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Description / Table of Contents: The Ordovician is one of the longest and geologically most active periods in Phanerozoic history. The unique Ordovician biodiversifications established modern marine ecosystems, whereas the first plants originated on land. The two volumes cover all key topics on Ordovician research and provide a review of Ordovician successions across the globe.

Description / Table of Contents: The Middle through Late Pennsylvanian was a time of ice ages, climate dynamics and a turning point in terrestrial biotic evolution. This provides a laboratory for studying changes in a glacial world. This book focuses on a dynamic Late Pennsylvanian world that bears close comparison to the late Cenozoic world.

Description / Table of Contents: The Quaternary Period in South Asia has a very prolonged and diverse history. Within this region, India represents various technological and cultural phases of hominin occupation adapting to different ecological zones throughout the Quaternary Period. The earliest records of this occupation can be traced back to 1.5 Ma ago and possibly to c. 2 Ma ago. Archaeological evidence has been reported from all known phases in India, showing a continuous record of occupation from the Early Pleistocene onwards and reflecting adaptation by multiple hominin species over time. This book aims to highlight recent advances in the Quaternary geoarchaeology by showcasing diverse methods such as archaeology, geology, palaeoclimatology, sedimentology, GIS, remote sensing and taphonomy. It presents a collection of papers that address various geoarchaeological aspects from different regions in India, within the time frame of the Early Pleistocene to Anthropocene. This volume provides an opportunity for new data to be disseminated, particularly by young researchers and, within the framework of worldwide research issues, it promotes new geoarchaeological perspectives from India.

Description / Table of Contents: The Quaternary Period in South Asia has a very prolonged and diverse history. Within this region, India represents various technological and cultural phases of hominin occupation adapting to different ecological zones throughout the Quaternary Period. The earliest records of this occupation can be traced back to 1.5 Ma ago and possibly to c. 2 Ma ago. Archaeological evidence has been reported from all known phases in India, showing a continuous record of occupation from the Early Pleistocene onwards and reflecting adaptation by multiple hominin species over time. This book aims to highlight recent advances in the Quaternary geoarchaeology by showcasing diverse methods such as archaeology, geology, palaeoclimatology, sedimentology, GIS, remote sensing and taphonomy. It presents a collection of papers that address various geoarchaeological aspects from different regions in India, within the time frame of the Early Pleistocene to Anthropocene. This volume provides an opportunity for new data to be disseminated, particularly by young researchers and, within the framework of worldwide research issues, it promotes new geoarchaeological perspectives from India.

Description / Table of Contents: Mesozoic Biological Events and Ecosystems in East Asia covers a wide range of topics, encompassing palaeoenvironments, palaeoecosystems and important vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossils, some found in amber with excellent preservation of delicate morphological features. Fifty-three authors from a number of different disciplines - geochronology, palaeontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics and geochemistry - contribute to the 18 articles in the volume. Well-preserved fossils and rocks continue to be found from marine and terrestrial sediments across East Asia. Over some years, the palaeontological and geological evidence discovered from this region has significantly improved our understanding of Mesozoic environments. In discussing feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, early mammals, diverse insects, amber inclusions, the oldest-known flowers and research utilizing new, advanced methods, this volume explores Earth's history in even greater detail. What other exciting discoveries are waiting to be unveiled in the future?

Description / Table of Contents: Straits & seaways are the key features that connect oceans, seas & lakes. They regulate water, sediment & biota exchanges, & influence local & global climate. A good understanding of the evolution of straits & seaways is therefore fundamental to accurately reconstruct the palaeogeography, tectonics, palaeoecology & stratigraphy of interconnected basins, the climate dynamics of Earth's past as well as to exploit conventional & renewable energy resources. This volume provides a collection of articles dealing with both ancient & modern case studies, bringing together different but complementary disciplines, such as marine geology, process sedimentology & stratigraphy. With the contents encompassing the evolution, geomorphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, oceanography & palaeogeography of straits & seaways, & their influence on climate, the book will be of interest to Earth scientists

Description / Table of Contents: Metals and minerals are essential for improving the quality of our lives, for new green energy technologies, and for a sustainable environment. This book addresses challenges in meeting the future demand for metals and minerals and presents results from ongoing research, surveying, exploration and exploitation of key minerals needed to supply the green and sustainable societies of the future.

Description / Table of Contents: Metals and minerals are essential for improving the quality of our lives, for new green energy technologies, and for a sustainable environment. This book addresses challenges in meeting the future demand for metals and minerals and presents results from ongoing research, surveying, exploration and exploitation of key minerals needed to supply the green and sustainable societies of the future.

Description / Table of Contents: Straits & seaways are the key features that connect oceans, seas & lakes. They regulate water, sediment & biota exchanges, & influence local & global climate. A good understanding of the evolution of straits & seaways is therefore fundamental to accurately reconstruct the palaeogeography, tectonics, palaeoecology & stratigraphy of interconnected basins, the climate dynamics of Earth's past as well as to exploit conventional & renewable energy resources. This volume provides a collection of articles dealing with both ancient & modern case studies, bringing together different but complementary disciplines, such as marine geology, process sedimentology & stratigraphy. With the contents encompassing the evolution, geomorphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, oceanography & palaeogeography of straits & seaways, & their influence on climate, the book will be of interest to Earth scientists

Description / Table of Contents: Mesozoic Biological Events and Ecosystems in East Asia covers a wide range of topics, encompassing palaeoenvironments, palaeoecosystems and important vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossils, some found in amber with excellent preservation of delicate morphological features. Fifty-three authors from a number of different disciplines - geochronology, palaeontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics and geochemistry - contribute to the 18 articles in the volume. Well-preserved fossils and rocks continue to be found from marine and terrestrial sediments across East Asia. Over some years, the palaeontological and geological evidence discovered from this region has significantly improved our understanding of Mesozoic environments. In discussing feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, early mammals, diverse insects, amber inclusions, the oldest-known flowers and research utilizing new, advanced methods, this volume explores Earth's history in even greater detail. What other exciting discoveries are waiting to be unveiled in the future?

Description / Table of Contents: The Ordovician is one of the longest and geologically most active periods in Phanerozoic history. The unique Ordovician biodiversifications established modern marine ecosystems, whereas the first plants originated on land. The two volumes cover all key topics on Ordovician research and provide a review of Ordovician successions across the globe.

