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Description / Table of Contents: The Palaeoproterozoic era (2500–1600 Ma) was a critical period of Earth history, with dynamic evolution from the deep planetary interior to its surface environment. Several lines of geological evidence suggest the existence of at least one pre-Rodinia supercontinent, named Nuna or Columbia, which formed near the end of Palaeoproterozoic time. Prior to this assembly, there may have been an older supercontinent (Kenorland) or perhaps only independently drifting supercratons. The tectonic records of amalgamation and dispersal of these ancient landmasses provide a framework that links processes of the deep Earth with those of its fluid envelope. The sixteen papers in this volume present reviews and new analytical data that span the geological record of Palaeoproterozoic Earth and provide a current picture of Palaeoproterozoic research. The volume provides a useful reference book for students and professional geoscientists interested in this important period of global evolution.

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: 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 many kinds of porous geomaterials (rocks, soils, concrete, etc.) exhibit a range of responses when undergoing inelastic deformation. In doing so they commonly develop well-ordered fabric elements, forming fractures, shear bands and compaction bands, so creating the planar fabrics that are regarded as localization. Because these induced localization fabrics alter the bulk material properties (such as permeability, acoustic characteristics and strength), it is important to understand how and why localization occurs, and how it relates to its setting. The concept of damage (in several uses) describes both the precursor to localization and the context within which it occurs. A key theme is that geomaterials display a strong material evolution during deformation, revealing a close linkage between the damage and localization processes. This volume assembles perspectives from a number of disciplines, including soil mechanics, rock mechanics, structural geology, seismic anisotropy and reservoir engineering. The papers range from theoretical to observational, and include contributions showing how the deformed geomaterials emergent bulk characteristics, like permeability and seismic anisotropy, can be predicted. This book will be of interest to a wide range of geoscientists and engineers who deal with characterization of deformed materials.

Description / Table of Contents: There is a general consensus that for the next few decades at least, the Earth will continue its warming. This will inevitably bring about serious environmental problems. For human society, the most severe will be those related to alterations of the hydrological cycle, which is already heavily influenced by human activities. Climate change will directly affect groundwater recharge, groundwater quality and the freshwater-seawater interface. The variations of groundwater storage inevitably entail a variety of geomorphological and engineering effects. In the areas where water resources are likely to diminish, groundwater will be one of the main solutions to prevent drought. In spite of its paramount importance, the issue of ‘Climate Change and Groundwater’ has been neglected. This volume presents some of the current understanding of the topic.

Description / Table of Contents: Restraining and releasing bends are common, but enigmatic features of strike-slip fault systems occurring in all crustal environments and at regional to microscopic scales of observation. Regional-scale restraining bends are sites of mountain building, transpressional deformation and basement exhumation, whereas releasing bends are sites of topographic subsidence, transtensional deformation, basin sedimentation and possible volcanism and economic mineralization. Because restraining and releasing bends often occur as singular self-contained domains of complex deformation, they are appealing natural laboratories for Earth scientists to study fault processes, earthquake seismology, active faulting and sedimentation, fault and fluid-flow relationships, links between tectonics and topography, tectonic and erosional controls on exhumation, and tectonic geomorphology. This volume addresses the tectonic complexity and diversity of strike-slip restraining and releasing bends with 18 contributions divided into four thematic sections: (1) a topical review of fault bends and their global distribution; (2) bends, sedimentary basins and earthquake hazards; (3) restraining bends, transpressional deformation and basement controls on development; (4) releasing bends, transtensional deformation and fluid flow.

Description / Table of Contents: In the last four centuries geologists have traversed the globe, searching for economically important materials or simply to satisfy their intellectual curiosity. Geologists have often been at the vanguard of scientific exploration. The microscopist Robert Hooke explored the Isle of Wight, and Charles Darwin the Cape Verde islands and parts of South America. The volcanic wonders of Italy and central France attracted native and foreign visitors including Lyell and Murchison. The Tyrrell brothers faced great hardship in northern Canada, as did the actor and mineralogist Charles Lewis Giesecke in Greenland. The development of Sydney, Australia depended on finding limestone for building. French geologists relied on camels in the Sahara, and Grenville Cole trusted his tricycle to carry him across Europe. Four Centuries of Geological Travel: The Search for Knowledge on Foot, Bicycle, Sledge and Camel focuses on the complexities of geological exploration and will be of particular interest to Earth scientists, historians of science and to the general reader interested in science.

Description / Table of Contents: This book presents a collection of papers that combines marine and terrestrial geological investigations valuable to hazard assessment in rocky coastal areas, including examples mostly coming from the Italian coasts. The hazardous processes that are discussed include: large slope failures, cliff recession and floods of steep coastal streams. It is assumed that coastal slopes operate as transfer zones of land-born geological processes, which deliver sediment to the coastal and open sea at intermittent time intervals, and therefore place coastal communities that are exposed or vulnerable to these events at high risk. Rocky coastal areas can be associated with regions of active or recent tectonics/volcanic activity, or can develop as low-relief cliffs along non-active margins. In all these settings, mass-wasting phenomena represent the most serious hazardous processes, and there is a need to characterize and model the factors causing them. It is stressed that proper comprehension of coastal mass-wasting hazard has to include shipboard acoustic surveys, historical source investigations and onshore geological features.

Description / Table of Contents: The study of reservoir and repository performance requires the integration of many different fields in Earth sciences, among them rock physics and geomechanics. The aim of this book is to emphasize how rock physics and geomechanics help to get a better insight into important issues linked to reservoir management for exploitation of natural resources, and to repository safety assessment for hazardous waste storage in geological environment. The studies presented here deal with the hydromechanical coupling in fractured rocks, the key experiments in safety assessment of repositories, the development of damaged zones during excavation in a shaley formation, the influence of temperature on the properties of shales, the poroelastic response of sandstones, the development and propagation of compaction bands in reservoir rocks, imaging techniques of geomaterials, the characterization and modelling of reservoirs using 4D seismic data, the mechanical behaviour of fractured rock masses, the petrophysical properties of fault zones, models for rock deformation by pressure solution and the elastic anisotropy in cracked rocks.

Description / Table of Contents: The sustainable development of minerals, whick are non-renewable resources, is a major challenge in today's world. In this regard the true definition of sustainability' is a debating point itself: can such a concept exist with respect to non-renewable resources? Perhaps the ideal sustainability model is one that minimizes negative environmental impact and maximizes benefits to society, the economy and regional/national development. Developed and near-developed economies rely for commodity supplies on developing countries where major mining operations are often a mainstay of the domestic economy. Limited environmental regulation and low wages lead to charges of exploitation. also, large numbers of people have no alternative to living ny informal, often dangerous, 'artisanal' mining. This Special Publication gives examples from developing countries at all scales of mineral extraction. The volume reviews environmental, economic, health and social problems and highlights the need to solve these before sustainability can be achieved. The better solutions require mutual understanding, through full involvement of all stakeholders, education, training and investment so that small-scale ansd artisinal mines can grow into well-managed operations. At larger scales, most major interantional mining companies have now inoproved their practices and are monitoring their [rogress, although there is no room for complacency in this rapidly changing are.

Description / Table of Contents: Periglacial and paraglacial environments, located outside ice sheet margins but responding to similar climate forcings, are key to identifying climate change effects upon the Earth system. These environments are relicts of cold Earth processes and so are most sensitive to global warming. Changes in the distribution and thickness of permafrost in continental interiors have implications for ecosystem and landscape stability. Periglacial Alpine environments are experiencing increased rockfall and mass movement, leading to rock glacier instability and sediment release to downstream rivers. In turn, these landscape effects impact on natural hazards and human activities in these sensitive and geologically transient environments. Papers in this volume explore some of these interrelated issues in field studies from Europe, North America and Asia. The volume will be of interest to geomorphologists, modellers, environmental managers, planners and engineers working on landscape, climate and environmental change in periglacial and paraglacial areas.

Description / Table of Contents: The detachment era (1977–1982) and its role in revolutionizing continental tectonics / B. Wernicke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 1-8, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.1 --- The frictional strength of granular fault gouge: application of theory to the mechanics of low-angle normal faults / Carolyn Boulton, Tim Davies and Mauri McSaveney / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 9-31, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.2 --- Upper and lower crustal evolution during lithospheric extension: numerical modelling and natural footprints from the European Alps / Anna Maria Marotta, Maria Iole Spalla and Guido Gosso / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 33-72, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.3 --- Reconciling short- and long-term measures of extension in continental back arcs: heat flux, crustal structure and rotations within central North Island, New Zealand / T. A. Stern / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 73-87, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.4 --- Cretaceous felsic volcanism in New Zealand and Lord Howe Rise (Zealandia) as a precursor to final Gondwana break-up / A. J. Tulloch, J. Ramezani, N. Mortimer, J. Mortensen, P. van den Bogaard and R. Maas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 89-118, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.5 --- Structure and evolution of the western Corinth Rift, through new field data from the Northern Peloponnesus / Emmanuel Skourtsos and Haralambos Kranis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 119-138, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.6 --- Timing and nature of formation of the Ios metamorphic core complex, southern Cyclades, Greece / Stuart N. Thomson, Uwe Ring, Stephanie Brichau, Johannes Glodny and Thomas M. Will / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 139-167, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.7 --- Timing of the Amorgos detachment system and implications for detachment faulting in the southern Aegean Sea, Greece / Uwe Ring, Stuart N. Thomson and Gideon Rosenbaum / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 169-178, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.8 --- Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Naxos Island through a multi-faceted approach of fission-track analysis / Diane Seward, Olivier Vanderhaeghe, Luc Siebenaller, Stuart Thomson, Christian Hibsch, Anatol Zingg, Patrick Holzner, Uwe Ring and Stephanie Duchêne / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 179-196, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.9 --- Syn-extensional granitoids in the Menderes core complex and the late Cenozoic extensional tectonics of the Aegean province / Yildirim Dilek, Şafak Altunkaynak and Zeynep Öner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 197-223, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.10 --- A case study of lateral spreading: the Precambrian Svecofennian Orogen / Annakaisa Korja, Paula Kosunen and Pekka Heikkinen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321, 225-251, 14 October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP321.11

Description / Table of Contents: Non-marine Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic formations are widespread in mainland SE Asia. Although the first reports on fossils from some of these formations were published as early as the 1890s, it is only since 1980 that floras and faunas from the Permian, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous of SE Asia have received the attention they deserve. Fieldwork in various parts of Thailand and Laos has revealed a succession of fossil assemblages that now allows a reconstruction of the evolution of continental ecosystems in that part of the world during the Late Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic. The first papers in this book present the geological background of these floral and faunal successions, as well as historical aspects of their discovery. Descriptions of new taxa and review papers deal with plants, sharks, bony fishes, turtles, crocodilians, dinosaurs and mammal-like reptiles. Papers about the Mesozoic palaeobiogeography, environments and climates of Asia conclude the volume.

Description / Table of Contents: The Devonian was a critical period with respect to the diversification of early terrestrial ecosystems. The geotectonic setting was characterized by the switch from the post-Caledonian to the pre-Variscan situation. Plant life on land evolved from tiny tracheophytes to trees of considerable size in combination with a global increase in terrestrial biomass, and vertebrates started to conquer the land. Extensive shallow-marine areas and continental lowlands with a wide range of different habitats existed. These are preserved in a large number of basins all around the world. Climate change finally led from greenhouse to icehouse conditions towards the end of the Devonian. Rapid evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and climate change had a pronounced influence on sedimentation and biodiversity, not only in the terrestrial, but also in the marine realm. This volume contains case studies from Australia, China, Europe, South America and North America, and individual palaeoecosystems and their components have been investigated in different palaeogeographic settings that contribute to a much better understanding of the Devonian Period. This is a contribution to the IGCP 499 project on "Devonian land-sea interaction: evolution of ecosystems and climate".

Description / Table of Contents: Given the tremendous toll in human lives and attendant economic losses, it is appropriate that scientists are working hard to understand better earthquakes, with the aim of forecasting and, ultimately, predicting them. In the last decades increasing attention has been paid to the coseismic effects on the natural environment, creating a solid base of empirical data for the estimation of source parameters of strong earthquakes based on geological observations. The recently introduced INQUA scale (Environmental Seismic Intensity–ESI 2007 Scale) of macroseismic intensity clearly shows how the systematic study of earthquake surface faulting, coseismic liquefaction, tsunami deposits and other primary and secondary ground effects can be integrated with ‘traditional’ seismological and tectonic information to provide a better understanding of the seismicity level of an area and the associated hazards. At the moment this is the only scientific means of equating the seismic records to the seismic cycle time-spans extending the seismic catalogues even to tens of thousands of years, improving future seismic hazard analyses. This Special Publication covers some of the latest multidisciplinary work undertaken to achieve that aim. Eighteen papers from research groups from all continents address a wide range of topics related both to palaeoseismological studies and assessment of macroseismic intensity based only on the natural phenomena associated with an earthquake.

Description / Table of Contents: The 3D geological model is still regarded as one of the newest and most innovative tools for reservoir management purposes. The computer modelling of structures, rock properties and fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs has evolved from a specialist activity to part of the standard desktop toolkit. The application of these techniques has allowed all disciplines of the subsurface team to collaborate in a common workspace. In today's asset teams, the role of the geological model in hydrocarbon development planning is key and will be for some time ahead. The challenges that face the geologists and engineers will be to provide more seamless interaction between static and dynamic models. This interaction requires the development of conventional and unconventional modelling algorithms and methodologies in order to provide more risk-assessed scenarios, thus enabling geologists and engineers to better understand and capture inherent uncertainties at each aspect of the geological model's life.

Description / Table of Contents: High-latitude settings are sensitive to climatically driven palaeoenvironmental change and the resultant biotic response. Climate change through the peak interval of Cretaceous warmth, Late Cretaceous cooling, onset and expansion of the Antarctic ice sheet, and subsequently the variability of Neogene glaciation, are all recorded within the sedimentary and volcanic successions exposed within the James Ross Basin, Antarctica. This site provides the longest onshore record of Cretaceous-Tertiary sedimentary and volcanic rocks in Antarctica and is a key reference section for Cretaceous-Tertiary global change. The sedimentary succession is richly fossiliferous, yielding diverse invertebrate, vertebrate and plant fossil assemblages, allowing the reconstruction of both terrestrial and marine systems. The papers within this volume provide an overview of recent advances in the understanding of palaeoenvironmental change spanning the mid-Cretaceous to the Neogene of the James Ross Basin and related biotic change, and will be of interest to many working on Cretaceous and Tertiary palaeoenvironmental change.

Description / Table of Contents: Twenty-four years have elapsed since the publication of Halbouty’s AAPG Memoir of 1982, The Deliberate Search for the Subtle Trap. Since then, the technologies employed in hydrocarbon exploration have become extraordinarily sophisticated, yet current exploration for stratigraphic traps is to some extent restricted to areas where seismic data simplifies exploration by allowing direct inference of fluid fill and reservoir development. This Special Publication draws upon contributions that examine current industry perceptions of stratigraphic trap exploration and the technologies, tools and philosophies employed in such exploration, given the changing industry environment. This book contains a collection of papers examining a number of themes related to exploration for stratigraphic traps, ranging from play and risk assessment, through regional assessments of stratigraphic trapping potential, specific exploration programmes targeted at stratigraphic traps to specific working traps and plays where stratigraphic trapping is prevalent.

Description / Table of Contents: Alluvial fans: geomorphology, sedimentology, dynamics — introduction. A review of alluvial-fan research / Adrian M. Harvey, Anne E. Mather and Martin Stokes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 1-7, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.01 --- Flow events on a hyper-arid alluvial fan: Quebrada Tambores, Salar de Atacama, northern Chile / Anne E. Mather and Adrian Hartley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 9-24, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.02 --- Fans with forests: contemporary hydrogeomorphic processes on fans with forests in west central British Columbia, Canada / D. J. Wilford, M. E. Sakals, J. L. Innes and R. C. Sidle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 25-40, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.03 --- The fluvial megafan of Abarkoh Basin (Central Iran): an example of flash-flood sedimentation in arid lands / Nasser Arzani / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 41-59, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.04 --- Climate and tectonically controlled river style changes on the Sajó-Hernád alluvial fan (Hungary) / Gyula Gábris and Balázs Nagy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 61-67, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.05 --- Quaternary telescopic-like alluvial fans, Andean Ranges, Argentina / F. Colombo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 69-84, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.06 --- Morphometry and depositional style of Late Pleistocene alluvial fans: Wadi Al-Bih, northern UAE and Oman / Asma Al-Farraj and Adrian M. Harvey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 85-94, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.07 --- Climatic controls on alluvial-fan activity, Coastal Cordillera, northern Chile / Adrian J. Hartley, Anne E. Mather, Elizabeth Jolley and Peter Turner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 95-116, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.08 --- Differential effects of base-level, tectonic setting and climatic change on Quaternary alluvial fans in the northern Great Basin, Nevada, USA / Adrian M. Harvey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 117-131, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.09 --- Reconciling the roles of climate and tectonics in Late Quaternary fan development on the Spartan piedmont, Greece / Richard J.J. Pope and Keith N. Wilkinson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 133-152, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.10 --- Luminescence dating of alluvial fans in intramontane basins of NW Argentina / R. A. J. Robinson, J. Q. G. Spencer, M. R. Strecker, A. Richter and R. N. Alonso / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 153-168, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.11 --- Factors controlling sequence development on Quaternary fluvial fans, San Joaquin Basin, California, USA / G. S. Weissmann, G. L. Bennett and A. L. Lansdale / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 169-186, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.12 --- Tertiary alluvial fans at the northern margin of the Ebro Basin: a review / Gary Nichols / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 187-206, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.13 --- Source area and tectonic control on alluvial-fan development in the Miocene Fohnsdorf intramontane basin, Austria / Michael Wagreich and Philipp E. Strauss / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 207-216, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.14 --- Upper Cretaceous-Palaeocene basin-margin alluvial fans documenting interaction between tectonic and environmental processes (Provence, SE France) / S. Leleu, J.-F. Ghienne and G. Manatschal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 251, 217-239, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.15

Description / Table of Contents: Analogue and Numerical Sandbox Models --- Analogue benchmarks of shortening and extension experiments / Guido Schreurs, Susanne J. H. Buiter, David Boutelier, Giacomo Corti, Elisabetta Costa, Alexander R. Cruden, Jean-Marc Daniel, Silvan Hoth, Hemin A. Koyi, Nina Kukowski, Jo Lohrmann, Antonio Ravaglia, Roy W. Schlische, Martha Oliver Withjack, Yasuhiro Yamada, Cristian Cavozzi, Chiara Del Ventisette, Jennifer A. Elder Brady, Arne Hoffmann-Rothe, Jean-Marie Mengus, Domenico Montanari and Faramarz Nilforoushan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 1-27, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.01 --- The numerical sandbox: comparison of model results for a shortening and an extension experiment / Susanne J. H. Buiter, Andrey Yu. Babeyko, Susan Ellis, Taras V. Gerya, Boris J. P. Kaus, Antje Kellner, Guido Schreurs and Yasuhiro Yamada / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 29-64, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.02 --- Models of Orogenic Processes --- Interaction between normal faults and pre-existing thrust systems in analogue models / Giacomo Corti, Serena Lucia, Marco Bonini, Federico Sani and Francesco Mazzarini / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 65-78, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.03 --- Surface topography and internal strain variation in wide hot orogens from three-dimensional analogue and two-dimensional numerical vice models / Alexander R. Cruden, Mohammad H. B. Nasseri and Russell Pysklywec / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 79-104, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.04 --- Relative importance of trenchward upper plate motion and friction along the plate interface for the topographic evolution of subduction-related mountain belts / Andrea Hampel and Adrian Pfiffner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 105-115, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.05 --- Deformation transfer in viscous detachments: comparison of sandbox models to the South Pyrenean Triangle Zone / Hemin A. Koyi and Maura Sans / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 117-134, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.06 --- Analogue modelling of a reactivated, basement controlled strike-slip zone, Sierra de Albarracín, Spain: application of sandbox modelling to polyphase deformation / S. Merten, W. G. Smit, D. A. Nieuwland and H. E. Rondeel / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 135-152, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.07 --- Lithospheric scale gravitational flow: the impact of body forces on orogenic processes from Archaean to Phanerozoic / Patrice F. Rey and Gregory Houseman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 153-167, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.08 --- Analogue and numerical modelling of accretionary prisms with a décollement in sediments / Yasuhiro Yamada, Kei Baba and Toshifumi Matsuoka / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 169-183, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.09 --- Models of Sedimentary Basins --- Integrated four-dimensional modelling of sedimentary basin architecture and hydrocarbon migration / S. M. Clarke, S. D. Burley, G. D. Williams, A. J. Richards, D. J. Meredith and S. S. Egan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 185-211, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.10 --- Rifting through a heterogeneous crust: insights from analogue models and application to the Gulf of Corinth / L. Mattioni, L. Le Pourhiet and I. Moretti / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 213-231, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.11 --- 3D modelling of rifting through a pre-existing stack of nappes in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): a mixed analogue/numerical approach / L. Le Pourhiet, L. Mattioni and I. Moretti / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 233-252, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.12 --- Inversion of a symmetric basin: insights from a comparison between analogue and numerical experiments / M. Panien, S. J. H. Buiter, G. Schreurs and O. A. Pfiffner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 253-270, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.13 --- Lower crustal rheological expression in inverted basins / Mike Sandiford, David L. Hansen and Sandra N. McLaren / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 271-283, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.14 --- Geometric and experimental models of extensional fault-bend folds / Martha O. Withjack and Roy W. Schlische / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 285-305, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.15 --- Models of Surface Processes and Deformation --- Recent advances and current problems in modelling surface processes and their interaction with crustal deformation / Jean Braun / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 307-325, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.16 --- Macroscale dynamics of experimental landscapes / Stephane Bonnet and Alain Crave / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 327-339, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.17 --- Numerical modelling of erosion processes in the Himalayas of Nepal: effects of spatial variations of rock strength and precipitation / V. Godard, J. Lavé and R. Cattin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 341-358, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.18 --- Models of Faults and Fluid Flow --- Effects of compaction processes on stresses, faults, and fluid flow in sedimentary basins: examples from the Norwegian margin / Knut Bjørlykke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 359-379, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.19 --- Multiple faults in ductile simple shear: analogue models of flanking structure systems / Ulrike Exner, Bernhard Grasemann and Neil S. Mancktelow / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 381-395, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.20 --- Using an elastic dislocation model to investigate static Coulomb stress change scenarios for earthquake ruptures in the eastern Marmara Sea region, Turkey / Jordan R. Muller, Atilla Aydin and Tim J. Wright / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 397-414, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.21 --- Oil reservoirs in foreland basins charged by thrustbelt source rocks: insights from numerical stress modelling and geometric balancing in the West Carpathians / Michal Nemčok and Andreas Henk / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 415-428, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.22 --- Relation between effective friction and fault slip rate across the Northern San Andreas fault system / Ann-Sophie Provost and Jean Chéry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253, 429-436, 1 January 2006, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.23

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: This collection of research and review papers addresses the question of structural evolution during deformation to high strains and the physical properties of rocks that have been affected by high-strain zones. The discussions range from natural examples at outcrop to microscopic studies. They include experiments and numerical models based on the active processes in high-strain zones as well as studies on the physical properties of highly strained rocks in the field and laboratory. Specific questions addressed include magnetotelturic imaging of faults, magnetic fabrics, fabric development, seismic properties of highly strained rocks, change of theology with strain, influence of melt on the localization of deformation, the relationship between deformation and metamorphism as well as new methods in the analysis of deformation. The book is aimed at an interdisciplinary group of readers interested in the effects of high strain in rocks.

