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T. GRENNE, R. B. PEDERSEN, T. BJERKGÅRD, A. BRAATHEN, M. G. SELASSIE, and T. WORKU

Neoproterozoic evolution of Western Ethiopia: igneous geochemistry, isotope systematics and U–Pb ages
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 373-395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. D. FRANK, L. C. KAH, and T. W. LYONS

Changes in organic matter production and accumulation as a mechanism for isotopic evolution in the Mesoproterozoic ocean
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 397-420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

UWE RING, CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, RALF HETZEL, and KLAUS GESSNER

Tectonic denudation of a Late Cretaceous–Tertiary collisional belt: regionally symmetric cooling patterns and their relation to extensional faults in the Anatolide belt of western Turkey
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 421-441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. J. ROBERTS, T. H. TORSVIK, T. B. ANDERSEN, and E. F. REHNSTRÖM

The Early Carboniferous Magerøy dykes, northern Norway: palaeomagnetism and palaeogeography
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 443-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BARBARA CLEGG and RICHARD ENGLAND

Velocity structure of the UK continental shelf from a compilation of wide-angle and refraction data
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 453-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

THOMAS NIX and SUSANNE FEIST-BURKHARDT

New methods applied to the microstructure analysis of Messel oil shale: confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM)
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 469-478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

LESLIE F. NOÈ, JEFF LISTON, and MARK EVANS

The first relatively complete exoccipital-opisthotic from the braincase of the Callovian pliosaur, Liopleurodon
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 479-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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David James

EVANS, D., GRAHAM, C., ARMOUR, A. & BATHURST, P. (editors and compilers) 2003.The Millennium Atlas: Petroleum Geology of the Central and Northern North Sea.: 389 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £248 (book plus CD set); book only –£199; CD only – £199; hard covers, large format. ISBN 1 86239 119 X.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 487. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Norman

CLACK, J. A. 2002.Gaining Ground. The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods.: ix + 369 pp. Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. Price £37.95 (hard covers). ISBN 0 253 34054 3.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 487-488. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick N. Wyse Jackson

OLDROYD, D. R. (ed.) 2002.The Earth Inside and Out: Some Major Contributions to Geology in the Twentieth Century.: Geological Society Special Publication no. 192. vi + 369 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £85.00, US $142.00; members’ price £42.50, US $71.00; AAPG members’ price £51.00, US $85.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 86239 096 7.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 488-489. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nigel Woodcock

HOLDSWORTH, R. E. & TURNER, J. P. (eds) 2002.Extensional Tectonics: Regional-Scale Processes.: Key Issues in Earth Sciences Series Volume 2, part 1. v + 344 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £27.50, US $46.00 (paperback). ISBN 1 86239 114 9. • HOLDSWORTH, R. E. & TURNER, J. P. (eds) 2002. Extensional Tectonics: Faulting and Related Processes. Key Issues in Earth Sciences Series Volume 2, part 2. vi + 322 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £27.50, US $46.00 (paperback). ISBN 1 86239 115 7.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 489-490. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew C. Scott

GENSEL, P. G. & EDWARDS, D. (eds) 2001.Plants Invade the Land. Evolutionary & Environmental Perspectives.: Critical Moments & Perspectives in Paleobiology and Earth History Series. xi + 304 pp. New York: Columbia University Press. Price £46.50 (hard covers). ISBN 0231 11160 6.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 490-491. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon Conway Morris

MEMBERS OF THE DORSET GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION GROUP. 2003.Coast and Country Geology Walks in and around Dorset (including excursions within the World Heritage Site).: 208 pp. Price £7.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 9544354 00. Copies available from Alan Holiday, 7 Whitecross Drive, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9PA, England.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 491. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom McCann

FRANKE, W., HAAK, V., ONCKEN, O. & TANNER, D. (eds) 2000.Orogenic Processes: Quantification and Modelling in the Variscan Belt.: Geological Society Special Publication no. 179. vi + 459 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £85.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 86239 073 8.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 491-492. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Wheeler

DE MEER, S., DRURY, M. R., DE BRESSER, J. H. P. & PENNOCK, G. M. (eds) 2002.Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: Current Status and Future Perspectives.: Geological Society Special Publication no. 200. viii + 416 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £100.00, US $167.00; members’ price £50.00, US $83.00; AAPG members’ price £60.00, US $100.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 86239 117 3.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 492-493. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Haines

CERVENY, V. 2001.Seismic Ray Theory.: viii + 713 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £90.00, US $130.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 521 36671 2.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 493. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nigel Woodcock

WINCHESTER, J. A., PHARAOH, T. C. & VERNIERS, J. (eds) 2002.Palaeozoic Amalgamation of Central Europe.: Geological Society Special Publication no. 201. vi + 353 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £85.00, US $142.00; members’ price £42.50, US $71.00; AAPG members’ price £51.00, US $85.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 86239 118 1.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 493-494. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alex Bevan

PEUCKER-EHRENBRINK, B. & SCHMITZ, B. (eds) 2001.Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth’s History.: xxvi + 466 pp. New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. Price Euros 126.50, US $110.00, £77.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 306 46689 9.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 494. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew C. Scott

THOMAS, L. 2002.Coal Geology.: xi + 384 pp. Chichester, Hoboken NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Price £100.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 471 48531 4.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 494-495. [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. G. Nisbet

BURROUGHS, W. J. 2001.Climate Change. A Multidisciplinary Approach.: xv + 298 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £52.50, US $85.00 (hard covers); £18.95, US $29.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 521 56125 6; 0 521 56771 8 (pb). • RUDDIMAN, W. F. 2001. Earth’s Climate. Past and Future. xxii + 465 pp. New York: W. H. Freeman & Company. Price £45.99 (paperback). ISBN 0 7167 3741 8.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 495-496. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew C. Scott

JURECZKA, J. & PODEMSKI, M. (eds) 2002.Proceedings of the IV European Coal Conference, September 26–28, 2000, Ustrón, Poland.: Polish Geological Institute Special Papers Volume 7. 280 pp. Warsaw: Polish Geological Institute. Price not stated. No ISBN.
Geological Magazine 2003 140: 496. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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