Description / Table of Contents: The Ordovician is one of the longest and geologically most active periods in Phanerozoic history. The unique Ordovician biodiversifications established modern marine ecosystems, whereas the first plants originated on land. The two volumes cover all key topics on Ordovician research and provide a review of Ordovician successions across the globe.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume offers an up-to-date ‘geology-without-borders’ view of the stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics and oil-and-gas exploration trends of the entire Atlantic Margin and Barents Sea basin. The challenges associated with data continuity and nomenclature differences across median lines are discussed and mitigated. Examples of under-exploited cross-border plays and discoveries are discussed.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume offers an up-to-date ‘geology-without-borders’ view of the stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics and oil-and-gas exploration trends of the entire Atlantic Margin and Barents Sea basin. The challenges associated with data continuity and nomenclature differences across median lines are discussed and mitigated. Examples of under-exploited cross-border plays and discoveries are discussed.

Description / Table of Contents: The Ordovician is one of the longest and geologically most active periods in Phanerozoic history. The unique Ordovician biodiversifications established modern marine ecosystems, whereas the first plants originated on land. The two volumes cover all key topics on Ordovician research and provide a review of Ordovician successions across the globe.

Description / Table of Contents: The Middle through Late Pennsylvanian was a time of ice ages, climate dynamics and a turning point in terrestrial biotic evolution. This provides a laboratory for studying changes in a glacial world. This book focuses on a dynamic Late Pennsylvanian world that bears close comparison to the late Cenozoic world.

Description / Table of Contents: This book brings together research, review and methodological papers that provide an updated view on the sedimentary record of volcanism, spanning diverse processes and environments. It aims to bridge the gap between volcanological and sedimentological approaches to the investigation of processes governing the generation, dispersion and accumulation of volcaniclastic deposits.

Description / Table of Contents: This book brings together research, review and methodological papers that provide an updated view on the sedimentary record of volcanism, spanning diverse processes and environments. It aims to bridge the gap between volcanological and sedimentological approaches to the investigation of processes governing the generation, dispersion and accumulation of volcaniclastic deposits.

Description / Table of Contents: Proterozoic to Cenozoic lamprophyres, lamproites and related rock types hold a unique potential for the investigation of processes affecting mantle reservoirs. They originated from primary mantle-derived melts that intruded both cratons and off-craton regions, which were parts of former supercontinents – Columbia, Rodinia and Gondwana–Pangaea. Well known for hosting economic minerals and elements such as diamonds, base metals, platinum-group elements and Au, they are also significant for our understanding of deep-mantle processes, such as mantle metasomatism and mantle plume–lithosphere interactions, as well as large-scale geodynamic processes, including subduction-related tectonics and supercontinent amalgamation and break-up. This Special Publication presents an overview of the state of the art and recent advances as achieved by individual research groups from different parts of the world, and outlines future research directions. Mineralogical, geochemical, geochronological and isotope analyses are used to decipher the complex petrogenetic and metallogenetic evolution of these extraordinary rocks and unravel a complete history of tectonic events related to individual supercontinent cycles. The Special Publication including this introductory chapter also deals with some issues related to the classification of these rocks.

Description / Table of Contents: Identification of large-volume, short-duration mafic magmatic events of intraplate affinity in both continental and oceanic settings on the Earth and other planets provides invaluable clues for understanding several vital geological issues of current concern. Of particular importance is understanding the assembly and dispersal of supercontinents through Earth's history, dramatic climate change events including mass extinctions, and processes that have produced a wide range of large igneous province (LIP)-related resources, such as Ni–Cu–PGE, Au, U, base metals and petroleum. This volume comprises 21 contributions on the latest developments and new information on LIPs and their plumbing systems and presents methodical studies on different components of LIP plumbing systems. These articles are especially helpful in understanding continental break-up events, regional domal uplift and a variety of metallogenic systems, as well as the temporal and spatial distribution of LIPs, their origin and their likely links to mantle plumes/superplumes.

Description / Table of Contents: Mesozoic Biological Events and Ecosystems in East Asia covers a wide range of topics, encompassing palaeoenvironments, palaeoecosystems and important vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossils, some found in amber with excellent preservation of delicate morphological features. Fifty-three authors from a number of different disciplines - geochronology, palaeontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics and geochemistry - contribute to the 18 articles in the volume. Well-preserved fossils and rocks continue to be found from marine and terrestrial sediments across East Asia. Over some years, the palaeontological and geological evidence discovered from this region has significantly improved our understanding of Mesozoic environments. In discussing feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, early mammals, diverse insects, amber inclusions, the oldest-known flowers and research utilizing new, advanced methods, this volume explores Earth's history in even greater detail. What other exciting discoveries are waiting to be unveiled in the future?

Description / Table of Contents: Mesozoic Biological Events and Ecosystems in East Asia covers a wide range of topics, encompassing palaeoenvironments, palaeoecosystems and important vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossils, some found in amber with excellent preservation of delicate morphological features. Fifty-three authors from a number of different disciplines - geochronology, palaeontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics and geochemistry - contribute to the 18 articles in the volume. Well-preserved fossils and rocks continue to be found from marine and terrestrial sediments across East Asia. Over some years, the palaeontological and geological evidence discovered from this region has significantly improved our understanding of Mesozoic environments. In discussing feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, early mammals, diverse insects, amber inclusions, the oldest-known flowers and research utilizing new, advanced methods, this volume explores Earth's history in even greater detail. What other exciting discoveries are waiting to be unveiled in the future?

Description / Table of Contents: Gold occurs in many settings, but the dynamic nature of Earth's crust means overlapping and overprinting deposit styles are common. Characterization of mineralization from an early stage becomes important, particularly where the mineralization is complex, in order to maximize exploration and project development success and mining productivity. Various techniques are used at different stages of a project to characterize gold deposits. This Special Publication offers a cross-section of some specific techniques used to investigate a variety of gold deposit types. The papers highlight both the breadth of the available techniques and their utility in deposit characterization, but also the many significant remaining questions and problems related to the exploration and research of gold deposits. Several papers include suggestions of avenues for fruitful further research, including a paper discussing a new approach to classifying orogenic gold deposits, and a paper describing archaeological applications of natural gold analyses.