Description / Table of Contents: Ore deposits form by a variety of natural processes that concentrate elements into a volume that can be economically mined. Their type, character and abundance reflect the environment in which they formed and thus they preserve key evidence for the evolution of magmatic and tectonic processes, the state of the atmosphere and hydrosphere, and the evolution of life over geological time. This volume presents 13 papers on topical subjects in ore deposit research viewed in the context of Earth evolution. These diverse, yet interlinked, papers cover topics including: controls on the temporal and spatial distribution of ore deposits; the sources of fluid, gold and other components of orogenic gold deposits; the degree of oxygenation in the Neoproterozoic ocean; bacterial immobilization of gold in the semi-arid near-surface environment; and mineral resources for the future, including issues of resource estimation, sustainability of supply and the criticality of certain elements to society.

Description / Table of Contents: Volcanism and tectonism are the dominant endogenic means by which planetary surfaces change. This book aims to encompass the broad range in character of volcanism, tectonism, faulting and associated interactions observed on planetary bodies across the inner solar system - a region that includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars and asteroids. The diversity and breadth of landforms produced by volcanic and tectonic processes is enormous, and varies across the inner solar system bodies. As a result, the selection of prevailing landforms and their underlying formational processes that are described and highlighted in this volume are but a primer to the expansive field of planetary volcanism and tectonism. This Special Publication features 22 research articles about volcanic and tectonic processes manifest across the inner solar system.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume highlights key challenges for fluid-flow prediction in carbonate reservoirs, the approaches currently employed to address these challenges and developments in fundamental science and technology. The papers span methods and case studies that highlight workflows and emerging technologies in the fields of geology, geophysics, petrophysics, reservoir modelling and computer science. Topics include: detailed pore-scale studies that explore fundamental processes and applications of imaging and flow modelling at the pore scale; case studies of diagenetic processes with complementary perspectives from reactive transport modelling; novel methods for rock typing; petrophysical studies that investigate the impact of diagenesis and fault-rock properties on acoustic signatures; mechanical modelling and seismic imaging of faults in carbonate rocks; modelling geological influences on seismic anisotropy; novel approaches to geological modelling; methods to represent key geological details in reservoir simulations and advances in computer visualization, analytics and interactions for geoscience and engineering.

Description / Table of Contents: The discipline of Integrated Environmental Modelling (IEM) has developed in order to solve complex environmental problems, for example understanding the impacts of climate change on the physical environment. IEM provides methods to fuse or link models together, this in turn requires facilities to make models discoverable and also to make the outputs of modelling easily visualized. The vision and challenges for IEM going forward are summarized by leading proponents. Several case studies describe the application of model fusion to a range of real-world problems including integrating groundwater and recharge models within the UK Environment Agency, and the development of ‘catastrophe’ models to predict better the impact of natural hazards. Communicating modelling results to end users who are often not specialist modellers is also an emerging area of research addressed within the volume. Also included are papers that highlight current developments of the technology platforms underpinning model fusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Ernie Rutter has made, and continues to make, a significant impact in the field of rock deformation. He has studied brittle and plastic deformation processes that occur within both the oceanic and continental crust, as well as other key properties such as the permeability and seismic velocities of these rocks. His approach has been one that integrates field observations, laboratory experiments and theoretical analyses. This volume celebrates Ernie's key contribution to rock deformation and structural geology by bringing together a collection of papers that represent this broad approach. The papers within the volume address key issues that remain within these fields. These range from fundamental studies of brittle and plastic behaviour along with the resultant structures and microstructures from both the field and laboratory, to applied problems where a better understanding of the deformation and properties of the crust is still needed.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction / D. Pereira, B. R. Marker, S. Kramar, B. Cooper and B. Schouenborg / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 1-4, 23 February 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.18 --- Procedures and criteria for the definition of Global Heritage Stone Resources / Brian R. Marker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 5-10, 10 June 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.3 --- The ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’ designation: past, present and future / Barry J. Cooper / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 11-20, 21 May 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.5 --- Global stone heritage: Larvikite, Norway / Tom Heldal, G. B. Meyer and R. Dahl / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 21-34, 27 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.14 --- The Hallandia gneiss, a Swedish heritage stone resource / B. Schouenborg, J. Andersson, M. Göransson and Inger Lundqvist / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 35-48, 4 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.17 --- The Kolmården serpentine marble in Sweden: a stone found both in castles and people's homes / Anders Wikström and Dolores Pereira / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 49-56, 28 January 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.22 --- Global Heritage Stone: Estremoz Marbles, Portugal / Luís Lopes and Ruben Martins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 57-74, 15 August 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.10 --- Contribution of Portuguese two-mica granites to stone built heritage: the historical value of Oporto granite / Angela Almeida and Arlindo Begonha / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 75-91, 27 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.16 --- Piedra Pajarilla: a candidacy as a global heritage stone resource for Martinamor granite / Dolores Pereira, Ana Gimeno and Santiago Del Barrio / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 93-100, 21 May 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.6 --- The Sierra Nevada serpentinites: the serpentinites most used in Spanish heritage buildings / Rafael Navarro, Dolores Pereira, Carlos Rodríguez-Navarro and Eduardo Sebastián-Pardo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 101-108, 10 June 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.7 --- Villamayor Stone (Golden Stone) as a Global Heritage Stone Resource from Salamanca (NW of Spain) / J. Garcia-Talegón, A. C. Iñigo, G. Alonso-Gavilán and S. Vicente-Tavera / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 109-120, 27 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.19 --- Colmenar Limestone, Madrid, Spain: considerations for its nomination as a Global Heritage Stone Resource due to its long term durability / R. Fort, M. J. Varas-Muriel, M. Alvarez de Buergo and E. M. Perez-Monserrat / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 121-135, 3 September 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.8 --- Carrara Marble: a nomination for ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’ from Italy / P. Primavori / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 137-154, 23 February 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.21 --- Rosa Beta granite (Sardinian Pink Granite): a heritage stone of international significance from Italy / N. Careddu and S. Grillo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 155-172, 21 May 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.1 --- Pietra Serena: the stone of the Renaissance / F. Fratini, E. Pecchioni, E. Cantisani, S. Rescic and S. Vettori / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 173-186, 3 September 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.11 --- Ornamental stones of the Verbano Cusio Ossola quarry district: characterization of materials, quarrying techniques and history and relevance to local and national heritage / Giovanna A. Dino and Alessandro Cavallo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 187-200, 15 October 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.15 --- Stone materials used for monumental buildings in the historical centre of Turin (NW Italy): architectonical survey and petrographic characterization of Via Roma / Alessandro Borghi, Valentina Berra, Anna d'Atri, Giovanna A. Dino, Lorenzo M. Gallo, Elena Giacobino, Luca Martire, Gianluca Massaro, Gloria Vaggelli, Carlo Bertok, Daniele Castelli, Emanuele Costa, Simona Ferrando, Chiara Groppo and Franco Rolfo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 201-218, 27 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.20 --- Podpeč limestone: a heritage stone from Slovenia / S. Kramar, M. Bedjanič, B. Mirtič, A. Mladenović, B. Rožič, D. Skaberne, M. Gutman, N. Zupančič and B. Cooper / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 219-231, 10 June 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.2 --- Stone heritage in Southeast Slovenia / M. Golež and B. Mirtič / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 233-242, 27 August 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.12 --- Ornamental stone in the history of St Petersburg architecture / A. G. Bulakh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 243-252, 10 June 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.4 --- Natural stone in the built heritage of the interior of Brazil: the use of stone in Minas Gerais / A. G. Costa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 253-261, 22 July 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.13 --- ‘Piedra Mar del Plata’: An Argentine orthoquartzite worthy of being considered as a ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’ / F. Cravero, M. B. Ponce, M. R. Gozalvez and S. A. Marfil / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 263-268, 8 July 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.9

Description / Table of Contents: Three centuries (1670–1970) of appreciating physical landscapes / Thomas A. Hose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 1-23, 11 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.15 --- Appreciating geology and the physical landscape in Scotland: from tourism of awe to experiential re-engagement / John E. Gordon and Matt Baker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 25-40, 12 January 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.1 --- Waterfalls and the Romantic traveller / Brian J. Hudson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 41-57, 12 January 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.9 --- The artist as geotourist: Eugene von Guérard and the seminal sites of early volcanic research in Europe and Australia / Ruth Pullin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 59-69, 15 December 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.4 --- Landscape and geotourism on the Dutch coast in the seventeenth century as depicted by landscape artists / J. A. M. (Hanneke) van den Ancker and Pieter Dirk Jungerius / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 71-82, 14 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.14 --- Visitors to ‘the northern playgrounds’: tourists and exploratory science in north Norway / W. Brian Whalley and Anne F. Parkinson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 83-93, 17 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.12 --- The role of local societies in early modern geotourism: a case study of the Chester Society of Natural Science and the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club / Cynthia V. Burek and Thomas A. Hose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 95-116, 6 February 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.6 --- Geotourism: an early photographic insight through the lens of the Geologists’ Association / Jonathan G. Larwood / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 117-129, 18 December 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.7 --- The contribution of maps to appreciating physical landscape: examples from Derbyshire's Peak District / C. John Henry and Thomas A. Hose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 131-155, 7 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.13 --- Three centuries of open access to the caves in Stoney Middleton Dale Site of Special Scientific Interest, Derbyshire / Mark A. Cope / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 157-169, 30 October 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.3 --- Geology and landscape in SW England in the late eighteenth century, as recorded in the travel journals of William George Maton (1774–1840) / John D. Mather / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 171-185, 13 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.8 --- The role of Carclaze tin mine in eighteenth and nineteenth century geotourism / Colin Bristow / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 187-197, 11 February 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.11 --- From tourism to geotourism: a few historical cases from the French Alpine foreland / Nathalie Cayla, Christophe Gauchon and Fabien Hobléa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 199-213, 11 February 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.10 --- Rediscovering geoheritage, reinventing geotourism: 200 years of experience from the Sudetes, Central Europe / Piotr Migoń / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 215-228, 13 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.2 --- Appreciating loess landscapes through history: the basis of modern loess geotourism in the Vojvodina region of North Serbia / Djordjije A. Vasiljević, Slobodan B. Marković and Miroslav D. Vujičić / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 229-239, 3 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.5

Description / Table of Contents: Understanding the behaviour of gases in the context of radioactive waste disposal is a fundamental requirement in developing a safety case for the disposal of radioactive waste. Of particular importance are the long-term performance of bentonite buffers and cement-based backfill materials that may be used to encapsulate and surround the waste in a repository, and the behaviour of plastic clays, indurated mudrocks and crystalline formations that may be the host rocks for a repository. The EC Euratom programme funded project, FORGE, has provided new insights into the processes and mechanisms governing gas generation and migration with the aim of reducing uncertainty. This volume brings together papers on aspects of this topic arising from both the FORGE project and work undertaken elsewhere. This has been achieved by the acquisition of new experimental data coupled with modelling, through a series of laboratory and field-scale experiments performed at a number of underground research laboratories throughout Europe.

Description / Table of Contents: Magnetic susceptibility (MS) is a tool frequently used by geologists on sediments or rocks to perform correlations and sea-level or climatic reconstructions. Applied measurements are made on unoriented, bulk samples and bulk MS is mostly influenced by the magnetic mineral content of the rock and often interpreted as influenced by detrital inputs. Magnetic data acquisition is fast and straightforward and this allows the high-resolution sampling needed for palaeoclimatic research (e.g. spectral analysis). However, the link with detrital inputs is not always preserved and the impact of diagenesis on the final MS signal can blur primary information. This volume includes contributions dealing with the origin of the magnetic minerals, and the application of MS as a palaeoenvironmental or palaeoclimatic proxy and also as a tool to provide astronomical calibration in order to improve the chronology of selected time intervals.

Description / Table of Contents: This Special Publication will be an important tool for geoscientists, aimed at increasing the awareness of their societal role and responsibility in conducting education, research and practice activities. What are the responsibilities of a geoscientist ? And what motivations are needed to push geoscientists to practice the Earth sciences in an ethical way? The major environmental challenges affecting human communities require not only a strictly scientific and technical preparation by the geoscientists, but also a reflection on their broader obligations towards society. It is important that geoscientists consider geoethics as an indispensable framework on which to base their training and activity. The principles of geoethics can guide them to pursue the common good by weighing the benefits and costs of each choice, and identifying eco-friendly and society-friendly solutions that guarantee the respect of the right balance between human life and the dynamics of the Earth. Communication and dissemination of geosciences should become core activities in building a knowledge-based society, which is able better to protect itself and the Earth ecosystems in order to guarantee a life in harmony with our planet for future generations.

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.

Description / Table of Contents: Geomaterials derived from the Earth's crust and used in construction after appropriate processing are among the earliest raw materials exploited, processed and used by humans. Their numerous functional properties include accessibility, workability and serviceability, and these are explored within this volume. In modern society, sustainable use of raw materials, specifically those exploited in large volumes such as geomaterials for construction, raises questions of reducing extraction of primary resources and thus minimizing impacts on natural systems, and also employment of materials and technologies to lower emissions of deleterious substances into the atmosphere. This will be possible only if we fully understand the properties, processing and mode of use of traditional geomaterials. Although most of the papers within this volume were written by geologists, the contributions will also be of interest to those working in cultural heritage, monument conservation, civil engineering and architecture.

Description / Table of Contents: The geological and palaeontological records of climate change and evolutionary events reflect Earth's widely fluctuating climate systems. Past climates hold the clues to understanding future developments. In this context, research on linked climate, biodiversity and sea-level fluctuations of the Devonian contributes to the general knowledge of deep-time climate dynamics. A fruitful co-operation between the International Geoscience Programme IGCP 596 and the International Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS) addressed the complex succession of climate-linked Devonian global events of varying magnitude. The primary goal of IGCP 596 was to assess mid-Palaeozoic climate changes and their impact on marine and terrestrial biodiversity using an interdisciplinary approach. The focus of SDS includes a revision of the eustatic sea-level curve and the integration of refined chrono- and biostratigraphy with modern chemo-, magneto-, cyclo-, event- and sequence stratigraphy. This enabled the much improved dating and correlation of abiotic perturbations, evolutionary changes, organism and ecosystem ranges. Results by 37 authors are presented in 14 chapters, which cover the entire Devonian.

Description / Table of Contents: The West Africa margin, formed by the progressive separation of the South American and African continents, has enjoyed a rich and varied exploration history and become a significant hydrocarbon-producing region. The amalgamation of hydrocarbon exploration approaches and imaginative ideas, leveraged with modern technologies, is yielding significant scientific and economic successes within the region. The main objective of this Special Publication is to provide an overview of the advancement in understanding of the crustal structure, tectonic evolution and Mesozoic to Cenozoic stratigraphy of the West Africa margin both onshore and offshore, with a particular focus on the petroleum geology.

Description / Table of Contents: Field studies over a range of scales have been important in the upstream oil and gas industry for decades. Advances in digital outcrop characterization and data capture, coupled with increased computational capabilities, have resulted in a resurgence in fieldwork; these field studies are required to develop depositional, stratigraphic and structural concepts and provide the data which underpin the current generation of complex, computer generated, 3D subsurface models. These models provide an informed means of benchmarking the subsurface along with a more considered view of subsurface uncertainty and management of the risks identified. The papers in this volume cover safety in the field, frontier basin petroleum system assessment, field appraisal and development including unconventional resources, applications of techniques such as LiDAR and 3D photogrammetry, and uncertainty characterization. The studies were undertaken in diverse locations such as the Faroe Islands, Italy, Algeria, India, the USA and Trinidad; they represent a range of tectonic settings and a wide geological time frame. The spectrum of papers is testament to the value and integral position that fieldwork occupies within the modern hydrocarbon industry.

