. P. Armstrong: Toarcian source rock potential in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:193-207, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.14 --- V. N. D. Caston: The Helvick oil accumulation, Block 49/9, North Celtic Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:209-225, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.15 --- D. R. Taber, M. K. Vickers, and R. D. Winn, Jr: The definition of the Albian ‘A’ Sand reservoir fairway and aspects of associated gas accumulations in the North Celtic Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:227-244, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.16 --- Adrian Hartley: Sedimentology of the Cretaceous Greensand, Quadrants 48 and 49, North Celtic Sea Basin: a progradational shoreface deposit / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:245-257, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.17 --- M. V. Murray: Development of small gas fields in the Kinsale Head area / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:259-260, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.18 --- Tim J. Howell and Paul Griffiths: A study of the hydrocarbon distribution and Lower Cretaceous Greensand prospectivity in Blocks 48/15, 48/17, 48/18 and 48/19, North Celtic Sea Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:261-275, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.19 --- John E. Craven: The tectonic evolution, stratigraphy and petroleum potential of the Mizen Basin, southwest Celtic Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:277, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.20 --- C. Smith: Evolution of the Cockburn Basin: implications for the structural development of the Celtic Sea basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:279-295, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.21 --- L. M. Murdoch, F. W. Musgrove, and J. S. Perry: Tertiary uplift and inversion history in the North Celtic Sea Basin and its influence on source rock maturity / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:297-319, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.22 --- Robert J. Menpes and Richard R. Hillis: Quantification of Tertiary exhumation from sonic velocity data, Celtic Sea/Southwestern Approaches / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:321-322, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.23 --- N. A. McMahon and J. R. Underhill: The regional stratigraphy of the southwest United Kingdom and adjacent offshore areas with particular reference to the major intra-Cretaceous unconformity / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:323-325, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.24 --- Peter F. Croker: The Clare Basin: a geological and geophysical outline / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:327-339, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.25 --- D. O’Driscoll, B. B. Holcombe, P. T. Rose, and D. J. Jones: Cretaceous and Tertiary unconformities in the Atlantic margin basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:341, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.26 --- T. C. Earls: Potential for development of the Connemara field, Block 26/28 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:343, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.27 --- J. G. Moore and P. M. Shannon: The Cretaceous succession in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland: facies distribution and hydrocarbon potential / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:345-370, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.28 --- T. McCann, P. M. Shannon, and J. G. Moore: Fault styles in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland: tectonic and sedimentary controls / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:371-383, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.29 --- I. C. Scotchman and J. R. W. Thomas: Maturity and hydrocarbon generation in the Slyne Trough, northwest Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:385-411, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.30 --- Brian M. O’Reilly, Franz Hauser, A. W. Brian Jacob, Pat M. Shannon, Jannis Makris, and Ulrike Vogt: The Erris and eastern Rockall Troughs: structural and sedimentological development / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:413-421, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.31 --- Richard W. England: Westline: a deep near-normal incidence reflection profile across the Rockall Trough / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:423-427, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.32 --- A. W. B. Jacob, P. M. Shannon, J. Makris, F. Hauser, U. Vogt, and B. M. O’Reilly: An overview of the results of the RAPIDS seismic project, North Atlantic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:429-431, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.33 --- J. S. Daly, L. M. Heaman, R. C. Fitzgerald, J. F. Menuge, T. S. Brewer, and A. C. Morton: Age and crustal evolution of crystalline basement in western Ireland and Rockall / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:433-434, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.34 --- P. M. Shannon, A. W. B. Jacob, J. Makris, B. O’Reilly, F. Hauser, and U. Vogt: Basin development and petroleum prospectivity of the Rockall and Hatton region / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:435-457, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.35 --- Jannis Makris, Knuth Lange, Leo Savostin, and Vladimir Sedov: A wide-angle reflection profile across the Iceland-Faeroe Ridge / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:459-466, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.36 --- P. M. Shannon, B. P. J. Williams, and I. K. Sinclair: Tectonic controls on Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous reservoir architecture in the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, with some comparisons from the Porcupine and Moray Firth Basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:467-490, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.37 --- Appendix: A list of common abbreviations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 93:491, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.093.01.38