Description / Table of Contents: Gold occurs in many settings, but the dynamic nature of Earth's crust means overlapping and overprinting deposit styles are common. Characterization of mineralization from an early stage becomes important, particularly where the mineralization is complex, in order to maximize exploration and project development success and mining productivity. Various techniques are used at different stages of a project to characterize gold deposits. This Special Publication offers a cross-section of some specific techniques used to investigate a variety of gold deposit types. The papers highlight both the breadth of the available techniques and their utility in deposit characterization, but also the many significant remaining questions and problems related to the exploration and research of gold deposits. Several papers include suggestions of avenues for fruitful further research, including a paper discussing a new approach to classifying orogenic gold deposits, and a paper describing archaeological applications of natural gold analyses.

Description / Table of Contents: A cross-border approach to exploration, appraisal and development is important in mature basins such as the North Sea, where the ‘low hanging fruit’ have long gone. This approach emphasizes the need to see the basin as one geological entity, in order to maximize economic recovery and prepare the area for the energy transition. This volume offers an up-to-date, ‘geology-without-borders’ view of the stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics and oil-and-gas exploration trends of the entire North Sea basin, along with the challenges associated with differences in data continuity and nomenclature across median lines. This volume includes overviews of cross-border play statistics, lithostratigraphic naming conventions and exploration performance through to new facies models for cross-border areas. As such, this volume will be a valuable reference for every geoscientist working in the North Sea for years to come.

Description / Table of Contents: Proterozoic to Cenozoic lamprophyres, lamproites and related rock types hold a unique potential for the investigation of processes affecting mantle reservoirs. They originated from primary mantle-derived melts that intruded both cratons and off-craton regions, which were parts of former supercontinents – Columbia, Rodinia and Gondwana–Pangaea. Well known for hosting economic minerals and elements such as diamonds, base metals, platinum-group elements and Au, they are also significant for our understanding of deep-mantle processes, such as mantle metasomatism and mantle plume–lithosphere interactions, as well as large-scale geodynamic processes, including subduction-related tectonics and supercontinent amalgamation and break-up. This Special Publication presents an overview of the state of the art and recent advances as achieved by individual research groups from different parts of the world, and outlines future research directions. Mineralogical, geochemical, geochronological and isotope analyses are used to decipher the complex petrogenetic and metallogenetic evolution of these extraordinary rocks and unravel a complete history of tectonic events related to individual supercontinent cycles. The Special Publication including this introductory chapter also deals with some issues related to the classification of these rocks.

Description / Table of Contents: The Carboniferous chronostratigraphic scale consists of two subsystems, six series and seven stages. Precise numerical age control within the Carboniferous is uneven, and a global magnetic polarity timescale for the Carboniferous is far from established. Isotope stratigraphy based on Sr, C and O isotopes is at an early stage but has already identified a few Sr and C isotope events of use to global correlation. Cyclostratigraphy has created a workable astrochronology for part of Pennsylvanian time that needs better calibration. Chronostratigraphic definitions of most of the seven Carboniferous stages remain unfinished. Future research on the Carboniferous timescale should focus on Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) selection for the remaining, undefined stage bases, definition and characterization of substages, and further development and integration of the Carboniferous chronostratigraphic scale with radioisotopic, magnetostratigraphic, chemostratigraphic and cyclostratigraphic tools for calibration and correlation, and the cross-correlation of non-marine and marine chronologies.

Description / Table of Contents: A cross-border approach to exploration, appraisal and development is important in mature basins such as the North Sea, where the ‘low hanging fruit’ have long gone. This approach emphasizes the need to see the basin as one geological entity, in order to maximize economic recovery and prepare the area for the energy transition. This volume offers an up-to-date, ‘geology-without-borders’ view of the stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics and oil-and-gas exploration trends of the entire North Sea basin, along with the challenges associated with differences in data continuity and nomenclature across median lines. This volume includes overviews of cross-border play statistics, lithostratigraphic naming conventions and exploration performance through to new facies models for cross-border areas. As such, this volume will be a valuable reference for every geoscientist working in the North Sea for years to come.

Description / Table of Contents: About 40 million years after the Cambrian Explosion, the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) represents a second and dramatic burst in marine biodiversity, with major changes in the structure of ecosystems and the progressive replacement of the distinctive Cambrian Evolutionary Fauna by the Paleozoic Evolutionary Fauna. However, the GOBE is not a single, worldwide, short-term event, but rather the complex sum of successive diversifications occurring in distinct taxonomic groups, trophic guilds and regions. This book focuses on the Late Ordovician Tafilalt Biota, Anti-Atlas Morocco, which provides a snapshot of the GOBE in high-latitude regions of the Southern Hemisphere. A series of contributions explore different aspects of the Tafilalt Biota, including its geological setting, the international fossil trade in this area and a series of detailed systematic contributions describing many new taxa of marine invertebrates. This volume represents a significant contribution to the understanding of the Tafilalt Biota and its significance to the GOBE.

Description / Table of Contents: The Carboniferous chronostratigraphic scale consists of two subsystems, six series and seven stages. Precise numerical age control within the Carboniferous is uneven, and a global magnetic polarity timescale for the Carboniferous is far from established. Isotope stratigraphy based on Sr, C and O isotopes is at an early stage but has already identified a few Sr and C isotope events of use to global correlation. Cyclostratigraphy has created a workable astrochronology for part of Pennsylvanian time that needs better calibration. Chronostratigraphic definitions of most of the seven Carboniferous stages remain unfinished. Future research on the Carboniferous timescale should focus on Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) selection for the remaining, undefined stage bases, definition and characterization of substages, and further development and integration of the Carboniferous chronostratigraphic scale with radioisotopic, magnetostratigraphic, chemostratigraphic and cyclostratigraphic tools for calibration and correlation, and the cross-correlation of non-marine and marine chronologies.

Description / Table of Contents: The Carboniferous chronostratigraphic scale consists of two subsystems, six series and seven stages. Precise numerical age control within the Carboniferous is uneven, and a global magnetic polarity timescale for the Carboniferous is far from established. Isotope stratigraphy based on Sr, C and O isotopes is at an early stage but has already identified a few Sr and C isotope events of use to global correlation. Cyclostratigraphy has created a workable astrochronology for part of Pennsylvanian time that needs better calibration. Chronostratigraphic definitions of most of the seven Carboniferous stages remain unfinished. Future research on the Carboniferous timescale should focus on Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) selection for the remaining, undefined stage bases, definition and characterization of substages, and further development and integration of the Carboniferous chronostratigraphic scale with radioisotopic, magnetostratigraphic, chemostratigraphic and cyclostratigraphic tools for calibration and correlation, and the cross-correlation of non-marine and marine chronologies.