Description / Table of Contents: Geology and geomorphology of alluvial and fluvial fans: current progress and research perspectives / Dario Ventra and Lucy E. Clarke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 1-21, 27 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.16 --- Alluvial fans --- Interactions between alluvial fans and axial rivers in Yukon, Canada and Alaska, USA / Philip T. Giles, Bryce M. Whitehouse and Efthimios Karymbalis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 23-43, 10 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.3 --- Use of morphometric variables and self-organizing maps to identify clusters of alluvial fans and catchments in the north Peloponnese, Greece / Efthimios Karymbalis, Maria Ferentinou and Philip T. Giles / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 45-64, 25 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.7 --- Spatial characteristics of the Pliocene to modern alluvial fan successions in the uplifted sedimentary basins of Almería, SE Spain: review and regional synthesis / Adrian M. Harvey, Martin Stokes, Anne Mather and Elizabeth Whitfield (née Maher) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 65-77, 5 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.5 --- Constraints on synrift intrabasinal horst development from alluvial fan and aeolian deposits (Triassic, Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia) / Sophie Leleu and Adrian J. Hartley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 79-101, 29 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.8 --- Bedrock structural control on catchment-scale connectivity and alluvial fan processes, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco / Anne E. Mather and Martin Stokes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 103-128, 9 October 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.15 --- Orbital-climate control of mass-flow sedimentation in a Miocene alluvial-fan succession (Teruel Basin, Spain) / Dario Ventra, Hemmo A. Abels, Frederik J. Hilgen and Poppe L. de Boer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 129-157, 18 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.14 --- High-resolution estimates of rates of depositional processes from an alluvial fan succession in the Miocene of the Ebro Basin, northern Spain / Gary Nichols / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 159-173, 10 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.12 --- Morphodynamics and facies architecture of streamflow-dominated, sand-rich alluvial fans, Pleistocene Upper Valdarno Basin, Italy / Massimiliano Ghinassi and Alessandro Ielpi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 175-200, 10 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.1 --- Comparative numerical modelling of a debris-flow fan in the Eastern Italian Alps / Andrea M. Deganutti, Pia R. Tecca and Giuseppe Nigro / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 201-213, 13 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.13 --- Fluvial fans --- Alluvial fans and fluvial fans at the margins of continental sedimentary basins: geomorphic and sedimentological distinction for geo-energy exploration and development / A. Moscariello / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 215-243, 26 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.11 --- Upstream controls on evolution of dryland alluvial megafans: Quaternary examples from the Kohrud Mountain Range, central Iran / Nasser Arzani and Stuart J. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 245-264, 11 July 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.2 --- Linking mid-scale distributive fluvial systems to drainage basin area: geomorphological and sedimentological evidence from the endorheic Gastre Basin, Argentina / Andres Bilmes and Gonzalo D. Veiga / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 265-279, 25 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.4 --- Alluvial and fluvial fans on Saturn's moon Titan reveal processes, materials and regional geology / Jani Radebaugh, Dario Ventra, Ralph D. Lorenz, Tom Farr, Randy Kirk, Alex Hayes, Michael J. Malaska, Sam Birch, Zac Yung-Chun Liu, Jonathan Lunine, Jason Barnes, Alice Le Gall, Rosaly Lopes, Ellen Stofan, Steve Wall and Philippe Paillou / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 281-305, 10 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.6 --- Characteristics of the drainage network of the Kosi Megafan, India and its interaction with the August 2008 flood flow / D. Majumder and P. Ghosh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 307-326, 8 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.9 --- Study of connectivity of open framework gravel facies in the Canterbury Plains aquifer using smoke as a tracer / Lee F. Burbery, Catherine R. Moore, Merren A. Jones, Phillip M. Abraham, Bronwyn L. Humphries and Murray E. Close / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 327-344, 25 January 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.10

Description / Table of Contents: Petroleum reservoir quality prediction: overview and contrasting approaches from sandstone and carbonate communities / R. H. Worden, P. J. Armitage, A. R. Butcher, J. M. Churchill, A. E. Csoma, C. Hollis, R. H. Lander and J. E. Omma / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 1-31, 1 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.21 --- Diagenetic pathways linked to labile Mg-clays in lacustrine carbonate reservoirs: a model for the origin of secondary porosity in the Cretaceous pre-salt Barra Velha Formation, offshore Brazil / Nicholas J. Tosca and V. Paul Wright / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 33-46, 20 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.1 --- Origin and evolution of microporosity in packstones and grainstones in a Lower Cretaceous carbonate reservoir, United Arab Emirates / Daniel Morad, Matteo Paganoni, Amena Al Harthi, Sadoon Morad, Andrea Ceriani, Howri Mansurbeg, Aisha Al Suwaidi, Ihsan S. Al-Aasm and Stephen N. Ehrenberg / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 47-66, 21 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.20 --- Distinguishing between eogenetic, unconformity-related and mesogenetic dissolution: a case study from the Panna and Mukta fields, offshore Mumbai, India / A. J. Barnett, V. P. Wright, V. S. Chandra and V. Jain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 67-84, 18 December 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.12 --- Role of facies diversity and cyclicity on the reservoir quality of the mid-Cretaceous Mishrif Formation in the southern Mesopotamian Basin, Iraq / Thamer A. Mahdi and Adnan A. M. Aqrawi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 85-105, 22 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.19 --- Burial estimates constrained by clumped isotope thermometry: example of the Lower Cretaceous Qishn Formation (Haushi-Huqf High, Oman) / Cédric M. John / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 107-121, 18 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.5 --- Feldspar alteration and Fe minerals: origin, distribution and implications for sandstone reservoir quality in estuarine sediments / Ehsan Daneshvar and Richard H. Worden / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 123-139, 13 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.17 --- Evolution of small-scale flow barriers in German Rotliegend siliciclastics / Benjamin Busch, Rebecca Winkler, Keyvan Osivandi, Georg Nover, Alexandra Amann-Hildenbrand and Christoph Hilgers / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 141-160, 18 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.3 --- Deformation band development as a function of intrinsic host-rock properties in Triassic Sherwood Sandstone / Joshua Griffiths, Daniel R. Faulkner, Alexander P. Edwards and Richard H. Worden / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 161-176, 19 January 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.11 --- Diagenetic controls on the location of reservoir sweet spots relative to palaeotopographical and structural highs / Jessica E. Poteet, Robert H. Goldstein and Evan K. Franseen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 177-215, 21 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.18 --- Evaluation of porosity change during chemo-mechanical compaction in flooding experiments on Liège outcrop chalk / Wenxia Wang, Merete V. Madland, Udo Zimmermann, Anders Nermoen, Reidar I. Korsnes, Silvana R. A. Bertolino and Tania Hildebrand-Habel / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 217-234, 26 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.10 --- Hydrothermal dolomitization: simulation by reaction transport modelling / Alberto Consonni, Alfredo Frixa and Chiara Maragliulo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 235-244, 14 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.13 --- Reservoir quality prediction of deep-water Oligocene sandstones from the west Niger Delta by integrated petrological, petrophysical and basin modelling / O. K. Chudi, Helen Lewis, D. A. V. Stow and J. O. Buckman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 245-264, 14 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.8 --- Diagenesis, plagioclase dissolution and preservation of porosity in Eocene and Oligocene sandstones at the Greeley oil field, southern San Joaquin basin, California, USA / D. T. Nguyen, R. A. Horton and A. B. Kaess / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 265-282, 28 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.14 --- History of hydrothermal fluid flow in the midcontinent, USA: the relationship between inverted thermal structure, unconformities and porosity distribution / Bradley D. King and Robert H. Goldstein / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 283-320, 17 August 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.16 --- Enhanced porosity preservation by pore fluid overpressure and chlorite grain coatings in the Triassic Skagerrak, Central Graben, North Sea, UK / Stephan Stricker and Stuart J. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 321-341, 5 January 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.4 --- Deciphering multiple controls on reservoir quality and inhibition of quartz cement in a complex reservoir: Ordovician glacial sandstones, Illizi Basin, Algeria / Martin Wells, Philip Hirst, Jon Bouch, Emma Whear and Nigel Clark / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 343-372, 11 December 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.6 --- Trace element composition of authigenic quartz in sandstones and its correlation with fluid–rock interaction during diagenesis / Thomas Götte / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 373-387, 19 January 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.2 --- Comparing clay mineral diagenesis in interbedded sandstones and mudstones, Vienna Basin, Austria / Susanne Gier, Richard H. Worden and Peter Krois / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 389-403, 20 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.9 --- The relevance of dawsonite precipitation in CO2 sequestration in the Mihályi-Répcelak area, NW Hungary / Csilla Király, Eszter Sendula, Ágnes Szamosfalvi, Réka Káldos, Péter Kónya, István J. Kovács, Judit Füri, Zsolt Bendő and György Falus / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 405-418, 20 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.15 --- Reactive transport modelling of compacting siliciclastic sediment diagenesis / C. Geloni, A. Ortenzi and A. Consonni / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 435, 419-439, 10 December 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP435.7

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Wolf Mayer: Introduction: enquiries into the history of geology / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:1-8, first published on February 28, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP442.41 --- Tracing the history of INHIGEO (International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences) --- Irena Malakhova: The founding of INHIGEO: documents and letters, with comments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:9-19, first published on February 16, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP442.38 --- Algimantas Grigelis and Stanisław Czarniecki: International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences: the earliest events / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:21-27, first published on November 9, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.30 --- Kennard B. Bork and Barry J. Cooper: INHIGEO in recent times / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:29-39, first published on July 15, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.15 --- Mike R. Johnston and Kenneth L. Taylor: Historians of geology in the field: a half-century of INHIGEO excursions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:41-54, first published on July 22, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.17 --- Martin Rudwick: Insiders and outsiders: INHIGEO seen from the sidelines / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:55-62, first published on November 9, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.25 --- Why study the history of geology --- Barry J. Cooper: Changing reflections on the history of geology / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:63-67, first published on November 9, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.23 --- On theories, ideas and concepts in geology --- Martina Kölbl-Ebert: Thinking about the geosciences in their religious/philosophical context / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:69-79, first published on May 23, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.5 --- Grzegorz Racki: Methodological uniformitarianism of Hugo Kołłątaj: an unknown Polish precursor of the Lyellian geological paradigm / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:81-91, first published on December 2, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.29 --- Stefan Cwojdzinski: History of a discussion: selected aspects of the Earth expansion v. plate tectonics theories / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:93-104, first published on November 11, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.24 --- D. Letsch: Swiss contributions to mid-nineteenth century tectonic research: a step backwards or the prologue to the nappe tectonics revolution? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:105-116, first published on May 26, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.1 --- Kenneth L. Taylor: Before volcanoes became ordinary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:117-126, first published on December 2, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.27 --- Guillermo E. Alvarado and Lina C. Patino: The history of volcanology in Costa Rica: from the Amerindian legends to the beginning of the twenty-first century / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:127-140, first published on November 9, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.35 --- Antony R. Orme: Dynamic geomorphology: historical convergence towards modern practice / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:141-154, first published on December 23, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.34 --- Spencer G. Lucas and Guillermo E. Alvarado: Vertebrate palaeontology in Central America: a narrative and analytical history / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:155-169, first published on May 23, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.9 --- Sally Newcomb: Progression of instrument use and practice in mineralogy and petrology, 1750–1950 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:171-180, first published on November 11, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.22 --- Teaching the history of geoscience --- Silvia F. de M. Figueirôa: Innovation and critical thinking: contributions of the history and philosophy of geological sciences to teaching, especially undergraduate teaching / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:181-188, first published on June 13, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.7 --- Renee M. Clary: Controversies in the history of geology and their educational importance for facilitating understanding of the nature of science / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:189-198, first published on November 15, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.36 --- Yufeng Zhou: Review of the history of higher education in geology during the past 100 years in China / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:199-203, first published on July 15, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.14 --- On the contribution of women to the geosciences --- M. Kölbl-Ebert and S. Turner: Towards a history of women in the geosciences / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:205-216, first published on August 15, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.16 --- Biographical studies --- Zoya A. Bessudnova: The first Russian monograph on the History of Geology by Grigory E. Shchurovsky, professor of Moscow University: on the 150th anniversary of the publication / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:217-227, first published on November 17, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.31 --- K. R. Aalto: Clarence Dutton's geology / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:229-238, first published on July 15, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.18 --- Alberto C. Riccardi: Life and geological studies of Joaquín Frenguelli / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:239-251, first published on June 29, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.6 --- T. Sato, T. Yamada, and M. Yajima: Teiichi Kobayashi: his life and works, with an emphasis on his contribution to the history of the geosciences in Japan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:253-262, first published on November 11, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.19 --- Government agencies, institutions and societies --- Marianne Klemun: Spaces and places: an historical overview of the development of geology in Austria (Habsburg Monarchy) in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:263-270, first published on November 11, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.20 --- Isabel Rábano: Early history of the Spanish Geological Survey: the Commission for the Geological Map of Spain (1849–1910) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:271-278, first published on May 25, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.3 --- Teresa Salomé Mota and Ana Carneiro: The ups and downs of geology in Portugal: the Geological Survey, a historical perspective / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:279-287, first published on May 25, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.2 --- Luz Fernanda Azuela: Towards a nationwide geological survey in nineteenth century Mexico / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:289-301, first published on June 30, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.11 --- Lucero Morelos-Rodríguez: Brief history of geological and mining exploration in nineteenth century Mexico / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:303-313, first published on May 25, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.8 --- Alberto C. Riccardi: Geographical and geological explorations of the La Plata Museum 1884–1905 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:315-326, first published on July 15, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.13 --- Philippe Taquet: A look into the history of geology in France / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:327-332, first published on November 11, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.21 --- Jiuchen Zhang: Social functions of historical studies of Chinese geology / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:333-339, first published on June 29, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.4 --- Regional geological studies --- Björn Sundquist: Early geological studies and mapping in Sweden / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:341-352, first published on June 29, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.10 --- John Diemer: Murchison in Sweden: consolidating Lower Silurian stratigraphy in the summer of 1844 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:353-366, first published on November 9, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.26 --- A. Grigelis: The earliest geological observations in Lithuania: a historical viewpoint / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:367-376, first published on February 28, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP442.40 --- Marek Graniczny, Krystyna Wołkowicz, Halina Urban, and Stanisław Wołkowicz: Contribution of Polish geologists to geology in Siberia and the Far East / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:377-386, first published on February 23, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP442.39 --- Renee M. Clary and Tom Sharpe: The furthest end of the Earth: the role of geological research in Antarctic exploration, 1895–1922 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:387-399, first published on December 2, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.28 --- Reviews on the history of petroleum exploration and production --- StanisŁaw WoŁkowicz, Marek Graniczny, Krystyna WoŁkowicz, and Halina Urban: History of the oil industry in Poland until 1939 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:401-411, first published on December 2, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.32 --- Francesco Gerali and Paolo Riguzzi: Gushers, science and luck: Everette Lee DeGolyer and the Mexican oil upsurge, 1909–19 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:413-424, first published on December 2, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.37 --- Francesco Gerali and Jenny Gregory: Harsh oil: finding petroleum in early twentieth century Western Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 442:425-436, first published on December 2, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP442.33 ---

Description / Table of Contents: Tsunamis: geology, hazards and risks – introduction / Ellie M. Scourse, Neil A. Chapman, David R. Tappin and Simon R. Wallis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 1-3, 28 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.13 --- Tsunami hazards globally --- The importance of geologists and geology in tsunami science and tsunami hazard / David R. Tappin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 5-38, 28 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.11 --- Geological studies in tsunami research since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake / Simon R. Wallis, Osamu Fujiwara and Kazuhisa Goto / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 39-53, 18 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.12 --- Tsunami simulations of mega-thrust earthquakes in the Nankai–Tonankai Trough (Japan) based on stochastic rupture scenarios / Katsuichiro Goda, Tomohiro Yasuda, P. Martin Mai, Takuma Maruyama and Nobuhito Mori / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 55-74, 22 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.1 --- Spatial variability in sediment lithology and sedimentary processes along the Japan Trench: use of deep-sea turbidite records to reconstruct past large earthquakes / Ken Ikehara, Kazuko Usami, Toshiya Kanamatsu, Kazuno Arai, Asuka Yamaguchi and Rina Fukuchi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 75-89, 3 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.9 --- Tsunami hazard in Central America: history and future / Conrad Lindholm, Wilfried Strauch and Mario Fernández / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 91-104, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.2 --- Block and boulder accumulations on the southern coast of Crete (Greece): evidence for the 365 CE tsunami in the Eastern Mediterranean / Sarah J. Boulton and Michael R. Z. Whitworth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 105-125, 9 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.4 --- Tsunami landfalls in the Maltese archipelago: reconciling the historical record with geomorphological evidence / Derek N. Mottershead, Malcolm J. Bray and Philip J. Soar / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 127-141, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.8 --- Cataloguing tsunami events in the UK / Dave Long / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 143-165, 29 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.10 --- The application of microtextural and heavy mineral analysis to discriminate between storm and tsunami deposits / Pedro J. M. Costa, G. Gelfenbaum, S. Dawson, S. La Selle, F. Milne, J. Cascalho, C. Ponte Lira, C. Andrade, M. C. Freitas and B. Jaffe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 167-190, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.7 --- Risk modelling --- Risk-informed tsunami warnings / Gordon Woo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 191-197, 23 January 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.3 --- The New Zealand Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Model: development and implementation of a methodology for estimating tsunami hazard nationwide / William Power, Xiaoming Wang, Laura Wallace, Kate Clark and Christof Mueller / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 199-217, 3 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.6 --- A global probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment from earthquake sources / Gareth Davies, Jonathan Griffin, Finn Løvholt, Sylfest Glimsdal, Carl Harbitz, Hong Kie Thio, Stefano Lorito, Roberto Basili, Jacopo Selva, Eric Geist and Maria Ana Baptista / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 219-244, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.5

Description / Table of Contents: The Permian timescale: an introduction / Spencer G. Lucas and Shu-Zhong Shen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 1-19, 23 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.15 --- The Permian chronostratigraphic scale: history, status and prospectus / Spencer G. Lucas and Shu-Zhong Shen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 21-50, 9 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.3 --- Advances in numerical calibration of the Permian timescale based on radioisotopic geochronology / Jahandar Ramezani and Samuel A. Bowring / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 51-60, 1 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.17 --- A geomagnetic polarity timescale for the Permian, calibrated to stage boundaries / Mark W. Hounslow and Yuri P. Balabanov / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 61-103, 8 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.8 --- Permian strontium isotope stratigraphy / Christoph Korte and Clemens V. Ullmann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 105-118, 12 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.5 --- Permian conodont biostratigraphy / Charles M. Henderson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 119-142, 14 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.9 --- Permian radiolarian biostratigraphy / Lei Zhang, Qinglai Feng and Weihong He / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 143-163, 30 October 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.16 --- Permian rugose corals of the world / Xiangdong Wang, Le Yao and Wei Lin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 165-184, 8 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.13 --- Permian ammonoid biostratigraphy / Tatiana B. Leonova / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 185-203, 8 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.7 --- Permian smaller foraminifers: taxonomy, biostratigraphy and biogeography / Daniel Vachard / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 205-252, 8 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.1 --- Permian fusuline biostratigraphy / Yi-Chun Zhang and Yue Wang / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 253-288, 8 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.14 --- Global Permian brachiopod biostratigraphy: an overview / Shu-Zhong Shen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 289-320, 9 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.11 --- Permian palynostratigraphy: a global overview / Michael H. Stephenson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 321-347, 8 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.2 --- A global review of Permian macrofloral biostratigraphical schemes / Christopher J. Cleal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 349-364, 8 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.4 --- Late Pennsylvanian–Early Triassic conchostracan biostratigraphy: a preliminary approach / Joerg W. Schneider and Frank Scholze / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 365-386, 8 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.6 --- Outline of a Permian tetrapod footprint ichnostratigraphy / Sebastian Voigt and Spencer G. Lucas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 387-404, 9 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.10 --- Permian tetrapod biochronology, correlation and evolutionary events / Spencer G. Lucas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 450, 405-444, 15 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP450.12