Description / Table of Contents: R. E. Dunay and E. A. Hailwood: Non-biostratigraphical methods of dating and correlation: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:1-2, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.01 --- Andrew Morton and Andrew Hurst: Correlation of sandstones using heavy minerals: an example from the Statfjord Formation of the Snorre Field, northern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:3-22, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.02 --- Maria A. Mange-Rajetzky: Subdivision and correlation of monotonous sandstone sequences using high-resolution heavy mineral analysis, a case study: the Triassic of the Central Graben / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:23-30, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.03 --- C. V. Jeans: Clay mineral stratigraphy in Palaeozoic and Mesozoic red bed facies onshore and offshore UK / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:31-55, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.04 --- Andrew Carter, Charles S. Bristow, and Anthony J. Hurford: The application of fission track analysis to the dating of barren sequences: examples from red beds in Scotland and Thailand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:57-68, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.05 --- A. Racey, M. A. Love, R. M. Bobolecki, and J. N. Walsh: The use of chemical element analyses in the study of biostratigraphically barren sequences: an example from the Triassic of the central North Sea (UKCS) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:69-105, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.06 --- Timothy J. Pearce and Ian Jarvis: High-resolution chemostratigraphy of Quaternary distal turbidites: a case study of new methods for the analysis and correlation of barren sequences / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:107-143, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.07 --- John Roberts, Jonathan Claoue-Long, Peter J. Jones, and Clinton B. Foster: SHRIMP zircon age control of Gondwanan sequences in Late Carboniferous and Early Permian Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:145-174, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.08 --- Jonathan Russell: Direct Pb/Pb dating of Silurian macrofossils from Gotland, Sweden / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:175-200, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.09 --- A. Dalland, E. W. Mearns, and J. J. McBride: The application of samarium-neodymium (Sm-Nd) Provenance Ages to correlation of biostratigraphically barren strata: a case study of the Statfjord Formation in the Gullfaks Oilfield, Norwegian North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:201-222, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.10 --- H. M. Rendell: Luminescence dating of Quaternary sediments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:223-235, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.11 --- Chang-Shu Yang and Wim F. P. Kouwe: Wireline log-cyclicity analysis as a tool for dating and correlating barren strata: an example from the Upper Rotliegend of The Netherlands / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 89:237-259, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.089.01.12

Description / Table of Contents: Neal W. Driscoll, John R. Hogg, Nicholas Christie-Blick, and Garry D. Karner: Extensional tectonics in the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland: implications for the timing of break-up between Grand Banks and Iberia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:1-28, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.01 --- Iain K. Sinclair: Sequence stratigraphic response to Aptian-Albian rifting in conjugate margin basins: a comparison of the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland, and the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:29-49, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.02 --- C. C. Ebdon, P. J. Granger, H. D. Johnson, and A. M. Evans: Early Tertiary evolution and sequence stratigraphy of the Faeroe-Shetland Basin: implications for hydrocarbon prospectivity / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:51-69, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.03 --- G. Boillot, M. O. Beslier, C. M. Krawczyk, D. Rappin, and T. J. Reston: The formation of passive margins: constraints from the crustal structure and segmentation of the deep Galicia margin, Spain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:71-91, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.04 --- T. J. Reston, C. M. Krawczyk, and H.-J. Hoffmann: Detachment tectonics during Atlantic rifting: analysis and interpretation of the S reflection, the west Galicia margin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:93-109, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.05 --- Liselotte Kiørboe and Steen Agerlin Petersen: Seismic investigation of the Faeroe basalts and their substratum / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:111-123, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.06 --- K. Vanneste, J.-P. Henriet, J. Posewang, and F. Theilen: Seismic stratigraphy of the Bill Bailey and Lousy Bank area: implications for subsidence history / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:125-139, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.07 --- Morten Sparre Andersen and Lars Ole Boldreel: Effect of Eocene-Miocene Compression Structures on Bottom-Water Currents in the Faeroe-Rockall Area / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:141-143, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.08 --- Lars Ole Boldreel and Morten Sparre Andersen: The relationship between the distribution of Tertiary sediments, tectonic processes and deep-water circulation around the Faeroe Islands / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:145-158, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.09 --- M. S. Stoker: The influence of glacigenic sedimentation on slope-apron development on the continental margin off Northwest Britain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:159-177, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.10 --- Regin Waagstein and Claus Heilmann-Clausen: Petrography and biostratigraphy of Palaeogene volcaniclastic sediments dredged from the Faeroes shelf / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:179-197, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.11 --- E. J. W. Jones, S. C. Cande, and F. Spathopoulos: Evolution of a major oceanographic pathway: the equatorial atlantic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:199-213, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.12 --- Morten Sparre Andersen and Lars Ole Boldreel: Tertiary compression structures in the Faeroe-Rockall area / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:215-216, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.13 --- Simon K. Haslett: Pliocene-Pleistocene radiolarian biostratigraphy and palaeoceanography of the North Atlantic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:217-225, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.14 --- John B. Hunt, Nigel G. T. Fannin, Peter G. Hill, and J. Douglas Peacock: The tephrochronology and radiocarbon dating of North Atlantic, Late-Quaternary sediments: an example from the St. Kilda Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:227-248, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.15 --- K. Thomson and R. R. Hillis: Tertiary structuration and erosion of the Inner Moray Firth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:249-269, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.16 --- C. N. Wold: Palaeobathymetric reconstruction on a gridded database: the northern North Atlantic and southern Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 90:271-302, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.090.01.17