Description / Table of Contents: About 40 million years after the Cambrian Explosion, the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) represents a second and dramatic burst in marine biodiversity, with major changes in the structure of ecosystems and the progressive replacement of the distinctive Cambrian Evolutionary Fauna by the Paleozoic Evolutionary Fauna. However, the GOBE is not a single, worldwide, short-term event, but rather the complex sum of successive diversifications occurring in distinct taxonomic groups, trophic guilds and regions. This book focuses on the Late Ordovician Tafilalt Biota, Anti-Atlas Morocco, which provides a snapshot of the GOBE in high-latitude regions of the Southern Hemisphere. A series of contributions explore different aspects of the Tafilalt Biota, including its geological setting, the international fossil trade in this area and a series of detailed systematic contributions describing many new taxa of marine invertebrates. This volume represents a significant contribution to the understanding of the Tafilalt Biota and its significance to the GOBE.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume covers multidisciplinary Research and Development contributions on geology, geophysics, bathymetric and biologic aspects, towards data sampling and acquisition, data analysis and its results, and innovative ways of data access. It also presents the development of processes to map, harmonize and integrate marine data across EEZ boundaries, an impressive example of which is the European EMODnet (European Marine Observation and Data network) initiative. EMODnet assembles scattered and partially hidden marine data into continentally harmonized geospatial data products for public benefit and increasingly within overseas collaboration. The volume also aims to shed light on an evaluation of biological and mineral resources and environmental assessments at continental shelf to slope depths. Western Pacific examples provide excellent case studies for this topic.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume covers multidisciplinary Research and Development contributions on geology, geophysics, bathymetric and biologic aspects, towards data sampling and acquisition, data analysis and its results, and innovative ways of data access. It also presents the development of processes to map, harmonize and integrate marine data across EEZ boundaries, an impressive example of which is the European EMODnet (European Marine Observation and Data network) initiative. EMODnet assembles scattered and partially hidden marine data into continentally harmonized geospatial data products for public benefit and increasingly within overseas collaboration. The volume also aims to shed light on an evaluation of biological and mineral resources and environmental assessments at continental shelf to slope depths. Western Pacific examples provide excellent case studies for this topic.

Description / Table of Contents: Identification of large-volume, short-duration mafic magmatic events of intraplate affinity in both continental and oceanic settings on the Earth and other planets provides invaluable clues for understanding several vital geological issues of current concern. Of particular importance is understanding the assembly and dispersal of supercontinents through Earth's history, dramatic climate change events including mass extinctions, and processes that have produced a wide range of large igneous province (LIP)-related resources, such as Ni–Cu–PGE, Au, U, base metals and petroleum. This volume comprises 21 contributions on the latest developments and new information on LIPs and their plumbing systems and presents methodical studies on different components of LIP plumbing systems. These articles are especially helpful in understanding continental break-up events, regional domal uplift and a variety of metallogenic systems, as well as the temporal and spatial distribution of LIPs, their origin and their likely links to mantle plumes/superplumes.

Description / Table of Contents: China has a rich record of Holocene volcanism that is relatively little known outside the country. It is encountered in large stratovolcanoes in the NE, linked to subduction of the Pacific plate (e.g. Changbaishan), in smaller volcanoes on the Tibetan margin, associated with the collision of India and Eurasia (e.g. Tengchong, Ashishan), and in more isolated centres, possibly resulting from mantle upwelling (e.g. volcanoes in Hainan island). This makes China a natural laboratory for studies of intraplate volcanism, and significant progress in understanding its nature and origins has been made over the past quarter century. Here, we introduce the first publication in English to provide a comprehensive survey of the state of knowledge and research highlights. Accordingly, we provide an overview of the dynamics, geology, geochemistry, volcanic histories and geophysical studies of 14 volcanic areas associated with the Holocene documented thus far. The special publication represents a benchmark reference on the topic but, as importantly, we hope that it will stimulate new, international collaborations aimed at deepening our understanding of the origins, history, hazards and associated risks of China's volcanoes.

Description / Table of Contents: Using forensic soil science and forensic geology as trace evidence and searches for burials is the theme of the papers in this Special Publication. The concept and design of this volume was initially established by the International Union of Geological Sciences, Initiative on Forensic Geology, which successfully brought together forensic geologists, forensic soil scientists, police officers and law enforcement agents in the investigation of crimes. In this introductory paper a brief overview is provided of the developments in interdisciplinary knowledge exchange with use of soil and geological materials (known as ‘earth materials’) in the search for burials and the provision of trace evidence. The aim is to provide background information on the role and value of understanding ‘earth materials’ ranging from the landscape scale, to the crime scene through to microscopic scale investigations to support law enforcement agencies in solving criminal, environmental, serious and organized crime, and terrorism. In this connection, recent advances in field and laboratory methods are highlighted. Finally, the 20 papers in the volume are briefly introduced and these include a diversity of global operational case studies that involve collection and analysis of earth material from crime scenes and searches for homicide graves and other buried targets.

Description / Table of Contents: This long-awaited book about non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) aims to cover gaps in our knowledge of these abundant but understudied palynological remains. NPPs, such as fungal spores, testate amoebae, dinoflagellate cysts, acritarchs and animal remains, are routinely recovered from palynological preparations of marine or terrestrial material, from Proterozoic to recent geological times. This book gives the reader a comprehensive overview of the different types of NPPs, with examples from diverse time periods and environments. It provides guidance on sample preparation to maximize the recovery of these NPPs, detailed information on their diversity and ecological affinity, clarification on the nomenclature and demonstrates their value as environmental indicators. This volume will become the reference guide for any student, academic or practitioner interested in everything else in their palynological preparations.

Description / Table of Contents: China has a rich record of Holocene volcanism that is relatively little known outside the country. It is encountered in large stratovolcanoes in the NE, linked to subduction of the Pacific plate (e.g. Changbaishan), in smaller volcanoes on the Tibetan margin, associated with the collision of India and Eurasia (e.g. Tengchong, Ashishan), and in more isolated centres, possibly resulting from mantle upwelling (e.g. volcanoes in Hainan island). This makes China a natural laboratory for studies of intraplate volcanism, and significant progress in understanding its nature and origins has been made over the past quarter century. Here, we introduce the first publication in English to provide a comprehensive survey of the state of knowledge and research highlights. Accordingly, we provide an overview of the dynamics, geology, geochemistry, volcanic histories and geophysical studies of 14 volcanic areas associated with the Holocene documented thus far. The special publication represents a benchmark reference on the topic but, as importantly, we hope that it will stimulate new, international collaborations aimed at deepening our understanding of the origins, history, hazards and associated risks of China's volcanoes.