Description / Table of Contents: Recent advances in karst research: from theory to fieldwork and applications / Mario Parise, Franci Gabrovsek, Georg Kaufmann and Natasa Ravbar / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 1-24, 3 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.26 --- Karst geology, geomorphology, and speleogenesis --- Orogeny and the collapse of the Devonian Prairie Evaporite karst in Western Canada: impact on the overlying Cretaceous Athabasca Oil Sands / Paul L. Broughton / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 25-78, 8 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.7 --- Tafoni and honeycomb structures as indicators of ascending fluid flow and hypogene karstification / Alexander Klimchouk / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 79-105, 28 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.11 --- Relations between surface and underground karst forms inferred from terrestrial laser scanning / Aleksandar S. Petrović, Jelena Ćalić, Aleksandra Spalević and Marko Pantić / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 107-120, 31 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.23 --- A genetic classification of caves and its application in eastern Austria / P. Oberender and L. Plan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 121-136, 29 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.21 --- Surface landforms and speleological investigation for a better understanding of karst hydrogeological processes: a history of research in southeastern Italy / M. Parise and L. Benedetto / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 137-153, 25 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.25 --- The Puerto Princesa Underground River (Palawan, Philippines): some peculiar features of a tropical, high-energy coastal karst system / Giovanni Badino, Antonio De Vivo, Paolo Forti and Leonardo Piccini / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 155-170, 24 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.22 --- Role of karst denudation on the accurate assessment of glacio-eustasy and tectonic uplift on carbonate coasts / John E. Mylroie and Joan R. Mylroie / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 171-185, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.2 --- Arid hypogene karst in a multi-aquifer system: hydrogeology and speleogenesis of Ashalim Cave, Negev Desert, Israel / Amos Frumkin and Boaz Langford / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 187-200, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.3 --- Pliocene–Pleistocene palaeoclimate reconstruction from Ashalim Cave speleothems, Negev Desert, Israel / Anton Vaks, Miryam Bar-Matthews, Avner Ayalon, Alan Matthews and Amos Frumkin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 201-216, 15 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.10 --- Karst hydrogeology --- Global distribution and use of water from karst aquifers / Zoran Stevanović / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 217-236, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.17 --- Characterization and hydraulic behaviour of the complex karst of the Kaibab Plateau and Grand Canyon National Park, USA / Casey J. R. Jones, Abraham E. Springer, Benjamin W. Tobin, Sarah J. Zappitello and Natalie A. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 237-260, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.5 --- Vulnerability assessment and its validation: the Gömör-Torna Karst, Hungary and Slovakia / Veronika Iván and Judit Mádl-Szőnyi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 261-273, 29 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.15 --- Hydrochemical and isotopic characterization of carbonate aquifers under natural flow conditions, Sierra Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain / Damián Sánchez, Juan Antonio Barberá, Matías Mudarra, Bartolomé Andreo and José Francisco Martín / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 275-293, 28 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.16 --- Climatological trends and anticipated karst spring quantity and quality: case study of the Slovene Istria / Nataša Ravbar, Gregor Kovačič, Metka Petrič, Janja Kogovšek, Clarissa Brun and Alenka Koželj / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 295-305, 6 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.19 --- Preliminary analysis of the decrease in water level of Vrana Lake on the small carbonate island of Cres (Dinaric karst, Croatia) / Ognjen Bonacci / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 307-317, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.6 --- Karst modelling --- Numerical groundwater modelling in karst / Neven Kresic and Sorab Panday / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 319-330, 14 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.12 --- Experiences in calibrating and evaluating lumped karst hydrological models / Andreas Hartmann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 331-340, 6 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.18 --- Geophysical observations and structural models of two shallow caves in gypsum/anhydrite-bearing rocks in Germany / Georg Kaufmann and Douchko Romanov / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 341-357, 6 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.13 --- Models of temperature, entropy production and convective airflow in caves / Giovanni Badino / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 359-379, 31 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.24 --- Karst hazards and management --- Evaluating the susceptibility to anthropogenic sinkholes in Apulian calcarenites, southern Italy / A. Fiore, N. L. Fazio, P. Lollino, M. Luisi, M. N. Miccoli, R. Pagliarulo, M. Perrotti, L. Pisano, L. Spalluto, C. Vennari, G. Vessia and M. Parise / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 381-396, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.20 --- Groundwater flood hazards and mechanisms in lowland karst terrains / Owen Naughton, Ted McCormack, Laurence Gill and Paul Johnston / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 397-410, 11 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.9 --- Škocjan Caves, Slovenia: an integrative approach to the management of a World Heritage Site / Vanja Debevec, Borut Peric, Samo Šturm, Tomaž Zorman and Peter Jovanovič / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 411-429, 18 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.14 --- Karst-specific composite model for informed resource management decisions on the Biosfera de la Reserva Selva el Ocote, Chiapas, Mexico / Johanna L. Kovarik and Philip E. van Beynen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 431-442, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.1 --- A review and statistical assessment of the criteria for determining cave significance / Augusto S. Auler, Tatiana A. R. Souza, Daniela C. Sé and Gustavo A. Soares / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 443-459, 28 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.8 --- What will be the future of the giant gypsum crystals of Naica mine? / Paolo Forti / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 461-475, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.4

Description / Table of Contents: Mesozoic resource potential in the Southern Permian Basin area: the geological key to exploiting remaining hydrocarbons whilst unlocking geothermal potential / Ben Kilhams, Peter A. Kukla, Stan Mazur, Tom McKie, Harmen F. Mijnlieff, Kees van Ojik and Eveline Rosendaal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 1-18, 3 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.26 --- Tectonic framework --- Timing and spatial patterns of Cretaceous and Cenozoic inversion in the Southern Permian Basin / Jonas Kley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 19-31, 9 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.12 --- The only way is up – on Mesozoic uplifts and basin inversion events in SE Poland / Piotr Krzywiec, Aleksandra Stachowska and Agata Stypa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 33-57, 20 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.14 --- The Wiek Fault System east of Rügen Island: origin, tectonic phases and its relationship to the Trans-European Suture Zone / Elisabeth Seidel, Martin Meschede and Karsten Obst / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 59-82, 24 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.10 --- Fault system evolution in the Baltic Sea area west of Rügen, NE Germany / André Deutschmann, Martin Meschede and Karsten Obst / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 83-98, 9 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.24 --- New insights into salt tectonics in the northern Dutch offshore: a framework for hydrocarbon exploration / Matthijs van Winden, Jan de Jager, Bastiaan Jaarsma and Renaud Bouroullec / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 99-117, 29 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.9 --- Deriving relationships between diapir spacing and salt-layer thickness in the Southern North Sea / Karina Hernandez, Neil C. Mitchell and Mads Huuse / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 119-137, 26 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.16 --- Triassic resources --- An introduction to the Triassic: current insights into the regional setting and energy resource potential of NW Europe / Mark Geluk, Tom McKie and Ben Kilhams / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 139-147, 26 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.1 --- Lower Triassic reservoir development in the northern Dutch offshore / M. Kortekaas, U. Böker, C. van der Kooij and B. Jaarsma / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 149-168, 13 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.19 --- The ‘Buntsandstein’ gas play of the Horn Graben (German and Danish offshore): dry well analysis and remaining hydrocarbon potential / Ben Kilhams, Snezana Stevanovic and Carlo Nicolai / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 169-192, 11 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.5 --- Geothermal resources of the North German Basin: exploration strategy, development examples and remaining opportunities in Mesozoic hydrothermal reservoirs / Matthias Franz, Gregor Barth, Jens Zimmermann, Ingmar Budach, Kerstin Nowak and Markus Wolfgramm / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 193-222, 13 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.11 --- Towards a better understanding of the highly overpressured Lower Triassic Bunter reservoir rocks in the Terschelling Basin / Stefan Peeters, Annemiek Asschert and Hanneke Verweij / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 223-236, 22 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.13 --- Enhanced gas recovery of an ageing field utilizing N2 displacement: De Wijk Field, The Netherlands / Rajasmita Goswami, Fritz C. Seeberger and Geert Bosman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 237-251, 16 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.2 --- Data mining in the Dutch Oil and Gas Portal: a case study on the reservoir properties of the Volpriehausen Sandstone interval / B. M. M. van Kempen, H. F. Mijnlieff and J. van der Molen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 253-267, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.15 --- Jurassic resources --- Tectonostratigraphy of a rift basin affected by salt tectonics: synrift Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Dutch Central Graben, Terschelling Basin and neighbouring platforms, Dutch offshore / R. Bouroullec, R. M. C. H. Verreussel, C. R. Geel, G. de Bruin, M. H. A. A. Zijp, D. Kőrösi, D. K. Munsterman, N. M. M. Janssen and S. J. Kerstholt-Boegehold / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 269-303, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.22 --- Stepwise basin evolution of the Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous rift phase in the Central Graben area of Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands / R. M. C. H. Verreussel, R. Bouroullec, D. K. Munsterman, K. Dybkjær, C. R. Geel, A. J. P. Houben, P. N. Johannessen and S. J. Kerstholt-Boegehold / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 305-340, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.23 --- Palaeogeographical evolution of the Lower Jurassic: high-resolution biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy in the Central European Basin / Gregor Barth, Grzegorz Pieńkowski, Jens Zimmermann, Matthias Franz and Gesa Kuhlmann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 341-369, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.8 --- The impact of Quaternary glaciation on temperature and pore pressure in Jurassic troughs in the Southern Permian Basin, northern Germany / Victoria F. Sachse and Ralf Littke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 371-398, 16 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.7 --- The Posidonia Shale of northern Germany: unconventional oil and gas potential from high-resolution 3D numerical basin modelling of the cross-junction between the eastern Lower Saxony Basin, Pompeckj Block and Gifhorn Trough / Alexander T. Stock and Ralf Littke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 399-421, 5 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.21 --- Cretaceous resources --- Reservoir architecture model of the Nieuwerkerk Formation (Early Cretaceous, West Netherlands Basin): diachronous development of sand-prone fluvial deposits / A. G. Vondrak, M. E. Donselaar and D. K. Munsterman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 423-434, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.18 --- Tectonic control on the Early Cretaceous Bentheim Sandstone sediments in the Schoonebeek oil field, The Netherlands / Geert-Jan Vis, Willem D. Smoor, Kees W. Rutten, Jan de Jager and Harmen F. Mijnlieff / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 435-455, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.25 --- The impact of heterogeneity on waterflood developments in clastic inner shelf reservoirs: an example from the Holland Greensand Member, Rotterdam Field, The Netherlands / Richard J. Porter, Alberto Muñoz Rojas and Malte Schlüter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 457-477, 16 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.20 --- Lower Cretaceous reservoir development in the North Sea Central Graben, and potential analogue settings in the Southern Permian Basin and South Viking Graben / Frank Zwaan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 479-504, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.3 --- Erosional valleys at a major Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous unconformity offshore Germany and The Netherlands: potential reservoirs or deteriorated seals? / Marco Wolf, Annelieke Vis and Annemiek Asschert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 505-517, 25 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.4 --- Giant pockmark formation from Cretaceous hydrocarbon expulsion in the western Lower Saxony Basin, The Netherlands / Frank Strozyk, Lars Reuning, Stefan Back and Peter Kukla / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 519-536, 11 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.6 --- F17-Chalk: new insights in the tectonic history of the Dutch Central Graben / Henk van Lochem / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 537-558, 19 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.17

Description / Table of Contents: Cratonic basin formation: a case study of the Parnaíba Basin of Brazil / M. C. Daly, R. A. Fuck, J. Julià, D. I. M. Macdonald and A. B. Watts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 1-15, 14 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.20 --- Cratonic basins --- Cratonic basins with reference to the Michigan basin / Norman H. Sleep / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 17-35, 6 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.1 --- Lithospheric heating by crustal thickening: a possible origin of the Parnaíba Basin / D. McKenzie and V. Rodríguez Tribaldos / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 37-44, 19 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.5 --- A comparative study of the Parnaíba, Michigan and Congo cratonic basins / A. B. Watts, B. Tozer, M. C. Daly and J. Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 45-66, 22 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.6 --- The Parnaíba cratonic basin: lithospheric and crustal structure --- Structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the Parnaíba Basin, Brazil, from wide-angle reflection–refraction data / José E. P. Soares, Randell Stephenson, Reinhardt A. Fuck, Marcus V. A. G. de Lima, Vitto C. M. de Araújo, Flávio T. Lima, Fábio A. S. Rocha and Cíntia R. da Trindade / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 67-82, 13 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.9 --- Deep crustal architecture of the Parnaíba basin of NE Brazil from receiver function analysis: implications for basin subsidence / Diogo L. O. Coelho, Jordi Julià, Verónica Rodríguez-Tribaldos and Nicholas White / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 83-100, 16 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.8 --- Reprocessing and interpretation of deep structures in a regional transect of the Parnaíba Basin, Brazil / Rafael R. Manenti, Wilker E. Souza and Milton J. Porsani / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 101-107, 12 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.17 --- Electrical conductivity structure across the Parnaíba Basin, NE Brazil / F. F. Solon, S. L. Fontes and E. F. La Terra / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 109-126, 13 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.19 --- The pre-Silurian Riachão basin: a new perspective on the basement of the Parnaíba basin, NE Brazil / Amanda Porto, Michael C. Daly, Emanuele La Terra and Sergio Fontes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 127-145, 19 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.2 --- Implications of preliminary subsidence analyses for the Parnaíba cratonic basin / Verónica Rodríguez Tribaldos and Nicky White / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 147-156, 6 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.3 --- The Parnaíba cratonic basin: stratigraphic and sedimentological evolution --- Evolution of a cratonic basin: insights from the stratal architecture and provenance history of the Parnaíba Basin / L. A. Menzies, A. Carter and David I. M. MacDonald / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 157-179, 6 August 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.18 --- Provenance of sandstones in the Parnaíba Basin through detrital zircon geochronology / M. H. B. M. Hollanda, A. M. Góes and F. A. Negri / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 181-197, 12 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.16 --- Palaeogeographical and palaeoclimatic evolution of the intracratonic Parnaíba Basin, NE Brazil using GPlates plate tectonic reconstructions and chemostratigraphic tools / Marwan M. Jaju, Haydon P. Mort, Fadi H. Nader, Mário L. Filho and David I. M. Macdonald / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 199-222, 6 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.12 --- Re-evaluation of the Permian macrofossils from the Parnaíba Basin: biostratigraphic, palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical implications / Roberto Iannuzzi, Rodrigo Neregato, Juan C. Cisneros, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Ronny Rößler, Rosemarie Rohn, Claudia Marsicano, Jörg Fröbisch, Thomas Fairchild, Roger M. H. Smith, Francine Kurzawe, Martha Richter, Max C. Langer, Tatiane M. V. Tavares, Christian F. Kammerer, Domingas M. Conceição, Jason D. Pardo and Guilherme A. Roesler / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 223-249, 2 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.14 --- The Parnaíba cratonic basin: magmatic history --- Geochemical and temporal provinciality of the magmatism of the eastern Parnaíba Basin, NE Brazil / Monica Heilbron, Eliane Guedes, Miguel Mane, Claudio de Morisson Valeriano, Miguel Tupinambá, Júlio Almeida, Luiz Guilherme do Eirado Silva, Beatriz Paschoal Duarte, Jorge Carlos Dela Favera and Adriano Viana / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 251-278, 5 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.11 --- Petrology of Jurassic and Cretaceous basaltic formations from the Parnaíba Basin, NE Brazil: correlations and associations with large igneous provinces / Alisson L. Oliveira, Márcio M. Pimentel, Reinhardt A. Fuck and Diógenes C. Oliveira / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 279-308, 6 August 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.21 --- Role of basaltic magmatism within the Parnaíba cratonic basin, NE Brazil / Marthe Klöcking, Nicky White and John MacLennan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 309-319, 23 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.4 --- Phanerozoic magmatism in the Parnaíba Basin: characterization of igneous bodies (well logs and 2D seismic sections), geometry, distribution and sill emplacement patterns / I. Trosdtorf, J. M. Morais Neto, S. F. Santos, C. V. Portela Filho, T. A. Dall Oglio, A. C. M. Galves and A. M. Silva / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 321-340, 16 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.10 --- The Parnaíba cratonic basin: resource system --- Atypical igneous-sedimentary petroleum systems of the Parnaíba Basin, Brazil: seismic, well logs and cores / Frederico S. de Miranda, Ana Luiza Vettorazzi, Paulo R. da Cruz Cunha, Fernando B. Aragão, Diogo Michelon, João Luiz Caldeira, Ernani Porsche, Celso Martins, Roberto B. Ribeiro, Alexandre F. Vilela, José R. Corrêa, Lilian S. Silveira and Kátia Andreola / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 341-360, 12 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.15 --- New insights into the Parnaíba Basin: results of investments by the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency / Marina Abelha, Eliane Petersohn, Gabriel Bastos and Daniel Araújo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 472, 361-366, 5 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP472.13

Description / Table of Contents: Groundwater in fractured bedrock environments: managing catchment and subsurface resources – an introduction / U. Ofterdinger, A. M. MacDonald, J.-C. Comte and M. E. Young / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 1-9, 30 April 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479-2018-170 --- Typology of hard rock ground waters within the Lower Sassandra, a main catchment in humid tropical West Africa / O. Fouché, Th. K. Yao, M.-S. Y. Oga and N. Soro / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 11-33, 21 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.5 --- Catchment-scale heterogeneity of flow and storage properties in a weathered/fractured hard rock aquifer from resistivity and magnetic resonance surveys: implications for groundwater flow paths and the distribution of residence times / J.-C. Comte, U. Ofterdinger, A. Legchenko, J. Caulfield, R. Cassidy and J. A. Mézquita González / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 35-58, 10 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.11 --- Evaluation of the geothermal effects caused by the weathering of crystalline rocks / Guy Vasseur and Patrick Lachassagne / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 59-70, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.1 --- Fractures in shale: the significance of igneous intrusions for groundwater flow / Alan M. MacDonald and Jeff Davies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 71-79, 17 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.10 --- Analysis and numerical modelling of large-scale controls on aquifer structure and hydrogeological properties in the African basement (Benin, West Africa) / Neil E. M. Dickson, Jean-Christophe Comte, Youssouf Koussoube, Ulrich S. Ofterdinger and Jean-Michel Vouillamoz / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 81-100, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.2 --- Multiple lines of field evidence to inform fracture network connectivity at a shale site contaminated with dense non-aqueous phase liquids / Beth L. Parker, Steven W. Chapman, Kenneth J. Goldstein and John A. Cherry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 101-127, 17 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.8 --- Towards defining a baseline status of scarce groundwater resources in anticipation of hydraulic fracturing in the Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa: salinity, aquifer yields and groundwater levels / Divan H. Stroebel, Christien Thiart and Maarten de Wit / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 129-145, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.3 --- Hard-rock aquifer response to pumping and sustainable yield of wells in some areas of Mediterranean Region / Antonella Baiocchi, Francesca Lotti, Vincenzo Piscopo and Valentina Sammassimo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 147-160, 28 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.4 --- Fracture and conduit controls on groundwater movement in the Carboniferous Limestone of the eastern Mendip Hills, Somerset, England / Christopher J. Newton / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 161-176, 25 April 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479-2017-52 --- Acoustic televiewer amplitude data for porosity estimation with application to porewater conversion / J. R. Kennel and B. L. Parker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 177-185, 3 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.6 --- Characterization and location of the laminated layer within hard rock weathering profiles from electrical resistivity tomography: implications for water well siting / Pierre Belle, Patrick Lachassagne, Francis Mathieu, Christine Barbet, Nicolas Brisset and Jean-Christophe Gourry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 187-205, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.7 --- Metolachlor dense non-aqueous phase liquid source conditions and plume attenuation in a dolostone water supply aquifer / Beth L. Parker, Kenley Bairos, Carlos H. Maldaner, Steven W. Chapman, Christopher M. Turner, Leanne S. Burns, James Plett, Raymond Carter and John A. Cherry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 207-236, 21 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.9 --- James Robert Temple Hazell: A Pioneer of African Hydrogeology / Dotun Adekile and Richard Carter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 479, 237-243, 15 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP479.12

Description / Table of Contents: The history of the European oil and gas industry (1600s–2000s) / Jonathan Craig, Francesco Gerali, Fiona MacAulay and Rasoul Sorkhabi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 1-24, 21 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.23 --- History of the UK oil and gas industry --- UK petrol retailing: competitive rivalry and the decline of the oil majors in the twentieth century / Neil H. Ritson, Ian Byrne and David A. Cohen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 25-38, 11 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.5 --- The first oil exploration campaign in the UK, 1918–22 / Stephen M. Corfield / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 39-52, 14 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.11 --- The Scottish oil-shale industry from the viewpoint of the modern-day shale-gas industry / Graham Dean / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 53-69, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.13 --- Derbyshire's oil and refining history: the James ‘Paraffin’ Young connection / Cliff Lea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 71-76, 11 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.4 --- Argyll Field: the first oil field to be developed on the UK Continental Shelf / Jon Gluyas, Longxun Tang and Stuart Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 77-93, 11 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.3 --- The history of exploration and development of the Liverpool Bay fields and the East Irish Sea Basin / J. Bunce / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 95-118, 11 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.6 --- The history of hydrocarbon exploration and development in North Yorkshire / M. Q. Haarhoff, F. Hughes, M. Heath-Clarke, D. Harrison, C. Taylor, D. L. Ware, G. G. Emms and A. Mortimer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 119-136, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.12 --- The development of the manufactured gas industry in Europe / Russell Thomas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 137-164, 14 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.14 --- History of the oil and gas industry in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union --- The birth and development of the oil and gas industry in the Northern Carpathians (up until 1939) / Piotr Krzywiec / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 165-189, 18 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.24 --- History of the oil and gas industry in Romania / Alina Dana Tulucan, Lucia-Elena Soveja-Iacob and Csaba Krezsek / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 191-200, 18 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.15 --- Second Galicia? Poland's shale gas rush through historical lenses / Roberto Cantoni / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 201-217, 14 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.16 --- History of the oil and gas industry in Western Europe --- A history of exploration offshore Norway: the Barents Sea / K. H. Jakobsson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 219-241, 6 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.18 --- The history of the upstream oil and gas industry in Italy / Ferdinando Franco Cazzini / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 243-274, 11 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.2 --- Maiella, an oil massif in the Central Apennines ridge of Italy: exploration, production and innovation in the oil fields of Abruzzo across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Francesco Gerali and Lorenzo Lipparini / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 275-303, 25 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.20 --- Historical study of geosciences and engineering in the oilfields of the Emilia-Romagna region in the socio-economic context of post-Unitarian Italy (1861–1914) / Francesco Gerali, Paolo Macini and Ezio Mesini / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 305-332, 30 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.21 --- Ayoluengo's history – Spain's only onshore oil field / Jorge Navarro Comet / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 333-344, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.9 --- A century of hydrocarbon exploration and production in Spain (1860–1960) / Jorge Navarro Comet and Octavio Puche Riart / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 345-360, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.10 --- History of the petroleum industry and petroleum geologists --- Entangled between worlds: Swiss petroleum geologists, c. 1900–50 / Monika Gisler / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 361-374, 14 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.17 --- Myron Kinley and the ‘Torch of Moreni’ / Jeff Spencer and Marius Furcuta / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 375-380, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.8 --- ‘Uniformity in Geological Reports’ (1917) by Josef Theodor Erb, petroleum geologist and manager (1874–1934) / Mario M. A. Wannier / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 381-390, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.7 --- German petroleum geologists and World War II / Martina Kölbl-Ebert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 391-407, 11 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.1 --- Simon Papp, a prominent Hungarian petroleum geologist: how to run exploration projects from a prison cell / Gábor Tari and István Bérczi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 409-422, 18 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.19 --- Sir Thomas Boverton Redwood (1846–1919): a watershed in the British oil industry / Rasoul Sorkhabi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 423-451, 25 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.22 --- Bibliography of additional selected key publications on the history of the European oil and gas industry / Francesco Gerali, Jonathan Craig, Fiona MacAulay and Rasoul Sorkhabi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 453-462, 19 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP465.25 --- Gazetteer of oil and gas museums in Europe / Francesco Gerali, Jonathan Craig, Fiona MacAulay and Rasoul Sorkhabi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 465, 463-465, 19 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP4

