The landscapes and seascapes of Earth's surface provide the theatre for life, but to what
extent did the actors build the stage? The role of life in the long-term shaping of the …

Now enhanced with colour photographs and illustrations, this thoroughly revised fourth
edition of Sedimentary Structures enhances its status as a major textbook in geology. Since …

Lithological indicators of climate, such as coals, evaporites, bauxites, and tillites, can be
used to map the past position of the major climatic zones (Humid Tropics, Dry Subtropics …

The pedogenic carbonates found in Pleistocene units of the coastal Brazilian Pampa,
informally designated as 'Caliche Cordão', include rhizocretions, soft masses and isolated or …

Foreland sedimentation in the Subandean Zone of south-central Bolivia spans from the
Upper Oligocene to present. It records sediment dispersal patterns in an initially distal and …

Although various episodes of wet Quaternary climates have been suggested in studies of
the Negev Desert, here we demonstrate that Reg soils, developed on flat alluvial surfaces …

Upper Permian and Lower Triassic palaeosols from northeastern Tethyan localities exposed
within the Bogda Mountains, NW China, provide a wealth of information regarding long-term …

Long-term paleovegetational records from continental settings help in comprehending
regional and global forcing on the abundance of C 3-C 4 plants in the past. The carbon …

Southern Africa presents the best-documented Middle and Later Stone Age (MSA and LSA)
records in Africa, and yet significant uncertainties still exist concerning the sequence and …

Skulls and limb bones of reptiles from Mid‐Triassic rocks in southern Brazil show striking
morphological and volumetric differences among specimens from the same taxonomic …