Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related Continental Deposits

The study of palaeoweathering provides vital clues about past continental environments, the correlation of sedimentary deposits and processes such as the rate and timing of uplift and erosion. This volume (based partly on research presented at IGCP 317 Palaeoweathering Records and Palaeosurfaces) contains contributions that use both geochemical and physical approaches to the study of palaeoweathering problems. The former are particularly relevant to our understanding of past climates and climate change; the latter have applications in the understanding of mass balance between rates of erosion and deposition. Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related Continental Deposits illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of the subject, the diversity of techniques and, above all, the vital contribution the subject makes to the reconstruction of ancient continental environments. This book will be of great value to sedimentologists, soil scientists and geomorphologists. If you are a member of the International Association of Sedimentologists, for purchasing details, please see: iasnet.org/publications/details.asp?code=SP27

The study of palaeoweathering provides vital clues about pastcontinental environments, the correlation of sedimentary depositsand processes such as the rate and timing of uplift and erosion.This volume (based partly on research presented at IGCP 317Palaeoweathering Records and Palaeosurfaces) contains contributionsthat use both geochemical and physical approaches to the study ofpalaeoweathering problems. The former are particularly relevant toour understanding of past climates and climate change; the latterhave applications in the understanding of mass balance betweenrates of erosion and deposition.Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related ContinentalDeposits illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of the subjectthe diversity of techniques and, above all, the vital contributionthe subject makes to the reconstruction of ancient continentalenvironments. This book will be of great value to sedimentologistssoil scientists and geomorphologists.If you are a member of the International Association ofSedimentologists, for purchasing details, please see:iasnet.org/publications/details.asp?code=SP27

Introduction.Problems, progress and future research concerningpalaeoweatherings and palaeosurfaces.Geochemistry and isotopes.Weathering, rainwater, and atmosphere chemistry: example andmodelling of granite weathering, in present conditions, in aCO2-rich, and in an anoxic palaeoatmosphere.Stable carbon isotopes in palaeosol carbonates.Palaeoenvironment, palaeoclimate and stable carbon isotopes ofPalaezoic red bed palaeosols, Appalachian Basin, USA andCanada.Peculiar palaeoweathering types.Diversity of the continental silicifications: Examples from theCainozoic deposits in the Paris Basin and neighbouringbasement.Authigenic clay minerals in continental evaporiticenvironments.Saprolite-bauxite facies of ferralitic duricrusts onpalaeosurfaces of former Pangea.Karst bauxites: interfingering of deposition andpalaeoweathering.Precambrian palaeosols: a view from the Canadian shield.Regional palaeosurface and palaseoweatheringreconstructions.Palaeolandscape reconstruction of the Southwestern MassifCentral (France).Lateritization, geomorphology, and geodynamics of a passivecontinental margin: The Konkan and Kanara coastal lowlands ofwestern peninsular India.Relief features and palaeoweathering remnants in formerlyglaciated Scandinavian basement areas.Palaeosol sequences in floodplain environments: a hierarchicalapproach.Carbonate-rich palaesols in the upper Cretaceous/Lower Palaegeneseries of the Provence basin (France).Sedimentary infillings and development of major Tertiarypalaeodrainages of south-central Australia.Weathering surfaces, laterite-derived sediments, and associatedmineral deposits in NE-Africa.