Description / Table of Contents: Crustal architecture and evolution of the Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet Orogen: introduction / Rajesh Sharma, Igor M. Villa and Santosh Kumar / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 1-5, 1 August 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481-2019-46 --- Nepal earthquake evidence from GNSS data at the Everest Pyramid Lab / G. Poretti, F. Morsut and F. Pettenati / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 7-18, 31 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481-2017-71 --- Delineation of lithosphere structure and characterization of the Moho geometry under the Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet collision zone using surface-wave tomography / Naresh Kumar, A. Aoudia, M. Guidarelli, Vivek G. Babu, Devajit Hazarika and D. K. Yadav / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 19-40, 19 March 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481-2017-172 --- Seismotectonics of central and NW Himalaya: plate boundary–wedge thrust earthquakes in thin- and thick-skinned tectonic framework / V. C. Thakur, R. Jayangondaperumal and V. Joevivek / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 41-63, 17 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481.8 --- Tectonic control over exhumation in the Arunachal Himalaya: new constraints from Apatite Fission Track Analysis / Vikas Adlakha, R. C. Patel, Akhil Kumar and Nand Lal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 65-79, 13 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481.1 --- Structural and thermochronological studies of the Almora klippe, Kumaun, NW India: implications for crustal thickening and exhumation of the NW Himalaya / M. K. Puniya, R. C. Patel and P. D. Pant / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 81-110, 20 February 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481-2017-74 --- Field documentation and genesis of the back-structures from the Garhwal Lesser Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India / Narayan Bose and Soumyajit Mukherjee / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 111-125, 13 February 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481-2018-81 --- Dating protracted fault activities: microstructures, microchemistry and geochronology of the Vaikrita Thrust, Main Central Thrust zone, Garhwal Himalaya, NW India / Chiara Montemagni, Chiara Montomoli, Salvatore Iaccarino, Rodolfo Carosi, Arvind K. Jain, Hans-J. Massonne and Igor M. Villa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 127-146, 17 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481.3 --- Early Oligocene partial melting via biotite dehydration melting and prolonged low-pressure–low-temperature metamorphism of the upper High Himalaya Crystalline Sequence in the far east of Nepal / T. Imayama, T. Takeshita, K. Yi and M. Fukuyama / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 147-173, 17 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481.2 --- Myrmekitic intergrowth of tourmaline and quartz in eclogite-hosting gneisses of the Tso Morari ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terrane (Eastern Ladakh, India): a possible record of high-pressure conditions / Igor Broska, Peter Bačík, Santosh Kumar, Marian Janák, Sergiy Kurylo, Jan Filip, Jakub Bazarnik and Tomáš Mikuš / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 175-194, 13 May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481-2017-167 --- Subduction-related Manipur Ophiolite Complex, Indo-Myanmar Ranges: elemental and isotopic record of mantle metasomatism / Oinam Kingson, Rajneesh Bhutani, S. Balakrishnan, J. K. Dash and Anil D. Shukla / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 195-210, 23 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481.9 --- A new occurrence of lazulite from the Main Central Thrust in Kumaun Himalaya, India: fluid inclusion, EPMA and Raman spectroscopy focusing on lazulite in a highly tectonized zone / Dinesh S. Chauhan, Rajesh Sharma and D. R. Rao / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 211-230, 5 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481-2018-117 --- Geochemical discrimination and petrogenetic affinities of dykes intruding the Ladakh batholith, NW India / A. R. Heri, J. Bahl and I. M. Villa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 231-250, 18 June 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481-2017-150 --- Influence of inherited Indian basement faults on the evolution of the Himalayan Orogen / Laurent Godin, Renaud Soucy La Roche, Lindsay Waffle and Lyal B. Harris / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 251-276, 13 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481.4 --- Origin of the Ordovician Mansehra granite in the NW Himalaya, Pakistan: constraints from Sr–Nd isotopic data, zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotopes / Masatsugu Ogasawara, Mayuko Fukuyama, Rehanul Haq Siddiqui and Ye Zhao / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 277-298, 23 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481.5 --- Zircon U–Pb ages and Lu–Hf isotopes of metagranitoids from the Subansiri region, Eastern Himalaya: implications for crustal evolution along the northern Indian passive margin in the early Paleozoic / R. K. Bikramaditya, A. Krishnakanta Singh, Sun-Lin Chung, Rajesh Sharma and Hao-Yang Lee / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 299-318, 22 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481.7 --- Age and geochemistry of the Paleoproterozoic Bhatwari Gneiss of Garhwal Lesser Himalaya, NW India: implications for the pre-Himalayan magmatic history of the Lesser Himalayan basement rocks / Aranya Sen, Koushik Sen, Hari B. Srivastava, Saurabh Singhal and Purbajyoti Phukon / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 319-339, 25 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481.6 --- Petrology, geochemistry and zircon U–Pb–Lu–Hf isotopes of Paleoproterozoic granite gneiss from Bomdila in the western Arunachal Himalaya, NE India / Manjari Pathak and Santosh Kumar / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 341-377, 24 April 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP481-2017-169

Description / Table of Contents: Faults are primary focuses of both fluid migration and deformation in the upper crust. The recognition that faults are typically heterogeneous zones of deformed material, not simple discrete fractures, has fundamental implications for the way geoscientists predict fluid migration in fault zones, as well as leading to new concepts in understanding seismic/aseismic strain accommodation. This book captures current research into understanding the complexities of fault-zone internal structure, and their control on mechanical and fluid-flow properties of the upper crust. A wide variety of approaches are presented, from geological field studies and laboratory analyses of fault-zone and fault-rock properties to numerical fluid-flow modelling, and from seismological data analyses to coupled hydraulic and rheological modelling. The publication aims to illustrate the importance of understanding fault-zone complexity by integrating such diverse approaches, and its impact on the rheological and fluid-flow behaviour of fault zones in different contexts.

Description / Table of Contents: This book summarizes our present understanding of the formation of passive continental margins and their ocean–continent transitions. It outlines the geological, geophysical and petrological observations that characterize extensional systems, and how such observations can guide and constrain dynamic and kinematic models of continental lithosphere extension, breakup and the inception of organized sea-floor spreading. The book focuses on imaging, mapping and modelling lithospheric extensional systems, at both the regional scale using dynamic models to the local scale of individual basins using kinematic models, with an emphasis on capturing the extensional history of the Iberia and Newfoundland margins. The results from a number of other extensional regimes are presented to provide comparisons with the North Atlantic studies; these range from the Tethyan realm and the northern Red Sea to the western and southern Australian margins, the Basin and Range Province, and the Woodlark basin of Papua New Guinea. All of these field studies, combined with lessons learnt from the modelling, are used to address fundamental questions about the extreme deformation of continental lithosphere.

Description / Table of Contents: The North China craton is the only known place where an Archaean craton with a thick tectospheric root lost half of that root in younger tectonism by processes such as delamination, convection, hydration-weakening, compositional change or some other mechanism. In this volume, authors provide data constraining the geometry and timing of root loss, aimed at understanding why and how continental roots are lost in general. Modelling how often this process may have occurred in the geological past, and how much lithospheric material has been recycled to the convecting mantle through this mechanism, could drastically change our current understanding of crustal growth rates and processes. Possible triggering mechanisms for root loss include collision of the South China (Yangtze) and North China cratons in the Triassic, the India–Asia collision, closure of the Solonker and Monhgol–Okhotsk oceans, Mesozoic subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath eastern China, impingement of mantle plumes, mantle hydration from long-term subduction and several rifting events. In this volume, we link studies of crustal tectonics with investigations aimed at determining the nature of and timing of the formation and loss of the root, in order to better-understand mechanisms of continental root formation, evolution and recycling/removal.

Description / Table of Contents: We are poised to embark on a new era of discovery in the study of geomorphology. The discipline has a long and illustrious history, but in recent years an entirely new way of studying landscapes and seascapes has been developed. It involves the use of 3D seismic data. Just as CAT scans allow medical staff to view our anatomy in 3D, seismic data now allows Earth scientists to do what the early geomorphologists could only dream of - view tens and hundreds of square kilometres of the Earth's subsurface in 3D and therefore see for the first time how landscapes have evolved through time. This volume demonstrates how earth scientists are starting to use this relatively new tool to study the dynamic of a range of sedimentary environments.

Description / Table of Contents: There has lately been a growth in the number and level of studies of contourite deposits. Most recent studies of contourites have two major lines of interest. One, propelled by the oil industry's continuous move into increasingly deep waters, concerns their economic significance. The other involves the stratigraphic/ palaeoceanographic record of ocean circulation changes imprinted on contourite deposits that can be a key to understanding better the climate-ocean connection. The application of many different theoretical, experimental and empirical resources provided by geophysics, sedimentology, geochemistry, petrology, scale modeling and field geology are used in the 16 papers of this volume, proposing answers to those two main aspects. The papers are subdivided into two major categories (economic interest and stratigraphic/palaeoceanographic significance), with case studies ranging from well-documented drifts to new examples of modern and fossil series, involving a large diversity of geographic and physiographic scenarios worldwide.

Description / Table of Contents: Stone buildings and monuments from the cultural centres of many of the world's urban areas. Frequently these areas are prone to high levels of atmospheric pollution that promote a variety of aggressive stone decay processes. Because of this, stone decay is now widely recognized as a severe threat to much of our cultural heritage. If this threat is to be successfully addressed it is essential that the symptoms of decay are clearly identified, that appropriate stone properties are accurately characterized and that decay processes are precisely identified. It is undoubtedly the case that successful conservation has to be underpinned by a comprehensive understanding of the causes of decay and the factors that control them. The accomplishment of these demanding goals requires an interdisciplinary approach based on co-operation between geologists, environmental scientists, chemists, material scientists, civil engineers, restorers and architects. In pursuit of this collaboration, this volume aims to strengthen the knowledge base dealing with the causes, consequences, prevention and solution of stone decay problems.

Description / Table of Contents: Fractured reservoirs contain a significant proportion of the global hydrocarbon reserves; however, they commonly exhibit unpredictable and extreme production behaviour. To develop such reservoirs it is necessary to obtain the best understanding possible of the fracture network and its impact on the fluid flow within the reservoir, using the full range of geoscience and engineering datasets available at all scales. This book presents an overview of current techniques and the latest technologies used to understand and exploit fractured reservoirs. The contributions are organized into sections on outcrop analogues, the application of geophysical techniques for fracture detection and imaging, numerical and analogue modelling and case studies from fields in the Middle East, Europe and North America. A number of the case studies also consider ways of assessing uncertainties in fracture geometry description and the implications for effective reservoir management.

Description / Table of Contents: Sandstone aquifers are common worldwide: they contain a significant proportion of the Earth’s fresh water supplies. However, because of their textural complexity and the frequent occurrence of both matrix and fracture flow, prediction of flow and pollutant migration is still a considerable challenge. This volume contains a collection of papers summarizing current research on an example sandstone aquifer: the UK Permo-Triassic Sandstone sequence. These red bed, organic-poor sandstones are of fluvial and aeolian origin, are often strongly textured, and are cut by discontinuities of a wide range of permeabilities. Matrix flow often dominates, but fracture flow also occurs. The papers in the volume deal with research on saturated and unsaturated flow, and solute and non-aqueous-phase liquid movement. They cover investigations from laboratory to regional scale, and involve a wide range of approaches, from petrophysical through geophysical and hydrochemical to modelling. The book is intended to be of interest to researchers and practitioners involved in water resources and groundwater pollution, and to hydrogeology, water engineering, and environmental science students.

Description / Table of Contents: In the Earth sciences, the concept of fractals and scale invariance is well recognized in many natural objects. However, the use of fractals for spatial and temporal analyses of natural hazards has been less used (and accepted) in the Earth sciences. This book brings together 12 contributions that emphasize the role of fractal analyses in natural hazard research, including andslides, wildfires, floods, catastrophic rock fractures and earthquakes. A wide variety of spatial and temporal fractal-related approaches and techniques are applied to ‘natural’ data, experimental data and computer simulations. These approaches include probabilistic hazard analysis, cellular-automata models, spatial analyses, temporal variability, prediction and self-organizing behaviour. The main aims of this volume are (a) to present current research on fractal analyses as applied to natural hazards and (b) to stimulate the curiosity of advanced Earth science students and researchers in the use of fractals analyses for the better understanding of natural hazards.

Description / Table of Contents: During the past decade, work on cool water carbonates has expanded to become a mainstream research area. Studies on modern and Quaternary deposits will continue to be important; however, there is increasing momentum towards unravelling sediment processes, biota-sediment interactions and diagenetic products in Cenozoic and older cool-water carbonates. Many contributions in this book document Cenozoic and Quaternary carbonates from landlocked (microtidal) water-bodies. These carbonates display important differences in biota and fabric distributions when compared with world ocean examples. Consequently, the scientific community is now better placed to reinterpret pre-Tertiary carbonates where there is a suspicion that they have developed under microtidal conditions. Some papers in the book provide new approaches to interpreting environmental change within macrotidal regimes and others lay firm foundations for future cool-water carbonate diagenetic research. The aim of the book is to illustrate recent international contributions to cool-water carbonates research, with an emphasis on Neogene and Recent case studies. Contributions are divided into three sections: microtidal carbonates from the Mediterranean realm; macrotidal examples from New Zealand, Australia and Mexico; and early diagenetic fabrics.

Description / Table of Contents: Biogeochemical controls on palaeoceanographic environmental proxies: an introduction / William E. N. Austin and Rachael H. James / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 1-2, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.1 --- Biogeochemical controls on palaeoceanographic environmental proxies: a review / Rachael H. James and William E. N. Austin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 3-32, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.2 --- Some fundamental features of biomineralization / R. J. P. Williams / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 33-44, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.3 --- Vital effects and beyond: a modelling perspective on developing palaeoceanographical proxy relationships in foraminifera / Richard E. Zeebe, Jelle Bijma, Bärbel Hönisch, Abhijit Sanyal, Howard J. Spero and Dieter A. Wolf-Gladrow / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 45-58, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.4 --- Foraminifer test preservation and diagenesis: comparison of high latitude Eocene sites / Paul N. Pearson and Catherine E. Burgess / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 59-72, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.5 --- The influences of growth rates on planktic foraminifers as proxies for palaeostudies – a review / D. N. Schmidt, T. Elliott and S. A. Kasemann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 73-85, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.6 --- Fine-scale growth patterns in coral skeletons: biochemical control over crystallization of aragonite fibres and assessment of early diagenesis / J. P. Cuif, Y. Dauphin, A. Meibom, C. Rollion-Bard, M. Salomé, J. Susini and C. T. Williams / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 87-96, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.7 --- Modern deep-sea benthic foraminifera: a brief review of their morphology-based biodiversity and trophic diversity / A. J. Gooday, H. Nomaki and H. Kitazato / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 97-119, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.8 --- On the use of benthic foraminiferal δ13C in palaeoceanography: constraints from primary proxy relationships / Andreas Mackensen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 121-133, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.9 --- The carbon and oxygen stable isotopic composition of cultured benthic foraminifera / Daniel C. McCorkle, Joan M. Bernhard, Christopher J. Hintz, Jessica K. Blanks, G. Thomas Chandler and Timothy J. Shaw / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 135-154, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.10 --- Seasonal dynamics of coastal water masses in a Scottish fjord and their potential influence on benthic foraminiferal shell geochemistry / Alix G. Cage and William E. N. Austin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 155-172, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.11 --- Isotopic variability in the intertidal acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides: a potentially novel sea-level proxy indicator / K. F. Craven, M. I. Bird, W. E. N. Austin and J. Wynn / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 303, 173-185, 1 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP303.12

Description / Table of Contents: The boundaries of rigid cratons can be affected by subsequent orogenic events, leading to ‘metacratonic’ characteristics not often properly recognized and still poorly understood. Major lithospheric thickening is absent and early events such as ophiolites are preserved; however, metacratonic boundaries are affected by major shear zones, abundant magmatism and mineralizations, and local high-pressure metamorphism. West Africa, marked by the large Eburnian (c. 2 Ga) West African craton, the absence of Mesoproterozoic events, the major Pan-African (0.9–0.55 Ga) mobile belts that generated the Peri-Gondawanan terranes, and the weaker but enlightening Variscan and Alpine orogenies, is an excellent place for tackling this promising concept of metacratonization. The papers in this book consider most of the West African craton boundaries, from the reworking of the Palaeoproterozoic terranes, through the Pan-African encircling terranes, the late Neoproterozoic-early Palaeozoic extension period and the Peri-Gondwanan terranes, the Variscan imprint to the current situation.

Description / Table of Contents: The Devonian was a peculiar period, characterized by simplified plate tectonic configurations, climatic overheating and widely flooded continents. The bloom of fishes and ammonoids, extensive reef complexes, and the conquest of land indicate major biosphere innovations, punctuated by many global events, including two of the biggest mass extinctions. The Devonian was the first system for which subdivisions were formally defined. This was achieved by significant advances in pelagic biostratigraphy. The chronostratigraphic framework and interdisciplinary techniques allow us to correlate intervals or sudden events across facies boundaries, in order to reconstruct the sedimentary and evolutionary history of the system with highest precision. This volume honors the lifetime stratigraphic achievements of Michael Robert House (1930-2002). Based on case studies from Europe, North Africa and North America, it shows how the combination of biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and event stratigraphy can contribute to a much deeper understanding of both regional and global environmental change.

Description / Table of Contents: The complexity of plate interactions and associated crustal deformation in the Eastern Mediterranean region is reflected by the numerous destructive earthquakes that have occurred throughout its history. Many of these have been well documented and studied. In addition, the Aegean region provides examples of core-complex formation, synchronous basin evolution and subsequent graben formation and continental extensional deformation following orogenic contraction. It is therefore considered to be a perfect natural laboratory for the study of these mechanisms. The region has been the subject of intensive research for several decades. This book contains current results and ideas regarding the geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia. It will be essential reading for all geoscientists with an interest in the structural evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Description / Table of Contents: Twenty years have passed since Menzies & Hawkesworth extended the concept of metasomatism to mantle processes. The aim of this book is to gather together progress made on this topic since then. Most of the 14 papers reported in the volume rely on in situ major and trace element analyses of minerals and glasses in mantle xenoliths, and deal with different kinds of metasomatic agents at variable fluid/rock ratios in tectonic settings as different as intra-plate, mid-ocean ridge (ophiolites) and supra-subduction. The book contributes to the wide debate on the nature of the fluids migrating into the mantle wedge, as well as on the different residential times of the subduction signature. In addition papers on intra-plate settings deal with the problem of relating various metasomatic signatures to one single metasomatic event through an infiltration-reaction process.

Description / Table of Contents: This book is the first peer-reviewed collection of papers focusing on the potential of myth storylines to yield data and lessons that are of value to the geological sciences. Building on the nascent discipline of geomythology, scientists and scholars from a variety of disciplines have contributed to this volume. The geological hazards (such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and cosmic impacts) that have given rise to myths are considered, as are the sacred and cultural values associated with rocks, fossils, geological formations and landscapes. There are also discussions about the historical and literary perspectives of geomythology. Regional coverage includes Europe and the Mediterranean, Afghanistan, Cameroon, India, Australia, Japan, Pacific islands, South America and North America. Myth and Geology challenges the widespread notion that myths are fictitious or otherwise lacking in value for the physical sciences.