Description / Table of Contents: Using forensic soil science and forensic geology as trace evidence and searches for burials is the theme of the papers in this Special Publication. The concept and design of this volume was initially established by the International Union of Geological Sciences, Initiative on Forensic Geology, which successfully brought together forensic geologists, forensic soil scientists, police officers and law enforcement agents in the investigation of crimes. In this introductory paper a brief overview is provided of the developments in interdisciplinary knowledge exchange with use of soil and geological materials (known as ‘earth materials’) in the search for burials and the provision of trace evidence. The aim is to provide background information on the role and value of understanding ‘earth materials’ ranging from the landscape scale, to the crime scene through to microscopic scale investigations to support law enforcement agencies in solving criminal, environmental, serious and organized crime, and terrorism. In this connection, recent advances in field and laboratory methods are highlighted. Finally, the 20 papers in the volume are briefly introduced and these include a diversity of global operational case studies that involve collection and analysis of earth material from crime scenes and searches for homicide graves and other buried targets.

Description / Table of Contents: This long-awaited book about non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) aims to cover gaps in our knowledge of these abundant but understudied palynological remains. NPPs, such as fungal spores, testate amoebae, dinoflagellate cysts, acritarchs and animal remains, are routinely recovered from palynological preparations of marine or terrestrial material, from Proterozoic to recent geological times. This book gives the reader a comprehensive overview of the different types of NPPs, with examples from diverse time periods and environments. It provides guidance on sample preparation to maximize the recovery of these NPPs, detailed information on their diversity and ecological affinity, clarification on the nomenclature and demonstrates their value as environmental indicators. This volume will become the reference guide for any student, academic or practitioner interested in everything else in their palynological preparations.

Description / Table of Contents: This Special Publication is devoted to Earth surface environmental reconstructions and environmental changes that may be deciphered and modelled using stable isotopes along with mineralogical/chemical, sedimentological, palaeontological/biological and climatological methodologies. The volume is divided into two sections, both of them using stable isotopes analysis (δD, δ18O, δ13C, δ15N, δ34S and clumped isotopes Δ47) in various samples and phases as the main research tools. The first section is devoted to studies focusing on the distribution of isotopes in precipitations, groundwaters, lakes, rivers, springs and mine waters, and their relationship with terrestrial environments at regional to continental scale. In relation to this, the second section includes case studies from a range of continental settings, investigating cave deposits (stalagmites and bat guano), animal skeletons (dinosaurs, alligators, turtles and bivalves), present and past soils (palaeosols) and limestones. The sections focus on the interaction between the surficial water cycle and underground water storage, with deposits acting as archives of short- to long-term climatic and environmental changes. Examples from the Early Cretaceous–present time come from Europe, Asia, Africa and America.

Description / Table of Contents: This Special Publication is devoted to Earth surface environmental reconstructions and environmental changes that may be deciphered and modelled using stable isotopes along with mineralogical/chemical, sedimentological, palaeontological/biological and climatological methodologies. The volume is divided into two sections, both of them using stable isotopes analysis (δD, δ18O, δ13C, δ15N, δ34S and clumped isotopes Δ47) in various samples and phases as the main research tools. The first section is devoted to studies focusing on the distribution of isotopes in precipitations, groundwaters, lakes, rivers, springs and mine waters, and their relationship with terrestrial environments at regional to continental scale. In relation to this, the second section includes case studies from a range of continental settings, investigating cave deposits (stalagmites and bat guano), animal skeletons (dinosaurs, alligators, turtles and bivalves), present and past soils (palaeosols) and limestones. The sections focus on the interaction between the surficial water cycle and underground water storage, with deposits acting as archives of short- to long-term climatic and environmental changes. Examples from the Early Cretaceous–present time come from Europe, Asia, Africa and America.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 March 2021 --- Stenopterygiids from the lower Toarcian of Beaujolais and a chemostratigraphic context for ichthyosaur preservation during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event / Jeremy E. Martin, Guillaume Suan, Baptiste Suchéras-Marx, Louis Rulleau, Jan Schlögl, Kevin Janneau, Matt Williams, Alex Léna, Anne-Sabine Grosjean, Estel Sarroca, Vincent Perrier, Vincent Fernandez, Anne-Lise Charruault, Erin E. Maxwell and Peggy Vincent / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 514, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP514-2020-232 --- Boosted microbial productivity during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the Paris Basin, France: new evidence from organic geochemistry and petrographic analysis / Carolina Fonseca, João Graciano Mendonça Filho, Carine Lézin, François Baudin, António Donizeti de Oliveira, Jaqueline Torres Souza and Luís V. Duarte / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 514, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP514-2020-167 --- 25 February 2021 --- The record of Halimedides in the Asturian Basin (northern Spain): supporting the T-OAE relationship / Javier Fernández-Martínez, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar, Laura Piñuela, Francisca Martínez-Ruiz and José C. García-Ramos / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 514, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP514-2020-156 --- Palaeogeographic homogeneity of trace fossil assemblages in Lower Jurassic spotted marls and limestones: comparison of the Western Carpathians and the Betic Cordillera / Vladimír Šimo and Matías Reolid / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 514, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP514-2020-110