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 Supplementary Papers and Items --- Walter Brian Harland: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:3-7, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.01 --- Richard St John Lambert: The pre-Pleistocene Phanerozoic time-scale — a review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:9-31, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.02 --- Richard St John Lambert: The pre-Pleistocene Phanerozoic time-scale — further data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:33-34, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.03 --- Nicholas John Shackleton: Notes on Pleistocene radiometric age-determinations itemized in this volume / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:35-37, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.04 --- Nicholas Rast: Isotope dating in the U.S.S.R.—an essay-review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:39-49, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.05 --- Edward Howel Francis: Items - Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:51-52, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.06 --- Items - Items 338-404 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:53-111, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.07 --- Part 2 Towards a Pleistocene Time-scale --- Percy Evans: Summary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:123-124, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.08 --- Percy Evans: 1. Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:125-126, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.09 --- Percy Evans: 2. The Pleistocene palaeomagnetic time-scale / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:127-151, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.10 --- Percy Evans: 3. Paleomagnetic dating / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:152-162, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.11 --- Percy Evans: 4. The 40 000 year cycle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:163-180, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.12 --- Percy Evans: 5. A possible framework for a Pleistocene classification / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:181-183, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.13 --- Percy Evans: 6. The climatic sequence in Atlantic and Caribbean deep-sea cores / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:184-216, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.14 --- Percy Evans: 7. The deep-sea cores of the Pacific / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:217-228, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.15 --- Percy Evans: 8. The climatic sequence in cores from the Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean and Antarctic Ocean / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:229-232, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.16 --- Percy Evans: 9. Radiometric dates / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:233-256, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.17 --- Percy Evans: 10. The climatic sequences in lacustrine boreholes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:257-265, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.18 --- Percy Evans: 11. Dates of high-sea-levels derived by extrapolariation from radiometric ages / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:266-270, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.19 --- Percy Evans: 12. Some problems of chronology and classification / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:271-281, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.20 --- Percy Evans: 13. River terraces and shore-lines in southern England / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:282-300, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.21 --- Percy Evans: 14. East Anglia and Essex / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:301-304, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.22 --- Percy Evans: 15. The Oxford area / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:305-309, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.23 --- Percy Evans: 16. The Severn and Avon terraces and glaciations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:310-320, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.24 --- Percy Evans: 17. Other regions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:321-325, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.25 --- Percy Evans: 18. Summary and conclusions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:326-333, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.26 --- Percy Evans: 19. Acknowledgements / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:334, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.27 --- Percy Evans: Appendix: New evidence from the equatorial Pacific / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:335-340, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.28 --- Percy Evans: References / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:341-351, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.29 --- Percy Evans: Grid-references and co-ordinates of some places mentioned in sections 13 to 16 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:352, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.30 --- Percy Evans: Plate: A tentative Pleistocene chronology / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 5:NP, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1971.005.01.31

Description / Table of Contents: Some 75 years after the visionary work of Wegener and du Toit, Neoproterozoic to Mesozoic geological correlations between South America and Africa are re-examined in the light of plate tectonics and modern geological investigation (structural and metamorphic studies, stratigraphic logging, geochemistry, geochronology and palaeomagnetism). The book presents both reviews and new research relating to the shared Gondwana origins of countries facing each other across the South Atlantic Ocean, especially Brazil, Argentina, Cameroon, Nigeria, Angola, Namibia and South Africa. This is the first comprehensive treatment to be readily available in book form. It covers the common elements of cratonic areas pre-dating Gondwana, and how they came together in late Precambrian and Cambrian times with the formation of the Pan-African/Brasiliano orogenic belts (Dom Feliciano, Brasília, Ribeira, Damara, Gariep, Kaoko, etc.). The subsequent shared Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary record (Karoo system) prior to Gondwana break-up is also reviewed.