Description / Table of Contents: This Special Publication, in memory and celebration of the work of Professor Mike Coward, is about the deformation of the continental lithosphere. The collected papers discuss geometry, structural principles, processes and problems in a wide range of tectonic settings and thereby reflect the breadth of Coward's interests. They encompass the evolution of Precambrian basement gneiss terrains, the geometry and evolution of thrust systems, basement involvement and structural inheritance in basins, syn-orogenic extension, salt tectonics, the implication of structural evolution on hydrocarbon prospectivity and structural controls on mineralization. Examples are drawn from the Lewisian and Moine Thrust Belt of NW Scotland, the Italian Apennines, NW Himalayas, the Cyclades, Oman, Zagros Mountains, Colombian Cordillera, Carpathians, North Sea, offshore Brazil, regional studies of the Irumide Belt (central Africa), Taurus Mountains (Turkey), greater South America, and from the Witwatersrand Basin of South Africa and the Antler Orogeny of SW USA.

Description / Table of Contents: Large caldera collapses represent catastrophic natural events, second only to large meteoritic impacts. In addition, some calderas are densely populated, making the risk extreme, even for moderate eruptions. Understanding caldera mechanisms, unrest and the danger of eruption is therefore a crucial challenge for Earth sciences. Several key features of caldera behaviour have yet to be fully understood. Through a combination of case studies and theoretical modelling, the following topics are addressed in this volume: the conditions required to produce and to release large volumes of magma erupted during caldera formation; how magmatic feeding systems evolve before and after a caldera has formed; the processes that limit the behaviour of precursors to eruptions; how pre-emptive precursors can be distinguished from those that drive unrest without an eruption; and given that post-collapse eruptions may occur across a wide area, the optimum procedures for designing hazard maps and mitigation strategies.

Description / Table of Contents: Marine sediment cores are the fundamental data source for information on seabed character, depositional history and environmental change. They provide raw data for a wide range of research including studies of climate change, palaeoceanography, slope stability, oil exploration, pollution assessment and control, seafloor survey for laying cables, pipelines and construction of seafloor structures. During the last three decades, a varied suite of new technologies have been developed to analyse cores, often non-destructively, to produce high-quality, closely spaced, co-located downcore measurements. These techniques can characterize sediment physical properties, geochemistry and composition in unprecedented detail. Palaeoenvironmentally significant proxies can now be logged at decadal, and in some cases, annual or sub-annual scales, allowing highly detailed insights into climatic history and associated environmental change. These advances have had a profound effect on many aspects of the Earth Sciences and our understanding of the Earth's history. In this volume, recent advances in analytical and logging technology and their application to the analysis of sediment cores are presented. Developments in providing access to core data and associated datasets, and advances in data mining technology in order to integrate and interpret new and legacy datasets within the wider context of seafloor studies are also discussed.

Description / Table of Contents: During the Permian, the single supercontinent Pangaea stretched from pole to pole. Early Permian glacial deposits are found in southern Gondwana. Along the sutures of Pangaea, mountain ranges towered over vast tropical lowlands. Interior areas included dry deserts where dune sands accumulated. Gypsum and halite beds document the evaporation of hot, shallow seas that formed the most extensive salt deposits in the geological record. The Permian period (251 to 299 Ma) encompasses nine ages (stages) arranged into three epochs (series). Most of the Permian marine timescale has been defined by global stratotype sections and points for the stage boundaries. This volume presents new data regarding the biostratigraphy and biochronology of the non-marine Permian and provides a basis for temporally ordering Permian geological and biotic history on land, and correlating that history to events in the marine realm.

Description / Table of Contents: Earth sciences are becoming ever more concerned with how their disciplines, their research and teaching, need to become directly related to environmental and social concerns. The biology of the surface layers and at depth is increasingly important in the geosciences. A knowledge of biological and physical-chemical functions in terrestrial ecosystems (such as biomass production, filtering, buffering and transformation, water routing, and maintenance of biodiversity) that are studied in soil science provides a background for Earth sciences. The papers in this volume address issues of soil formation, soil management, soil protection and the role of biodiversity that must be considered for a sustainable soil use. The papers are aimed at geoscientists in the broadest sense, and others concerned with soil use who will also find chapters relevant to their interests. Soils knowledge used within other Earth sciences is essential for maintaining healthy ecosystems, for the solutions of problems in environmental quality and for sustainable use of soils by humans.

Description / Table of Contents: Since Karl Pearson wrote his paper on spurious correlation in 1897, a lot has been said about the statistical analysis of compositional data, mainly by geologists such as Felix Chayes. The solution appeared in the 1980s, when John Aitchison proposed to use Iogratios. Since then, the approach has seen a great expansion, mainly building on the idea of the ‘natural geometry’ of the sample space. Statistics is expected to give sense to our perception of the natural scale of the data, and this is made possible for compositional data using Iogratios. This publication will be a milestone in this process. This book will be of interest to geologists using statistical methods. It includes the intuitive justification of the methodology, convincing through case studies and presenting user-friendly software, which includes a section for those who need to see the proof of the mathematical consistency of the methods used.

Description / Table of Contents: This book provides an insight into the overall tectonic evolution of the Western Mediterranean region and North Africa. The tectonic setting of the region reflects a long-lived and complex evolution, mainly related to the Alpine Orogeny. This inheritance is expressed by an intricate pattern of arc-shaped mountain chains, the Alps, the Betic-Rif Cordilleras and the Apennine-Maghrebian belt, whose southern branches mark the present limit between the African and Eurasian plates. The volume covers the Maghrebian chains in North Africa, from Tunisia to Morocco and the Western and Central Mediterranean, from Spain to Italy from the pre-orogeric phases (Palaeozoic-Mesozoic) to the post-collisional neotectonic and Quaternary development. It includes both original research papers and syntheses dealing with the aspects of structural, sedimentary, metamorphic and marine geology.

Description / Table of Contents: Geodynamics of collision and collapse at the Africa–Arabia–Eurasia subduction zone – an introduction / Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Michael A. Edwards and Rob Govers / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 1-7, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.1 --- Melange genesis and ophiolite emplacement related to subduction of the northern margin of the Tauride–Anatolide continent, central and western Turkey / Alastair H. F. Robertson, Osman Parlak and Tı̇mur Ustaömer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 9-66, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.2 --- Tectono-stratigraphy of the Çankırı Basin: Late Cretaceous to early Miocene evolution of the Neotethyan Suture Zone in Turkey / Nuretdin Kaymakci, Yakup Özçelik, Stanley H. White and Paul M. Van Dijk / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 67-106, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.3 --- Oligocene–Miocene basin evolution in SE Anatolia, Turkey: constraints on the closure of the eastern Tethys gateway / Silja K. Hüsing, Willem-Jan Zachariasse, Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Wout Krijgsman, Murat Inceöz, Mathias Harzhauser, Oleg Mandic and Andreas Kroh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 107-132, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.4 --- Long-term evolution of the North Anatolian Fault: new constraints from its eastern termination / Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari, Geoffrey King, Jérome van der Woerd, Igor Villa, Erhan Altunel and Rolando Armijo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 133-154, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.5 --- Mediterranean snapshots of accelerated slab retreat: subduction instability in stalled continental collision / M. A. Edwards and B. Grasemann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 155-192, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.6 --- Evolution of the southern Tyrrhenian slab tear and active tectonics along the western edge of the Tyrrhenian subducted slab / Andrea Argnani / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 193-212, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.7 --- Geochemical and temporal evolution of Cenozoic magmatism in western Turkey: mantle response to collision, slab break-off, and lithospheric tearing in an orogenic belt / Yildirim Dilek and Şafak Altunkaynak / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 213-233, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.8 --- Insights from the Apennines metamorphic complexes and their bearing on the kinematics evolution of the orogen / Gianluca Vignaroli, Claudio Faccenna, Federico Rossetti and Laurent Jolivet / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 235-256, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.9 --- Sequential development of interfering metamorphic core complexes: numerical experiments and comparison with the Cyclades, Greece / C. Tirel, P. Gautier, D. J. J. van Hinsbergen and M. J. R. Wortel / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 257-292, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.10 --- The Itea–Amfissa detachment: a pre-Corinth rift Miocene extensional structure in central Greece / Dimitrios Papanikolaou, Leonidas Gouliotis and Maria Triantaphyllou / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 293-310, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.11 --- Neogene brittle detachment faulting on Kos (E Greece): implications for a southern break-away fault of the Menderes metamorphic core complex (western Turkey) / Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen and Flora Boekhout / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 311-320, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.12 --- Magnetostratigraphy of early–middle Miocene deposits from east–west trending Alaşehir and Büyük Menderes grabens in western Turkey, and its tectonic implications / Sevket Sen and Gürol Seyitoğlu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 321-342, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.13 --- The structure of the Kythira–Antikythira strait, offshore SW Greece (35.7°–36.6°N) / Eleni Kokinou and Evangelos Kamberis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 343-360, 29 April 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.14 --- Erratum --- Melange genesis and ophiolite emplacement related to subduction of the northern margin of the Tauride–Anatolide continent, central and western Turkey / Alastair H. F. Robertson, Osman Parlak and Tı̇mur Ustaömer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 311, 1, 29 July 2009, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP311.Erratum

Description / Table of Contents: Submarine slopes provide the critical link between shallow-water and deep-water sedimentary environments. They accumulate a sensitive record of sediment supply, accommodation creation/destruction, and tectonic processes during basin filling. There is a complex stratigraphic response to the interplay between parameters that control the evolution of submarine slope systems, e.g. slope gradient, topographic complexity, sediment flux and calibre, base-level change,tectonic setting, and post-depositional sediment remobilization processes. The increased understanding of submarine slope system has been driven partly by the discovery of large hydrocarbon fields in morphologically complex slope settings, such as the Gulf of Mexico and offshore West Africa, and has led to detailed case studies and improved generic models for their evolution. This volume brings together research papers from modern, outcrop and subsurface settings to highlight these recent advances in understanding of the stratigraphic evolution of submarine slope systems.

Description / Table of Contents: The introduction of the term periglacial by Łoziński in 1909 to describe the cold-climate conditions in the zone adjacent to, but beyond, the Pleistocene glaciers encouraged the separate development of geocryological and glaciological research. Geological and geomorphological processes at the interface between glaciers and permafrost have, as a result, been given less attention than they warrant, and the influence of one on the other has in many respects been neglected. This book includes a collection of papers that emphasize glacier-permafrost interactions. Papers consider permafrost and its influence on glacitectonic processes, glacial meltwater systems and ground-ice development in proglacial and ice-marginal environments. In addition, recent research findings are reported on paraglacial processes, permafrost evolution, rock glaciers, the formation of ice-wedge casts and periglacial slope evolution. It is hoped that this book will stimulate interest in the interface between glacial and periglacial systems, and encourage further collaborative research involving glaciologists and glacial geologists on the one hand, and geocryologists and permafrost scientists on the other.

Description / Table of Contents: Boreholes are commonly drilled into crystalline rocks to evaluate their suitability for various applications such as waste disposal (including nuclear waste), geothermal energy, hydrology, sequestration of greenhouse gases and for fault analysis. Crystalline rocks include igneous, metamorphic and even some sedimentary rocks. The quantification and understanding of individual rock masses requires extensive modelling and an analysis of various physical and chemical parameters. This volume covers the following aspects of the petrophysical properties of crystalline rocks: fracturing and deformation, oceanic basement studies, permeability and hydrology, and laboratorybased studies. With the growing demands for sustainable and environmentally effective development of the subsurface, the petrophysics of crystalline rocks is becoming an increasingly important field.

Description / Table of Contents: This book consists of 18 papers on deformation mechanisms, theology and tectonics. The main approaches include experimental rock deformation, microstructural analysis, field structural studies, analogue and numerical modelling. New results on various topics are presented, ranging from brittle to ductile deformation and grain-scale to lithosphere-scale mechanisms. The volume will be of interest to academic and industrial researchers in the fields of structural geology, interactions between metamorphism, fluids and deformation, and large-scale tectonic processes.

Description / Table of Contents: The superposition of stratified rocks is an unmistakable manifestation of the history of sedimentary processes through deep time. However, the relationship between the preserved strata of the rock record and the passage of geological time, indisputable in principle, is unknowable in detail; incompleteness is an essential property of the record. That gaps exist at all scales in sedimentary successions is easily demonstrated from consideration of sediment accumulation rates, and expectations of continuity and completeness at any scale are correspondingly inadvisable. Locating and quantifying the gaps in the record is, however, very much less straightforward. Predictive modelling of strata – essential for their practical exploitation – requires such geohistorical understanding, yet over-simplified assumptions about how time is represented in rock can still lead to inadequate or even false conclusions. The contributions to this volume describe a range of practical studies, theoretical investigations, and numerical experiments in which the nature of the strata–time relationship is explored.

Description / Table of Contents: Sea-level change has influenced human population globally since prehistoric times. Even in early phases of cultural development human populations were faced with marine regression and transgression as a result of changing climate and corresponding glacio-isostatic adjustment. Global marine regression during the last glaciation changed the palaeogeography of the continental shelf, converting former marine environments to attractive terrestrial habitats for prehistoric humans. These areas of the shelf were used as hunting and gathering areas, as migration routes between continents, and most probably witnessed the earliest developments in seafaring and marine exploitation, until the postglacial transgression re-submerged these palaeo-landscapes. Based on modern marine research technologies and the integration of large databases, proxy data are increasingly available for the reconstruction of Quaternary submerged landscapes. Also, prehistoric archaeological remains from the recent sea bottom are shedding new light on human prehistoric development driven by rapidly changing climate and environment. This publication contributes to the exchange of ideas and new results in this young and challenging field of underwater palaeoenvironmental investigation.

Description / Table of Contents: The Himalayan mountain belt, which developed during the India–Asia collision starting about 55 Ma ago, is a dramatically active orogen and it is regarded as the classic collisional orogen. It is characterized by an impressively continuous 2500 km of tectonic units, thrusts and normal faults, as well as large volumes of high-grade metamorphic rocks and granites exposed at the surface. This constitutes an invaluable field laboratory, where amazing crustal sections can be observed directly in very deep gorges. It is possible to unravel the tectonic and metamorphic evolution of litho-units, to observe the mechanisms of exhumation of deep-seated rocks and the propagation of the deformation. Himalayan tectonics has been the target of many studies from numerous international researchers over the years. In the last 15 years there has been an explosion of data and theories from both geological and geophysical perspectives. This book presents the results of integrated multidisciplinary studies, including geology, petrology, magmatism, geochemistry, geochronology and geophysics, of the structures and processes affecting the continental lithosphere. These processes and their spatial and temporal evolution have major consequences on the geometry and kinematics of the India–Eurasia collision zone.

Description / Table of Contents: Our understanding of the physical and chemical processes that regulate the evolution of magmatic systems has improved tremendously since the foundations were laid down 100 years ago by Bowen. The concept of crustal magma chambers has progressively evolved from molten-rock vats to thermally, chemically and physically heterogeneous reservoirs that are kept active by the periodic injection of magma. This new model, while more complex, provides a better framework to interpret volcanic activity and decipher the information contained in intrusive and extrusive rocks. Igneous/metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, geochronology and numerical modelling all contributed towards this new picture of crustal magmatic systems. This book provides an overview of the wide range of approaches that can nowadays be used to understand the chemical, physical and temporal evolution of magmatic and volcanic systems.

Description / Table of Contents: The supercontinent-cycle hypothesis attributes planetary-scale episodic tectonic events to an intrinsic self-organizing mode of mantle convection, governed by the buoyancy of continental lithosphere that resists subduction during the closure of old ocean basins, and the consequent reorganization of mantle convection cells leading to the opening of new ocean basins. Characteristic timescales of the cycle are typically 500 to 700 million years. Proposed spatial patterns of cyclicity range from hemispheric (introversion) to antipodal (extroversion), to precisely between those end members (orthoversion). Advances in our understanding can arise from theoretical or numerical modelling, primary data acquisition relevant to continental reconstructions, and spatiotemporal correlations between plate kinematics, geodynamic events and palaeoenvironmental history. The palaeogeographic record of supercontinental tectonics on Earth is still under development. The contributions in this Special Publication provide snapshots in time of these investigations and indicate that Earth's palaeogeographic record incorporates elements of all three end-member spatial patterns.

Description / Table of Contents: For effusive volcanoes in resource-poor regions, there is a pressing need for a crisis response-chain bridging the global scientific community to allow provision of standard products for timely humanitarian response. As a first step in attaining this need, this Special Publication provides a complete directory of current operational capabilities for monitoring effusive eruptions. This volume also reviews the state-of-the-art in terms of satellite-based volcano hot-spot tracking and lava-flow simulation. These capabilities are demonstrated using case studies taken from well-known effusive events that have occurred worldwide over the last two decades at volcanoes such as Piton de la Fournaise, Etna, Stromboli and Kilauea. We also provide case-type response models implemented at the same volcanoes, as well as the results of a community-wide drill used to test a fully-integrated response focused on an operational hazard-GIS. Finally, the objectives and recommendations of the ‘Risk Evaluation, Detection and Simulation during Effusive Eruption Disasters’ working group are laid out in a statement of community needs by its members.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction and bibliography / Mike Smith, Zerina Johanson, Paul M. Barrett and M. Richter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 1-29, 25 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.19 --- Smith Woodward's life and work: historical background --- ‘A Splendid Position’: The life, achievements and contradictions of Sir Arthur Smith Woodward 1864–1944 / Karolyn Shindler and Mike Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 31-62, 20 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.10 --- The Natural History Museum Fossil Fish Collection: Smith Woodward’s role in the development and use of this priceless resource / Mike Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 63-85, 27 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.17 --- Arthur Smith Woodward's fossil fish type specimens / Emma Louise Bernard and Mike Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 87-88, 21 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.14 --- Lady Smith Woodward's tablecloth / Angela C. Milner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 89-111, 22 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.5 --- Lady Smith Woodward's memories: introduction / Mike Smith and Karolyn Shindler / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 113-114, 20 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.11 --- Smith Woodward's scientific legacy --- Smith Woodward's ideas on fish classification / Peter L. Forey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 115-127, 19 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.1 --- Sclerorhynchus atavus and the convergent evolution of rostrum-bearing chondrichthyans / Charlie Underwood, Moya Meredith Smith and Zerina Johanson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 129-136, 14 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.7 --- Cochliodonts and chimaeroids: Arthur Smith Woodward and the holocephalians / Christopher J. Duffin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 137-154, 14 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.9 --- Development of understanding of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic chondrichthyan fossil record / Charlie Underwood, David Ward and Guillaume Guinot / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 155-164, 14 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.4 --- The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagerstätten / Matt Friedman, Hermione T. Beckett, Roger A. Close and Zerina Johanson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 165-200, 23 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.18 --- The contribution of Sir Arthur Smith Woodward to the palaeoichthyology of Brazil – Smith Woodward's types from Brazil / Paulo M. Brito and Martha Richter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 201-217, 14 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.12 --- Mr Mawson's fossils / John G. Maisey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 219-233, 15 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.2 --- Leedsichthys problematicus: Arthur Smith Woodward's ‘most embarrassing enigma' / J. J. Liston / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 235-259, 15 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.8 --- The Woodward factor: Arthur Smith Woodward's legacy to geology in Australia and Antarctica / Susan Turner and John Long / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 261-288, 28 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.15 --- Smith Woodward's contributions on fossil tetrapods / Angela C. Milner and Paul M. Barrett / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 289-309, 27 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.13 --- Arthur Smith Woodward, Florentino Ameghino and the first Jurassic ‘Sea Crocodile’ from South America / Lorna Steel and Eric Buffetaut / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 311-319, 20 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.6 --- Arthur Smith Woodward and his involvement in the study of human evolution / Christopher Dean, Isabelle De Groote and Chris Stringer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 321-335, 20 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.3 --- The one that got away from Smith Woodward: cranial anatomy of Micrornatus (Acanthomorpha: Scombridae) revealed using computed microtomography / Hermione T. Beckett and Matt Friedman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 337-353, 5 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.16