Description / Table of Contents: The basins, orogens and evolution of the southern Gulf of Mexico and Northern Caribbean / Ian Davison, James Pindell and Jonathan Hull / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 1-27, 18 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2020-218 --- A revised synthesis of the rift and drift history of the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding regions in the light of improved age dating of the Middle Jurassic salt / James Pindell, Diego Villagómez, Roberto Molina-Garza, Rod Graham and Bodo Weber / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 29-76, 1 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2020-43 --- Crustal origin of the West Florida Terrane, and detrital zircon provenance and development of accommodation during initial rifting of the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and western Bahamas / R. N. Erlich and J. Pindell / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 77-118, 27 August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2020-14 --- The Sureste Basin of Mexico: its framework, future oil exploration opportunities and key challenges ahead / Mark V. Shann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 119-146, 30 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-214 --- Salt tectonics in the Sureste Basin, SE Mexico: some implications for hydrocarbon exploration / Ian Davison / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 147-165, 27 August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-227 --- Provenance of the Miocene Nanchital conglomerate, western Chiapas Foldbelt, Mexico: implications for reservoir sands in the Sureste Basin, Greater Campeche Province / James Pindell, Roberto Molina-Garza, Diego Villagómez, Uwe Martens, Rod Graham, Daniel Stockli, Bodo Weber and María Isabel Sierra-Rojas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 167-182, 6 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2020-12 --- Regional geological analysis of the southern deep Gulf of Mexico and northern Yucatán Shelf / Ernesto Miranda-Madrigal and Gabriel Chávez-Cabello / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 183-202, 22 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2020-1 --- Regional thermal maturity modelling of hydrocarbons along the deep-water Yucatan margin, southern Gulf of Mexico / J. J. Kenning and Paul Mann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 203-231, 27 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-252 --- Palaeogeographical reconstruction and provenance of Oxfordian aeolian sandstone reservoirs in Mexico offshore areas: comparison to the Norphlet aeolian system of the northern Gulf of Mexico / John W. Snedden, D. F. Stockli and I. O. Norton / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 233-253, 9 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-219 --- Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic thermotectonic history of eastern, central and southern Mexico as determined through integrated thermochronology, with implications for sediment delivery to the Gulf of Mexico / Gary G. Gray, Diego Villagomez, James Pindell, Roberto Molina-Garza, Paul O'Sullivan, Daniel Stockli, William Farrell, David Blank and Jonathan Schuba / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 255-283, 23 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-243 --- Integrated Cretaceous–Cenozoic plate tectonics and structural geology in southern Mexico / Rod Graham, James Pindell, Diego Villagómez, Roberto Molina-Garza, James Granath and Maria Sierra-Rojas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 285-314, 24 November 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2020-70 --- Illite 40Ar–39Ar dating of Eocene deformation in the Chiapas Fold and Thrust Belt, southern Mexico / Rogelio Hernández-Vergara, Elisa Fitz-Díaz, Gilles Brocard and Dante Jaime Morán-Zenteno / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 315-341, 11 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2020-75 --- Tectonic terranes underlying the present-day Caribbean plate: their tectonic origin, sedimentary thickness, subsidence histories and regional controls on hydrocarbon resources / Sean Romito and Paul Mann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 343-377, 27 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-221 --- Integration of tectonic geomorphology and crustal structure across the active obliquely collisional zone on the island of Hispaniola, northeastern Caribbean / Lei Sun, Paul Mann and Dale E. Bird / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 379-400, 8 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-242 --- Regional hydrocarbon potential of the northeastern Caribbean based on integration of sediment thickness and source rock maturity data / Travis Tillman and Paul Mann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 401-436, 16 November 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-244 --- Stratigraphy and structure of regionally-isolated hydrocarbon occurrences in the Azua Basin, south-central Dominican Republic (Northeastern Caribbean) / Paul Mann and Stephen Pierce / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 437-478, 16 November 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-241 --- New constraints on the tectonosedimentary evolution of the offshore San Pedro Basin (southeastern Dominican Republic): implications for its hydrocarbon potential / J. M. Gorosabel-Araus, J. L. Granja-Bruña, A. Gallego-Mingo, L. Gómez de la Peña, A. Rodríguez-Zurrunero, R. Mas, A. Carbó-Gorosabel and J. Navarro-Comet / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 479-505, 5 August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-224 --- Cretaceous geology and tectonic assembly of Jamaica / Simon F. Mitchell / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 507-547, 2 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2019-210 --- Foldout maps --- The basins and orogens of the Southern Gulf of Mexico map / Ian Steel and Ian Davison / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 557-558, 14 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2020-2 --- Map of the geology of the Northern Caribbean and the Greater Antillean Arc / Ian Steel and Ian Davison / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 504, 559-560, 14 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP504-2020-3