Description / Table of Contents: Active tectonics, earthquakes and palaeoseismicity in slowly deforming continents / Angela Landgraf, Simon Kübler, Esther Hintersberger and Seth Stein / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 1-12, 20 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.13 --- Seismology and Hazard --- Challenges in assessing seismic hazard in intraplate Europe / Seth Stein, Mian Liu, Thierry Camelbeeck, Miguel Merino, Angela Landgraf, Esther Hintersberger and Simon Kübler / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 13-28, 4 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.7 --- The largest expected earthquake magnitudes in Central Asia: statistical inference from an earthquake catalogue with uncertain magnitudes / Gert Zöller, Shahid Ullah, Dino Bindi, Stefano Parolai and Natalya Mikhailova / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 29-40, 4 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.3 --- Instrumental magnitude constraints for the 11 July 1889, Chilik earthquake / Frank Krüger, Galina Kulikova and Angela Landgraf / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 41-72, 20 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.8 --- Intraplate seismicity in mid-plate South America: correlations with geophysical lithospheric parameters / Hans Agurto-Detzel, Marcelo Assumpção, Marcelo Bianchi and Marlon Pirchiner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 73-90, 2 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.5 --- Groundwater recharge as the trigger of naturally occurring intraplate earthquakes / John K. Costain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 91-118, 12 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.9 --- Earthquake Geology --- Views on the dialectics between seismology and palaeoseismology with examples from southern Scandinavia / Nils-Axel Mörner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 119-126, 29 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.1 --- Active faulting in a populated low-strain setting (Lower Rhine Graben, Central Europe) identified by geomorphic, geophysical and geological analysis / S. Kübler, R. Streich, E. Lück, M. Hoffmann, A. M. Friedrich and M. R. Strecker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 127-146, 4 August 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.11 --- Seismic slip on the west flank of the Upper Rhine Graben (France–Germany): evidence from tectonic morphology and cataclastic deformation bands / Zoe K. Shipton, Mustapha Meghraoui and Louise Monro / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 147-161, 16 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.12 --- The Cadell Fault, southeastern Australia: a record of temporally clustered morphogenic seismicity in a low-strain intraplate region / D. Clark, A. McPherson, M. Cupper, C. D. N. Collins and G. Nelson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 163-185, 18 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.2 --- The Egiin Davaa prehistoric rupture, central Mongolia: a large magnitude normal faulting earthquake on a reactivated fault with little cumulative slip located in a slowly deforming intraplate setting / R. T. Walker, K. W. Wegmann, A. Bayasgalan, R. J. Carson, J. Elliott, M. Fox, E. Nissen, R. A. Sloan, J. M. Williams and E. Wright / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 187-212, 18 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.4 --- Seismites as indicators for Holocene seismicity in the northeastern Ejina Basin, Inner Mongolia / Andreas Rudersdorf, Kai Hartmann, Kaifeng Yu, Georg Stauch and Klaus Reicherter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 213-231, 29 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.6 --- Surface rupture of the 1911 Kebin (Chon–Kemin) earthquake, Northern Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan / J. Ramón Arrowsmith, Christopher J. Crosby, Andrey M. Korzhenkov, Ernest Mamyrov, Irina Povolotskaya, Benny Guralnik and Angela Landgraf / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 432, 233-253, 20 July 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP432.10

Description / Table of Contents: Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Black Sea and Caucasus: an introduction / Marc Sosson, Randell Stephenson and Shota Adamia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 1-9, 9 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.16 --- The ‘Caucasus’ domain --- Tectonic setting of Georgia–Eastern Black Sea: a review / S. A. Adamia, T. G. Chkhotua, T. T. Gavtadze, Z. A. Lebanidze, N. D. Lursmanashvili, N. G. Sadradze, D. P. Zakaraia and G. S. Zakariadze / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 11-40, 4 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.6 --- From seafloor spreading to obduction: Jurassic–Cretaceous evolution of the northern branch of the Neotethys in the Northeastern Anatolian and Lesser Caucasus regions / M. Hässig, Y. Rolland and M. Sosson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 41-60, 23 December 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.10 --- Radiolarian evidence for the age of chert blocks from the Upper Cretaceous ophiolitic mélange unit of the Erakh area, Armenia / T. Danelian, G. Asatryan, L. Sahakyan, A. Avagyan and G. Galoyan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 61-72, 14 December 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.7 --- Geochemistry of the Eocene magmatic rocks from the Lesser Caucasus area (Armenia): evidence of a subduction geodynamic environment / L. Sahakyan, D. Bosch, M. Sosson, A. Avagyan, Gh. Galoyan, Y. Rolland, O. Bruguier, Zh. Stepanyan, B. Galland and S. Vardanyan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 73-98, 3 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.12 --- New data on the tectonic evolution of the Khoy region, NW Iran / Ara Avagyan, Alireza Shahidi, Marc Sosson, Lilit Sahakyan, Ghazar Galoyan, Carla Muller, Sargis Vardanyan, Khalil Bahar Firouzi, Delphine Bosch, Taniel Danelian, Gayane Asatryan, Mushegh Mkrtchyan and Mohammad Ali Shokri / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 99-116, 7 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.13 --- Progressive orocline formation in the Eastern Pontides–Lesser Caucasus / Maud J. M. Meijers, Brigitte Smith, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Renzo Degenaar, Nino Sadradze, Shota Adamia, Lilit Sahakyan, Ara Avagyan, Marc Sosson, Yann Rolland, Cor G. Langereis and Carla Müller / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 117-143, 27 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.8 --- Onset of Maikop sedimentation and cessation of Eocene arc volcanism in the Talysh Mountains, Azerbaijan / A. van der Boon, K. F. Kuiper, G. Villa, W. Renema, M. J. M. Meijers, C. G. Langereis, E. Aliyeva and W. Krijgsman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 145-169, 29 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.3 --- Growth structures, piggy-back basins and growth strata of the Georgian part of the Kura foreland fold–thrust belt: implications for Late Alpine kinematic evolution / V. M. Alania, A. O. Chabukiani, R. L. Chagelishvili, O. V. Enukidze, K. O. Gogrichiani, A. N. Razmadze and N. S. Tsereteli / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 171-185, 27 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.5 --- Thermochronometric evidence for Miocene tectonic reactivation of the Sevan–Akera suture zone (Lesser Caucasus): a far-field tectonic effect of the Arabia–Eurasia collision? / W. Cavazza, I. Albino, M. Zattin, G. Galoyan, N. Imamverdiyev and R. Melkonyan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 187-198, 27 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.4 --- The ‘Black Sea’ domain --- DOBRE-2 WARR profile: the Earth's upper crust across Crimea between the Azov Massif and the northeastern Black Sea / V. Starostenko, T. Janik, R. Stephenson, D. Gryn, O. Rusakov, W. Czuba, P. Środa, M. Grad, A. Guterch, E. Flüh, H. Thybo, I. Artemieva, A. Tolkunov, G. Sydorenko, D. Lysynchuk, V. Omelchenko, K. Kolomiyets, O. Legostaeva, A. Dannowski and A. Shulgin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 199-220, 3 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.11 --- Local tomography model of the northeastern Black Sea: intra-plate crustal underthrusting / Valentina Gobarenko, Tamara Yegorova and Randell Stephenson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 221-239, 27 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.2 --- Mesozoic to recent geological history of southern Crimea and the Eastern Black Sea region / A. M. Nikishin, M. Wannier, A. S. Alekseev, O. A. Almendinger, P. A. Fokin, R. R. Gabdullin, A. K. Khudoley, L. F. Kopaevich, A. V. Mityukov, E. I. Petrov and E. V. Rubtsova / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 241-264, 27 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.1 --- Key problems of stratigraphy in the Eastern Crimea Peninsula: some insights from new dating and structural data / Yevgeniya Sheremet, Marc Sosson, Carla Muller, Oleg Gintov, Anna Murovskaya and Tamara Yegorova / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 265-306, 7 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.14 --- Geological structure of the northern part of the Eastern Black Sea from regional seismic reflection data including the DOBRE-2 CDP profile / G. Sydorenko, R. Stephenson, T. Yegorova, V. Starostenko, A. Tolkunov, T. Janik, M. Majdanski, Z. Voitsitskiy, O. Rusakov and V. Omelchenko / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 307-321, 23 May 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.15 --- Stratigraphic comparisons along the Pontides (Turkey) based on new nannoplankton age determinations in the Eastern Pontides: geodynamic implications / J.-C. Hippolyte, C. Müller, E. Sangu and N. Kaymakci / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 428, 323-358, 27 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP428.9

Description / Table of Contents: Geological evolution of Central Asian Basins and the western Tien Shan Range / Marie-Françoise Brunet, Edward R. Sobel and Tom McCann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 1-17, 14 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.17 --- Regional evolution and extensional sedimentary basins --- Mesozoic tectonic and topographic evolution of Central Asia and Tibet: a preliminary synthesis / Marc Jolivet / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 19-55, 21 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.2 --- Structural setting and evolution of the Afghan orogenic segment – a review / Agemar Siehl / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 57-88, 3 August 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.8 --- Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic evolution of the Amu Darya Basin (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) / Marie-Françoise Brunet, Andrey V. Ershov, Maxim V. Korotaev, Vladislav N. Melikhov, Eric Barrier, Dmitriy O. Mordvintsev and Irina P. Sidorova / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 89-144, 14 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.18 --- Structure and evolution of the Bukhara-Khiva region during the Mesozoic: the northern margin of the Amu-Darya Basin (southern Uzbekistan) / Dmitriy Mordvintsev, Eric Barrier, Marie-Françoise Brunet, Christian Blanpied and Irina Sidorova / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 145-174, 3 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.16 --- Subsidence history and basin-fill evolution in the South Caspian Basin from geophysical mapping, flexural backstripping, forward lithospheric modelling and gravity modelling / N. A. Abdullayev, F. Kadirov and I. S. Guliyev / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 175-196, 27 August 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.5 --- Modelling the collisional and sedimentary evolution of the western part of the Tien Shan --- Crustal-scale structure of South Tien Shan: implications for subduction polarity and Cenozoic reactivation / C. Loury, Y. Rolland, S. Guillot, A. V. Mikolaichuk, P. Lanari, O. Bruguier and D. Bosch / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 197-229, 22 July 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.4 --- The stratigraphic, sedimentological and structural evolution of the southern margin of the Kazakhstan continent in the Tien Shan Range during the Devonian to Permian / Dmitriy V. Alexeiev, Harry E. Cook, Alexandra V. Djenchuraeva and Alexander V. Mikolaichuk / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 231-269, 15 July 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.3 --- Lithospheric structure in Central Eurasia derived from elevation, geoid anomaly and thermal analysis / Alexandra M. M. Robert, Manel Fernàndez, Ivone Jiménez-Munt and Jaume Vergés / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 271-293, 7 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.10 --- Fault reactivation and far field effects --- Talas–Fergana Fault Cenozoic timing of deformation and its relation to Pamir indentation / Alejandro Bande, Edward R. Sobel, Alexander Mikolaichuk and Verónica Torres Acosta / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 295-311, 17 July 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.1 --- Cenozoic palaeoenvironmental and tectonic controls on the evolution of the northern Fergana Basin / Alejandro Bande, Shukhrat Radjabov, Edward R. Sobel and Tatyana Sim / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 313-335, 18 December 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.12 --- Sedimentation, environment and climate --- Integrated stratigraphy of a continental Pliensbachian–Toarcian Boundary (Lower Jurassic) section at Taskomirsay, Leontiev Graben, southwest Kazakhstan / Johann Schnyder, Denise Pons, Johan Yans, Romain Tramoy and Saya Abdulanova / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 337-356, 14 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.15 --- Lower–Middle Jurassic facies patterns in the NW Afghan–Tajik Basin of southern Uzbekistan and their geodynamic context / Franz T. Fürsich, Marie-Françoise Brunet, Jean-Luc Auxiètre and Hermann Munsch / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 357-409, 6 August 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.9 --- The Jurassic of the Western Tien Shan: the Central Kyzylkum Region, Uzbekistan / Tom McCann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 411-437, 31 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.13 --- The Cretaceous of the South Kyzylkum and Nuratau Region, Western Tien Shan, Central Uzbekistan / Tom McCann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 439-489, 29 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.14 --- The Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous alluvial-fan deposits of the Kalaza Formation (Central Asia): tectonic pulse or increased aridity? / Marc Jolivet, Sylvie Bourquin, Gloria Heilbronn, Cecile Robin, Laurie Barrier, Marie-Pierre Dabard, Yingying Jia, Elien De Pelsmaeker and Bihong Fu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 491-521, 21 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.6 --- Cenozoic evolution of the Pamir and Tien Shan mountains reflected in syntectonic deposits of the Tajik Basin / M. Klocke, T. Voigt, J. Kley, S. Pfeifer, T. Rocktäschel, S. Keil and R. Gaupp / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 523-564, 11 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.7 --- Late Eocene palaeogeography of the proto-Paratethys Sea in Central Asia (NW China, southern Kyrgyzstan and SW Tajikistan) / Roderic Bosboom, Oleg Mandic, Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, Jean-Noël Proust, Cholponbek Ormukov and Jovid Aminov / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 565-588, 7 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.11

Description / Table of Contents: This Special Publication sheds light on crust formation and tectonic processes in early Earth by focusing on Archaean granitoids and related rocks from West Greenland in the North Atlantic Craton, Karelia Province of the Fennoscandian Shield, Eastern Dharwar and Bundelkhand cratons in the Indian Shield and Bug Complex of the Ukrainian Shield. Resulting from the IGCP-SIDA 599 project ‘The Changing Early Earth’, this compilation of papers provides explanations on the nomenclature of Archaean granitoids and explores the petrology, element and isotope geochemistry, geochronology and metamorphism of granitoids and supracrustal rocks of variable metamorphic grade. This volume provides information on the increase and timing of crust-mantle interactions and granitoid diversification from early Archaean protoliths of island arc origin to the emergence of multi-source high-K calc-alkaline granitoid batholiths at convergent continental margins. The formation of abundant granitoid batholiths suggests a significant change in mantle dynamics and plate tectonics towards the end of the Archaean.

Description / Table of Contents: I. E. M. Smith and K. Németh: Source to surface model of monogenetic volcanism: a critical review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:1-28, first published on March 31, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP446.14 --- Volker Lorenz, Peter Suhr, and Stefan Suhr: Phreatomagmatic maar-diatreme volcanoes and their incremental growth: a model / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:29-59, first published on September 27, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP446.4 --- Karen G. Bemis and Margot Ferencz: Morphometric analysis of scoria cones: the potential for inferring process from shape / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:61-100, first published on January 17, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP446.9 --- Stephan Kurszlaukis and Volker Lorenz: Differences and similarities between emplacement models of kimberlite and basaltic maar-diatreme volcanoes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:101-122, first published on October 5, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP446.5 --- R. A. F. Cas, J. van Otterloo, T. N. Blaikie, and J. van den Hove: The dynamics of a very large intra-plate continental basaltic volcanic province, the Newer Volcanics Province, SE Australia, and implications for other provinces / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:123-172, first published on November 7, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP446.8 --- H. Murcia, J. M. Lindsay, K. Németh, I. E. M. Smith, S. J. Cronin, M. R. H. Moufti, N. N. El-Masry, and S. Niedermann: Geology and geochemistry of Late Quaternary volcanism in northern Harrat Rahat, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: implications for eruption dynamics, regional stratigraphy and magma evolution / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:173-204, first published on September 30, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP446.2 --- Alexandrina Fulop and Stephan Kurszlaukis: Monogenetic v. polygenetic kimberlite volcanism: in-depth examination of the Tango Extension Super Structure, Attawapiskat kimberlite field, Ontario, Canada / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:205-224, first published on September 23, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP446.7 --- José Jorge Aranda-Gómez, Mariano Cerca, Luis Rocha-Treviño, Jaime Jesús Carrera-Hernández, Gilles Levresse, Jesús Pacheco, Vsevolod Yutsis, Jorge Arturo Arzate-Flores, Elizabeth Chacón, and Hugo Beraldi-Campesi: Structural evidence of enhanced active subsidence at the bottom of a maar: Rincón de Parangueo, México / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:225-254, first published on September 29, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP446.1 --- R. Saucedo, J. L. Macías, Y. Z. E. Ocampo-Díaz, W. Gómez-Villa, E. Rivera-Olguín, R. Castro-Govea, J. M. Sánchez-Núñez, P. W. Layer, J. R. Torres Hernández, and G. Carrasco-Núñez: Mixed magmatic–phreatomagmatic explosions during the formation of the Joya Honda maar, San Luis Potosí, Mexico / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:255-279, first published on February 28, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP446.11 --- Román Alvarez, Fernando Corbo Camargo, Vsevolod V. Yutsis, and Jorge A. Arzate: A volcanic centre in Mexico's Pacific continental shelf / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:281-293, first published on March 3, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP446.12 --- Román Alvarez, Fernando Corbo Camargo, and Vsevolod V. Yutsis: Geophysical modelling of Isla Isabel: a volcanic island on the Mexican continental margin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:295-310, first published on March 3, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP446.13 --- Walter Báez, Gerardo Carrasco Nuñez, Guido Giordano, José G. Viramonte, and Agostina Chiodi: Polycyclic scoria cones of the Antofagasta de la Sierra basin, Southern Puna plateau, Argentina / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:311-336, first published on September 26, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP446.3 --- Guadalupe Maro and Pablo J. Caffe: Neogene monogenetic volcanism from the Northern Puna region: products and eruptive styles / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:337-359, first published on September 26, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP446.6 --- C. Borrero, H. Murcia, J. Agustin-Flores, M. T. Arboleda, and A. M. Giraldo: Pyroclastic deposits of San Diego maar, central Colombia: an example of a silicic magma-related monogenetic eruption in a hard substrate / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 446:361-374, first published on December 15, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP446.10

Description / Table of Contents: Geomechanics and geology: introduction / Jonathan P. Turner, Dave Healy, Richard R. Hillis and Michael J. Welch / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 1-5, 17 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.15 --- The geology of geomechanics: petroleum geomechanical engineering in field development planning / M. A. Addis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 7-29, 28 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.7 --- In situ stress distribution and mechanical stratigraphy in the Bowen and Surat basins, Queensland, Australia / Emma Tavener, Thomas Flottmann and Sam Brooke-Barnett / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 31-47, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.4 --- Contemporary stress and neotectonics in the Otway Basin, southeastern Australia / David R. Tassone, Simon P. Holford, Rosalind King, Mark R. P. Tingay and Richard R. Hillis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 49-88, 25 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.10 --- State of stress in exhumed basins and implications for fluid flow: insights from the Illizi Basin, Algeria / Joseph M. English, Thomas Finkbeiner, Kara L. English and Rachida Yahia Cherif / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 89-112, 30 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.6 --- Chalk reservoir of the Ockley accumulation, North Sea: in situ stresses, geology and implications for stimulation / T. J. Wynn, R. Kumar, R. Jones, K. Howell, D. Maxwell and P. Bailey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 113-129, 30 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.3 --- The edge of failure: critical stress overpressure states in different tectonic regimes / Richard H. Sibson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 131-141, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.5 --- Active low-angle normal faults in the deep water Santos Basin, offshore Brazil: a geomechanical analogy between salt tectonics and crustal deformation / Marcos Fetter, Anderson Moraes and Andre Muller / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 143-154, 26 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.11 --- Estimating friction in normal fault systems of the Basin and Range province and examining its geological context / Carson A. Richardson and Eric Seedorff / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 155-179, 25 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.8 --- Natural CO2 sites in Italy show the importance of overburden geopressure, fractures and faults for CO2 storage performance and risk management / Jennifer J. Roberts, Mark Wilkinson, Mark Naylor, Zoe K. Shipton, Rachel A. Wood and R. Stuart Haszeldine / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 181-211, 19 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.14 --- An improved procedure for pre-drill calculation of fracture pressure / Richard W. Lahann and Richard E. Swarbrick / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 213-225, 30 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.13 --- Relationships between geomechanical properties and lithotypes in NW European chalks / Fanny Descamps, Ophélie Faÿ-Gomord, Sara Vandycke, Christian Schroeder, Rudy Swennen and Jean-Pierre Tshibangu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 227-244, 25 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.9 --- Mechanical constraints on kink band and thrust development in the Appalachian Plateau, USA / Paul Gillespie and Günther Kampfer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 245-256, 12 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.12 --- Opening-mode fracture systems: insights from recent fluid inclusion microthermometry studies of crack-seal fracture cements / Joseph M. English and Stephen E. Laubach / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 257-272, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.1 --- Geomechanical characterization of mud volcanoes using P-wave velocity datasets / Rashad Gulmammadov, Stephen Covey-Crump and Mads Huuse / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458, 273-292, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP458.2

Description / Table of Contents: Exploration of subsurface Antarctica: uncovering past changes and modern processes / Martin J. Siegert, Stewart S. R. Jamieson and Duanne White / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 1-6, 25 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.15 --- A 60-year international history of Antarctic subglacial lake exploration / Martin J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 7-21, 25 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.5 --- Exploring the Recovery Lakes region and interior Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, with airborne gravity, magnetic and radar measurements / Rene Forsberg, Arne V. Olesen, Fausto Ferraccioli, Tom A. Jordan, Kenichi Matsuoka, Andres Zakrajsek, Marta Ghidella and Jamin S. Greenbaum / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 23-34, 20 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.17 --- Ice-flow reorganization within the East Antarctic Ice Sheet deep interior / L. H. Beem, M. G. P. Cavitte, D. D. Blankenship, S. P. Carter, D. A. Young, G. R. Muldoon, C. S. Jackson and M. J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 35-47, 11 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.14 --- Was South Georgia covered by an ice cap during the Last Glacial Maximum? / Duanne A. White, Ole Bennike, Martin Melles, Sonja Berg and Steven A. Binnie / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 49-59, 13 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.4 --- The Gebra–Magia Complex: mass-transport processes reworking trough-mouth fans in the Central Bransfield Basin (Antarctica) / D. Casas, M. García, F. Bohoyo, A. Maldonado and G. Ercilla / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 61-75, 16 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.10 --- Bathymetry of Schirmacher lakes as a tool for geomorphological evolution studies / Ashit Kumar Swain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 77-93, 11 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.13 --- Heavy mineral assemblage of marine sediments as an indicator of provenance and east antarctic ice sheet fluctuations / Mayuri Pandey, Naresh C. Pant, Paromita Biswas, Prakash K. Shrivastava, Sonalika Joshi and Neety Nagi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 95-111, 22 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.2 --- Position and variability of complex structures in the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet / Thilo Wrona, Michael J. Wolovick, Fausto Ferraccioli, Hugh Corr, Tom Jordan and Martin J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 113-129, 15 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.12 --- Summit of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet underlain by thick ice-crystal fabric layers linked to glacial–interglacial environmental change / Bangbing Wang, Bo Sun, Carlos Martin, Fausto Ferraccioli, Daniel Steinhage, Xiangbin Cui and Martin J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 131-143, 26 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.1 --- Drilling project at Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctica: recent progress and plans for the future / Pavel Talalay, Youhong Sun, Yue Zhao, Yuansheng Li, Pinlu Cao, Alexey Markov, Huiwen Xu, Rusheng Wang, Nan Zhang, Xiaopeng Fan, Yang Yang, Mikhail Sysoev, Yongwen Liu and Yunchen Liu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 145-159, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.9 --- A deep subglacial embayment adjacent to the grounding line of Institute Ice Stream, West Antarctica / Hafeez Jeofry, Neil Ross, Hugh F. J. Corr, Jilu Li, Prasad Gogineni and Martin J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 161-173, 13 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.11 --- Ocean forced variability of Totten Glacier mass loss / Jason Roberts, Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi, Fernando S. Paolo, Claire Donnelly, David E. Gwyther, Laurie Padman, Duncan Young, Roland Warner, Jamin Greenbaum, Helen A. Fricker, Antony J. Payne, Stephen Cornford, Anne Le Brocq, Tas van Ommen, Don Blankenship and Martin J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 175-186, 23 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.6 --- Chemical characteristics of the ice cores obtained after the first unsealing of subglacial Lake Vostok / Irina Alekhina, Alexey Ekaykin, Alexey Moskvin and Vladimir Lipenkov / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 187-196, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.3 --- Antarctic subglacial groundwater: a concept paper on its measurement and potential influence on ice flow / Martin J. Siegert, Bernd Kulessa, Marion Bougamont, Poul Christoffersen, Kerry Key, Kristoffer R. Andersen, Adam D. Booth and Andrew M. Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 197-213, 25 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.8 --- Modern to Glacial age subglacial meltwater drainage at Law Dome, coastal East Antarctica from topography, sediments and jökulhlaup observations / Ian D. Goodwin, Jason L. Roberts, David M. Etheridge, John Hellstrom, Andrew D. Moy, Marta Ribo and Andrew M. Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 215-230, 12 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.16 --- A new volcanic province: an inventory of subglacial volcanoes in West Antarctica / Maximillian van Wyk de Vries, Robert G. Bingham and Andrew S. Hein / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 231-248, 29 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.7

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle concept in plate tectonics: an overview / R. W. Wilson, G. A. Houseman, S. J. H. Buiter, K. J. W. McCaffrey and A. G. Doré / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 1-17, 25 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470-2019-58 --- The Classic Wilson v. Supercontinent Cycles --- The classic Wilson cycle revisited / Ian W. D. Dalziel and John F. Dewey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 19-38, 9 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.1 --- Supercontinents: myths, mysteries, and milestones / Daniel Pastor-Galán, R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy and Christopher J. Spencer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 39-64, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.16 --- Supercontinents and the case for Pannotia / R. Damian Nance and J. Brendan Murphy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 65-86, 1 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.5 --- Mantle Dynamics in the Wilson Cycle --- Mantle plumes and mantle dynamics in the Wilson cycle / Philip J. Heron / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 87-103, 19 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470-2018-97 --- Tectonic Inheritance in the Lithosphere --- Tectonic inheritance, structure reactivation and lithospheric strength: the relevance of geological history / A. M. C. Şengör, Nalan Lom and Nurbike G. Sağdıç / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 105-136, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.8 --- Exploring the theory of plate tectonics: the role of mantle lithosphere structure / Philip J. Heron, Russell N. Pysklywec and Randell Stephenson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 137-155, 1 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.7 --- Potential role of lithospheric mantle composition in the Wilson cycle: a North Atlantic perspective / Pauline Chenin, Suzanne Picazo, Suzon Jammes, Gianreto Manatschal, Othmar Müntener and Garry Karner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 157-172, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.10 --- Rheological inheritance: lessons from the Death Valley region, US Basin and Range Province / Rodrigo D. Lima, Nicholas W. Hayman and Elena Miranda / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 173-204, 21 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.14 --- Multi-phase reactivations and inversions of Paleozoic–Mesozoic extensional basins during the Wilson cycle: case studies from the North Sea (UK) and the Northern Apennines (Italy) / Vittorio Scisciani, Stefano Patruno, Enrico Tavarnelli, Fernando Calamita, Paolo Pace and David Iacopini / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 205-243, 3 May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470-2017-232 --- Revisiting Tuzo's question on the Atlantic --- Examining the influence of tectonic inheritance on the evolution of the North Atlantic using a palinspastic deformable plate reconstruction / Bridget E. Ady and Richard C. Whittaker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 245-264, 19 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.9 --- Role of Avalonia in the development of tectonic paradigms / J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, J. Duncan Keppie and Jaroslav Dostal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 265-287, 23 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.12 --- Diachronous Paleozoic accretion of peri-Gondwanan terranes at the Laurentian margin / John W. F. Waldron, David I. Schofield and J. Brendan Murphy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 289-310, 29 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.11 --- Inversion of Taconian extensional structures during Paleozoic orogenesis in western Newfoundland / Shawna E. White and John W. F. Waldron / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 311-336, 6 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.17 --- Tectonic inheritance at multiple scales during more than two complete Wilson cycles recorded in eastern North America / William A. Thomas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 337-352, 9 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.4 --- Late Paleozoic extensional reactivation of the Rheic–Rhenohercynian suture zone in SW England, the English Channel and Western Approaches / Andrew C. Alexander, Robin K. Shail and Brian E. Leveridge / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 353-373, 4 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.19 --- Opening and Closing of Oceans --- Non-Wilsonian break-up predisposed by transforms: examples from the North Atlantic and Arctic / E. R. Lundin and A. G. Doré / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 375-392, 21 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.6 --- The Jan Mayen microplate complex and the Wilson cycle / Christian Schiffer, Alexander Peace, Jordan Phethean, Laurent Gernigon, Ken McCaffrey, Kenni D. Petersen and Gillian Foulger / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 393-414, 1 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.2 --- The subduction initiation stage of the Wilson cycle / Robert Hall / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 415-437, 19 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.3 --- 3D numerical modelling of the Wilson cycle: structural inheritance of alternating subduction polarity / Stéphane J. Beaussier, Taras V. Gerya and Jean-Pierre Burg / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 439-461, 2 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.15 --- Cratonic Basins and their place in the Wilson Cycle --- Cratonic basins and the Wilson cycle: a perspective from the Parnaíba Basin, Brazil / M. C. Daly, B. Tozer and A. B. Watts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 463-477, 3 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.13

Description / Table of Contents: An introduction to glaciated margins: the sedimentary and geophysical archive / D. P. Le Heron, K. A. Hogan, E. R. Phillips, M. Huuse, M. E. Busfield and A. G. C. Graham / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 1-8, 30 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.12 --- Glacio-marine iron formation deposition in a c. 700 Ma glaciated margin: insights from the Chuos Formation, Namibia / Maxwell A. Lechte, Malcolm W. Wallace and Karl-Heinz Hoffmann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 9-34, 16 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.2 --- A tale of two rift shoulders, and two ice masses: the Cryogenian glaciated margin of Death Valley, California / D. P. Le Heron, M. E. Busfield, D. O. Ali, T. Vandyk and S. Tofaif / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 35-52, 27 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.11 --- Zarqa megafacies: widespread subglacial deformation in the Sarah Formation of Saudi Arabia and implications for the sequence stratigraphy of the Hirnantian glaciation / John Melvin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 53-80, 7 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.6 --- Development of a palaeovalley complex on a Late Ordovician glaciated margin in NW Saudi Arabia / S. Tofaif, D. P. Le Heron and J. Melvin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 81-107, 6 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.8 --- Depositional model for the distal Ordovician glaciated margin of Jordan; implications for the reservoir potential of the Risha Formation / J. Philip P. Hirst and Maher Khatatneh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 109-129, 1 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.4 --- Sedimentary record of Early Permian deglaciation in southern Gondwana from the Falkland Islands / Kate Horan, Philip Stone and Simon J. Crowhurst / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 131-147, 19 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.1 --- Deglacial sequences and glacio-isostatic adjustment: Quaternary compared with Ordovician glaciations / Pierre Dietrich, Jean-François Ghienne, Patrick Lajeunesse, Alexandre Normandeau, Rémy Deschamps and Philippe Razin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 149-179, 14 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.9 --- Sedimentary processes and facies on a high-latitude passive continental margin, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica / Sandra Passchier, Daniel J. Ciarletta, Victor Henao and Vicky Sekkas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 181-201, 16 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.3 --- Processes influencing differences in Arctic and Antarctic trough mouth fan sedimentology / Jenny Gales, Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Rob Larter, Jan Sverre Laberg, Martin Melles, Sara Benetti and Sandra Passchier / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 203-221, 23 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.7 --- Seismic and geomorphic records of Antarctic Ice Sheet evolution in the Ross Sea and controlling factors in its behaviour / John B. Anderson, Lauren M. Simkins, Phillip J. Bart, Laura De Santis, Anna Ruth W. Halberstadt, Elisabetta Olivo and Sarah L. Greenwood / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 223-240, 17 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.5 --- Late Wisconsinan grounding zones of the Laurentide Ice Sheet margin off the Québec North Shore (NW Gulf of St Lawrence) / P. Lajeunesse, P. Dietrich and J.-F. Ghienne / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 241-259, 25 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.10 --- The glacier-influenced marine record on high-latitude continental margins: synergies between modern, Quaternary and ancient evidence / J. A. Dowdeswell, K. A. Hogan and D. P. Le Heron / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475, 261-279, 29 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP475.13

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- HP–UHP metamorphism and tectonic evolution of orogenic belts: introduction / Lifei Zhang, Zeming Zhang, Hans-Peter Schertl and Chunjing Wei / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 1-4, 2 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.15 --- New developments in the determination of metamorphic P–T conditions and their timing --- Tso Morari coesite eclogite: pseudosection predictions v. the preserved record and implications for tectonometamorphic models / Patrick J. O'Brien / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 5-24, 19 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.16 --- Phase relations in metabasic rocks: constraints from the results of experiments, phase modelling and ACF analysis / C. J. Wei and Z. Z. Duan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 25-45, 11 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.10 --- Garnet Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd geochronology: a time capsule of the metamorphic evolution of orogenic belts / Hao Cheng / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 47-67, 11 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.7 --- The validity of Ti-in-zircon thermometry in low temperature eclogites / Meng Lin, Guibin Zhang, Shuguang Song, Huijuan Li and Lijuan Zhang / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 69-87, 14 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.13 --- Overview papers of well-known HP–UHP metamorphic belts --- Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks in the Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt: compositional inheritance and metamorphic modification / Yong-Fei Zheng, Zi-Fu Zhao and Ren-Xu Chen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 89-132, 15 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.9 --- Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism and tectonic evolution of southwestern Tianshan orogenic belt, China: a comprehensive review / Lifei Zhang, Yang Wang, Lijuan Zhang and Zeng Lü / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 133-152, 25 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.12 --- Two contrasting accretion v. collision orogenies: insights from Early Paleozoic polyphase metamorphism in the Altun–Qilian–North Qaidam orogenic system, NW China / Jianxin Zhang, Chris Mattinson, Shengyao Yu, Yunshuai Li, Xingxing Yu, Xiaohong Mao, Zenglong Lu and Yingbao Peng / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 153-181, 18 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.8 --- Geochronological enigma of the HP–UHP rocks in the Himalayan orogen / Hafiz Ur Rehman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 183-207, 23 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.14 --- The metamorphic evolution and tectonic significance of the Sumdo HP–UHP metamorphic terrane, central-south Lhasa Block, Tibet / Cong Zhang, Thomas Bader, Herman van Roermund, Jingsui Yang, Tingting Shen, Tian Qiu and Peng Li / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 209-229, 22 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.4 --- Research papers for some newly discovered and/or less well understood HP–UHP belts --- Petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry of jadeite-rich artefacts from the Playa Grande excavation site, northern Hispaniola: evaluation of local provenance from the Río San Juan Complex / Hans-Peter Schertl, Walter V. Maresch, Sebastiaan Knippenberg, Andreas Hertwig, Adolfo López Belando, Reniel Rodríguez Ramos, Laura Speich and Corinne L. Hofman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 231-253, 12 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.3 --- Eclogites from the Marun-Keu Complex, Polar Urals, Russia: a record of hot subduction and sub-isothermal exhumation / Y. Y. Liu, A. L. Perchuk and P. Philippot / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 255-274, 22 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.6 --- Two epochs of eclogite metamorphism link ‘cold’ oceanic subduction and ‘hot’ continental subduction, the North Qaidam UHP belt, NW China / Shuguang Song, Yaoling Niu, Guibin Zhang and Lifei Zhang / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 275-289, 22 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.2 --- Early Cenozoic thickening and reworking of the eastern Gangdese arc, south Tibet: constraints from the Oligocene granitoids / Huixia Ding and Zeming Zhang / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 291-308, 16 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.5 --- Thermal structure of the Dabie eclogite-bearing terrane revealed from the results of Ti-in-zircon thermometry / Jingbo Liu, Lingmin Zhang, Nanfei Cheng, Yijie Gao and Liewen Xie / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 309-330, 12 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.1 --- Constraining the age of high-pressure metamorphism of paragneisses from the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis using zircon petrochronology and phase equilibria / Zuolin Tian, Zeming Zhang and Xin Dong / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 474, 331-352, 8 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP474.11

Description / Table of Contents: Military use of geologists and geology: a historical overview and introduction / Edward P. F. Rose, Judy Ehlen and Ursula L. Lawrence / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 1-29, 8 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.15 --- Coastal fortification --- The landslip-damaged Roman fort at Lympne in SE England / Edward Nicholas Bromhead / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 31-45, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.9 --- Groundwater supplies to maritime and coastal defences in southern England: a story of risk and innovation / John D. Mather / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 47-60, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.8 --- American coastal defence Third System forts: how geomorphology and geology dictated placement and influenced history / Stephen W. Henderson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 61-82, 10 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.10 --- The northern Atlantic Wall: German engineering geology work in Norway during World War II / Hermann Häusler / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 83-108, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.4 --- Excavation --- Trench construction and engineering geology on the Western Front, 1914–18 / Peter Doyle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 109-130, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.6 --- German military geology and military mining on the Eastern Front in World War I / Dierk Willig / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 131-150, 1 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.14 --- Quarrying Companies Royal Engineers in World War I: a geologically constrained innovation to support British armies on the Western Front / Edward P. F. Rose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 151-171, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.1 --- Quarrying Companies Royal Engineers in World War II: contributions to military infrastructure within the UK and to Allied forces during the North African, Italian and NW Europe campaigns / Edward P. F. Rose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 173-200, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.2 --- Tunnelling Companies Royal Engineers in World War II: excavation of bomb-proof facilities in France, Gibraltar, Malta and the UK / Edward P. F. Rose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 201-232, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.3 --- Engineering geological considerations for the ‘Old’ Beacon Hill Railway Tunnel, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region / Alexander D. Mackay / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 233-239, 9 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.12 --- Geological considerations of contemporary military tunnelling near Mosul, northern Iraq / Mark H. Bulmer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 241-265, 22 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.11 --- Terrain evaluation --- Geological influence of the Great Red River Raft on the Red River Campaign of the American Civil War / Danny W. Harrelson, Nalini Torres, Amber Tillotson and Mansour Zakikhani / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 267-273, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.5 --- Aerial photographic intelligence during World War II: contributions by some distinguished British geologists / Edward P. F. Rose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 275-296, 10 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.13 --- One hundred years of cross-country mobility prediction in Germany / Florian Malm / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 297-306, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.7

Description / Table of Contents: Structurally complex reservoirs form a distinct class of reservoir in which fault arrays and fracture networks, in particular, exert an overriding control on petroleum trapping and production behaviour. With modern exploration and production portfolios now commonly held in geologically complex settings, there is an increasing technical challenge to find new prospects and to extract remaining hydrocarbons from these reservoirs. This volume reviews our current understanding and ability to model the complex distribution and behaviour of fault and fracture networks, highlighting their fluid compartmentalizing effects and storage-transmissivity characteristics, and outlining approaches for predicting the dynamic fluid flow and geomechanical behaviour of these reservoirs. This collection of 25 papers provides an overview of recent progress and outstanding issues in the areas of (i) structural complexity and fault geometry, (ii) detection and prediction of faults and fractures, (iii) compartmentalizing effects of fault systems and complex siliciclastic reservoirs and (iv) critical controls affecting fractured reservoirs.

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: This collection of papers addresses the issues surrounding communication of environmental geoscience. Geologists whose research deals with environmental problems such as landslides, floods, earthquakes and other natural hazards that affect people's health and safety, must communicate their results effectively to the public, policy makers and politicians. There are many examples of geological studies being ignored in policy and public action; this is in due in part to geoscientists being poor communicators. These papers document issues in communicating environmental geoscience, outline successes and failures through case studies, describe ways in which geoscientists can improve communication skills and show how new methods can make communication more effective.

Description / Table of Contents: Increasingly, researchers have reported that passive margins do not show a simple uninterrupted thermal sag pattern of post-rift subsidence following continental separation. Rather, the structural and stratigraphic development of such margins may record evidence of complex phases of differential subsidence, exhumation and fold development. Some of the fold structures observed on passive continental margins appear to be related to regional stresses transmitted through basement rocks, whereas others are related to gravitational sliding and toe-thrusting. This special publication concentrates on the first of these categories. The morphology and distribution of such folds, together with potential mechanisms for generation of regional stress, are described in a series of papers by authorities in the field. As well as being an enigmatic feature of passive margin geology, the compressive folds have significance in the exploration for petroleum.

Description / Table of Contents: This book deals with various interesting aspects of the histories of geomorphology and Quaternary geology in different parts of the world. The papers cover a range of topics: the origin of the term ‘Quaternary’, histories of ideas and debates relating to aspects of fluvial geomorphology (USA and Australia), glacial geomorphology and glaciation (Northern Europe, the Baltic countries, Russia, Iceland, and New Zealand), desert dunes and the geology of Australia, peneplains in China, a palaeo-Tokyo Bay in Japan, together with biographies of Charles Cotton (New Zealand), Valerija Cepulyte (Lithuania) and Ceslovas Pakuckas (Lithuania and Poland) that highlight their respective contributions to the disciplines of geomorphology and Quaternary geology. There is an autobiographical contribution from E. E. Milanovsky (Russia) on his work in Siberia, the Caucasus and Iceland, illustrated by his sketches made in the field.

Description / Table of Contents: Faults are primary focuses of both fluid migration and deformation in the upper crust. The recognition that faults are typically heterogeneous zones of deformed material, not simple discrete fractures, has fundamental implications for the way geoscientists predict fluid migration in fault zones, as well as leading to new concepts in understanding seismic/aseismic strain accommodation. This book captures current research into understanding the complexities of fault-zone internal structure, and their control on mechanical and fluid-flow properties of the upper crust. A wide variety of approaches are presented, from geological field studies and laboratory analyses of fault-zone and fault-rock properties to numerical fluid-flow modelling, and from seismological data analyses to coupled hydraulic and rheological modelling. The publication aims to illustrate the importance of understanding fault-zone complexity by integrating such diverse approaches, and its impact on the rheological and fluid-flow behaviour of fault zones in different contexts.