Description / Table of Contents: Pannotia to Pangaea: Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic Orogenic Cycles in the Circum-Atlantic Region: A celebration of the career of Damian Nance / J. Brendan Murphy, Robin A. Strachan and Cecilio Quesada / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 1-11, 11 November 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-213 --- Pannotia: in defence of its existence and geodynamic significance / J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, Peter A. Cawood, William J. Collins, Wei Dan, Luc S. Doucet, Philip J. Heron, Zheng-Xiang Li, Ross N. Mitchell, Sergei Pisarevsky, Peir K. Pufahl, Cecilio Quesada, Christopher J. Spencer, Rob A. Strachan and Lei Wu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 13-39, 27 August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-96 --- Pannotia's mantle signature: the quest for supercontinent identification / Philip J. Heron, J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance and R. N. Pysklywec / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 41-61, 8 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-7 --- Pannotia under prosecution / David A. D. Evans / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 63-81, 13 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-182 --- Paleozoic plate kinematics during the Pannotia–Pangaea supercontinent cycle / Uwe Kroner, Tobias Stephan, Rolf L. Romer and Marco Roscher / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 83-104, 9 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-15 --- Cusp tectonics: an Ediacaran megakarst landscape and bidirectional mass slides in a Pan-African syntaxis (NW Namibia) / Paul F. Hoffman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 105-142, 20 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2019-253 --- Tonian–Ediacaran tectonomagmatic evolution of West Avalonia and its Ediacaran–early Cambrian interactions with Ganderia: an example of complex terrane transfer due to arc–arc collision? / C. R. van Staal, S. M. Barr, P. J. A. McCausland, M. D. Thompson and C. E. White / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 143-167, 5 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-23 --- 100 myr cycles of oceanic lithosphere generation in peri-Gondwana: Neoproterozoic–Devonian ophiolites from the NW African–Iberian margin of Gondwana and the Variscan Orogen / Ricardo Arenas, Sonia Sánchez Martínez, Richard Albert, Faouziya Haissen, Javier Fernández-Suárez, Núria Pujol-Solà, Pilar Andonaegui, Rubén Díez Fernández, Joaquín A. Proenza, Antonio Garcia-Casco and Axel Gerdes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 169-184, 22 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-3 --- The Dobra Gneiss and the Drosendorf Unit in the southeastern Bohemian Massif, Austria: West Amazonian crust in the heart of Europe / Martin Lindner, Wolfgang Dörr, Daniel Reither and Fritz Finger / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 185-207, 20 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2019-232 --- From Pan-African Transpression to Cadomian Transtension at the West African Margin: New U–Pb zircon Ages from the Eastern Saghro Inlier (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) / Ezzoura Errami, Ulf Linnemann, Mandy Hofmann, Andreas Gärtner, Johannes Zieger, Jessica Gärtner, Katja Mende, Jamal El Kabouri, Dominique Gasquet and Nasser Ennih / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 209-233, 14 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-105 --- Lithostratigraphic and structural data from Hardangervidda, southern Norway supporting extended interaction between Avalonia and Baltica / Arild Andresen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 235-250, 10 November 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-79 --- Early­­­­–Middle Ordovician sedimentation and bimodal volcanism at the margin of Iapetus: the Trollhøtta–Kinna Basin of the central Norwegian Caledonides / Bjørgunn H. Dalslåen, Deta Gasser, Tor Grenne, Lars E. Augland and Arild Andresen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 251-277, 7 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-37 --- Late Neoproterozoic–Silurian tectonic evolution of the Rödingsfjället Nappe Complex, orogen-scale correlations and implications for the Scandian suture / Trond Slagstad, Kerstin Saalmann, Chris L. Kirkland, Anne B. Høyen, Bergliot K. Storruste, Nolwenn Coint, Christian Pin, Mogens Marker, Terje Bjerkgård, Allan Krill, Arne Solli, Rognvald Boyd, Tine Larsen Angvik and Rune B. Larsen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 279-304, 26 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-10 --- Caledonian and Pre-Caledonian orogenic events in Shetland, Scotland: evidence from garnet Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd geochronology / S. Walker, A. F. Bird, M. F. Thirlwall and R. A. Strachan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 305-331, 14 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-32 --- Tectonic history across the Iapetus suture zone in Ireland / Brian McConnell, Nancy Riggs and Tobias Fritschle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 333-345, 23 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2019-233 --- A slab failure origin for the Donegal composite batholith, Ireland as indicated by trace-element geochemistry / Donnelly B. Archibald and J. Brendan Murphy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 347-370, 29 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-6 --- Tectonic evolution of Anglesey and adjacent mainland North Wales / D. I. Schofield, A. G. Leslie, P. R. Wilby, R. Dartnall, J. W. F. Waldron and R. S. Kendall / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 371-390, 8 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-9 --- Petrogenesis of Siluro-Devonian rhyolites of the Tobique Group in the northwestern Appalachians (northern New Brunswick, Canada): tectonic implications for the accretion history of peri-Gondwanan terranes along the Laurentian margin / Jaroslav Dostal, Reginald A. Wilson and Pierre Jutras / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 391-407, 1 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2019-229 --- Arc and slab-failure magmatism of the Taconic Orogeny, western New England, USA / Robert S. Hildebrand and Joseph B. Whalen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 409-422, 29 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2019-247 --- Evolution of late Paleozoic shearing in the Cobequid Highlands: constraints on the fragmentation of the Appalachian Orogen in Nova Scotia along intra-continental shear zones / David J. W. Piper and Georgia Pe-Piper / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 423-442, 20 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2019-239 --- Structure and stratigraphy in the Pennsylvanian tectonic zone of southern New Brunswick, Canada: the ‘Maritime coastal disturbance’ revisited / Adrian F. Park and Steven J. Hinds / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 443-468, 9 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2019-234 --- Gondwanan fragments in the southern Appalachians / A. J. Dennis, B. V. Miller, J. P. Hibbard, E. Tappa and R. C. Thunell / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 469-480, 27 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2019-249 --- Permian igneous clasts from the Matzitzi Formation, southern Mexico: isotopic constraints on the final amalgamation of Pangaea / Sandra Juárez-Zúñiga, Luigi A. Solari and Carlos Ortega-Obregón / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 481-496, 22 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2019-238 --- Updated geochronology and isotope geochemistry of the Vila de Cruces Ophiolite: a case study of a peri-Gondwanan back-arc ophiolite / Sonia Sánchez Martínez, Ricardo Arenas, Richard Albert, Axel Gerdes and Javier Fernández-Suárez / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 497-530, 29 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-8 --- Reconstructing the pre-Variscan puzzle of Cambro-Ordovician basement rocks in the southwestern European margin of Gondwana / J. Javier Álvaro, Josep Maria Casas and Cecilio Quesada / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 531-562, 29 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-89 --- Neoproterozoic–paleozoic detrital sources in the Variscan foreland of northern Iberia: primary v. recycled sediments / G. Gutiérrez-Alonso, A. López-Carmona, E. Núñez-Guerrero, A. Martínez García, J. Fernández-Suárez, D. Pastor-Galán, J. C. Gutiérrez-Marco, E. Bernárdez, J. R. Colmenero, M. Hofmann and U. Linnemann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 563-588, 27 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-21 --- Geochronology of the Iberian Pyrite Belt and the Sierra Norte Batholith: lower plate magmatism during supercontinent amalgamation? / Lori E. Paslawski, James A. Braid, Cecilio Quesada and C. M. McFarlane / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 589-617, 22 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-5 --- Isotope geochemistry evidence for Laurussian-type sources of South Portuguese Zone Carboniferous turbidites (Variscan Orogeny) / Manuel Francisco Pereira, Cristina Gama, Ícaro Dias da Silva, José Manuel Fuenlabrada, José Brandão Silva and Jorge Medina / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 619-642, 20 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2019-163

Description / Table of Contents: 10 March 2021 --- Permian lamprophyres from the Western Carpathians: a review / Ján Spišiak, Lucia Vetráková, David Chew, Štefan Ferenc, Viera Šimonová, Juraj Butek and Tomáš Mikuš / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 513, 10 March 2021, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP513-2020-237 --- 9 February 2021 --- Mesoproterozoic 40Ar-39Ar ages of some lamproites from the Cuddapah Basin and Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India: implications for diamond provenance of the Banganapalle Conglomerates, age of the Kurnool Group and Columbia tectonics / Alok Kumar, Debojit Talukdar, N. V. Chalapathi Rao, R. Burgess and B. Lehmann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 513, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP513-2020-247 --- 27 January 2021 --- The story of post-Variscan lamprophyres of the Bohemian Massif: from ultramafic (Upper Cretaceous–Palaeocene) to alkaline (Eocene–Oligocene) types / J. Ulrych, L. Krmíček, J. Adamovič and S. Krmíčková / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 513, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP513-2020-233 --- Porphyry Cu-Au±Mo mineralization hosted by potassic igneous rocks: implications from the giant Peschanka porphyry deposit, Baimka Trend (North East Siberia, Russia) / Andrey F. Chitalin, Ivan A. Baksheev, Yurii N. Nikolaev, Georgy T. Djedjeya, Yuliya N. Khabibullina and Daniel Müller / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 513, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP513-2020-178 --- 26 January 2021 --- Petrology and Nd-Sr isotopic composition of alkaline lamprophyres from the Early to Late Cretaceous Mundwara alkaline complex, NW India: Evidence of crystal fractionation, accumulation and corrosion in a complex magma chamber plumbing system / Abhinay Sharma, Samarendra Sahoo, N. V. Chalapathi Rao, B. Belyatsky, P. Dhote and B. Lehmann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 513, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP513-2020-175 --- 25 January 2021 --- Paleoproterozoic metaluminous syenites synchronous with the c. 2.21 Ga mafic dyke swarms from the Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: implications for alkaline magmatism associated with the breakup of supercraton Superia / Ashutosh Pandey, N. V. Chalapathi Rao, Waliur Rahaman, Vikas Seth and Samarendra Sahoo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 513, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP513-2020-92

Description / Table of Contents: Celebration of the centenary of the first female Fellows: introduction / Cynthia Veronica Burek and Bettie Matheson Higgs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 1-14, 23 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2020-190 --- Female medal and fund recipients of the Geological Society of London: a historical perspective / Cynthia V. Burek / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 15-32, 25 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-190 --- Margaret Chorley Crosfield, FGS: the very first female Fellow of the Geological Society / C. V. Burek / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 33-53, 1 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-209 --- Ladies with hammers – exploring a social paradox in early nineteenth-century Britain / M. Kölbl-Ebert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 55-62, 20 August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-193 --- Collecting women in geology: opening the international case of a Scottish ‘cabinétière’, Eliza Gordon Cumming (c. 1798–1842) / Mary Orr / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 63-73, 25 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-205 --- Female aristocrats in the natural history world before the establishment of the Geological Society of London / Consuelo Sendino and Julian Porter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 75-95, 7 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-164 --- Scientists, collectors and illustrators: the roles of women in the Palaeontographical Society / Elsa Panciroli, Patrick N. Wyse Jackson and Peter R. Crowther / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 97-116, 3 November 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2020-98 --- Maria Graham and the Chilean earthquake of 1822: contextualizing the first female-authored article in Transactions of the Geological Society / Carl Thompson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 117-124, 21 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2020-22 --- Female students of geology in Victorian Dublin / Susan Hegarty / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 125-133, 13 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-222 --- Mabel Elizabeth Tomlinson and Isabel Ellie Knaggs: two overlooked early female Fellows of the Geological Society / Cynthia V. Burek / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 135-156, 4 November 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-235 --- Gertrude Elles: the pioneering graptolite geologist in a woolly hat. Her career, achievements and personal reflections from her family and colleagues / J. Tubb and C. V. Burek / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 157-169, 4 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-203 --- Eileen Mary Lind Hendriks (1887–1978), whose meticulous research resolved the Paleozoic stratigraphy and structure of SW England / John D. Mather and Jennifer A. Bennett / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 171-185, 20 August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-194 --- Two for the price of one: Doris Livesey Reynolds (1899–1985) / Cherry L. E. Lewis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 187-200, 13 November 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-162 --- Dr Dorothy Helen Rayner FGS (1912–2003): vertebrate palaeontologist and academic / Patrick J. Boylan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 201-214, 17 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2020-44 --- A pioneering geophysicist: Rosemary Hutton / Bruce A. Hobbs and Alan G. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 215-229, 25 September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-211 --- Understanding the Earth: the contribution of Marie Tharp / Bettie Matheson Higgs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 231-243, 12 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-248 --- Buried discoveries of early female petroleum geologists / Robbie Rice Gries / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 245-260, 21 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-216 --- Women at the dawn of diamond discovery in Siberia or how two women discovered the Siberian diamond province / Ekaterina S. Kiseeva and Rishat N. Yuzmukhametov / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 261-276, 21 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2020-11 --- Far-flung female (and fossil bone hunting) Fellows: an autoethnographical approach / Susan Turner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 506, 277-302, 12 November 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP506-2019-225

Description / Table of Contents: 8 March 2021 --- Non-pollen palynomorphs in freshwater sediments and their palaeolimnological potential and selected applications / Francine M. G. McCarthy, Paul M. Pilkington, Olena Volik, Autumn Heyde and Scott L. Cocker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511, 8 March 2021, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP511-2020-109 --- Testate amoebae as non-pollen palynomorphs in pollen slides: usefulness and application in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction / L. O. Andrews, R. J. Payne and G. T. Swindles / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511, 8 March 2021, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP511-2020-34 --- 5 March 2021 --- Coprophilous fungal spores: non-pollen palynomorphs for the study of past megaherbivores / Eline N. van Asperen, Angelina Perrotti and Ambroise Baker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511, 5 March 2021, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP511-2020-41 --- 29 January 2021 --- Early land plant phytodebris / Charles H. Wellman and Alexander C. Ball / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511, 29 January 2021, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP511-2020-36 --- 22 January 2021 --- An overview of techniques applied to the extraction of non-pollen palynomorphs, their known taphonomic issues and recommendations to maximize recovery / Matthew J. Pound, Jennifer M. K. O'Keefe and Fabienne Marret / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511, 22 January 2021, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP511-2020-40 --- 11 January 2021 --- Non-pollen palynomorphs in deep time: unravelling the evolution of early eukaryotes / Heda Agić and Phoebe A. Cohen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP511-2020-223 --- 8 January 2021 --- Stratigraphic and sedimentological aspects of the worldwide distribution of Apectodinium in Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum deposits / Christopher N. Denison / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP511-2020-46 --- 17 December 2020 --- Marine dinocysts, acritarchs and less well-known NPP: tintinnids, ostracod and foraminiferal linings, copepod and worm remains / P. J. Mudie, F. Marret, P. R. Gurdebeke, J. D. Hartman and P. C. Reid / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP511-2020-55