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NIKOS SKARPELIS, BASILIOS TSIKOURAS, and GEORGIA PE-PIPER

The Miocene igneous rocks in the Basal Unit of Lavrion (SE Attica, Greece): petrology and geodynamic implications
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 1-15. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

JIH-PAI LIN, WILLIAM I. AUSICH, YUAN-LONG ZHAO, and JIN PENG

Taphonomy, palaeoecological implications, and colouration of Cambrian gogiid echinoderms from Guizhou Province, China
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 17-36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. ALDANMAZ, M. K. YALINIZ, A. GÜCTEKIN, and M. C. GÖNCÜOGLU

Geochemical characteristics of mafic lavas from the Neotethyan ophiolites in western Turkey: implications for heterogeneous source contribution during variable stages of ocean crust generation
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 37-54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RUDY LEROSEY-AUBRIL, RAIMUND FEIST, and BRIAN D. E. CHATTERTON

The ontogeny and systematics of the otarionine trilobite Otarionella from the Devonian of the Montagne Noire, France and the Maider, Morocco
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 55-71. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

GIORGIO CARNEVALE

Miniature deep-sea hatchetfish (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) from the Miocene of Italy
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 73-84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RAFAL TYSZKA, RYSZARD KRYZA, JAN A. ZALASIEWICZ, and ALEXANDER N. LARIONOV

Multiple Archaean to Early Palaeozoic events of the northern Gondwana margin witnessed by detrital zircons from the Radzimowice Slates, Kaczawa Complex (Central European Variscides)
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 85-93. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

YI-MING GONG, GUANG R. SHI, ELIZABETH A. WELDON, YUAN-SHENG DU, and RAN XU

Pyrite framboids interpreted as microbial colonies within the Permian Zoophycos spreiten from southeastern Australia
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 95-103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. I. WHITESIDE and J. E. A. MARSHALL

The age, fauna and palaeoenvironment of the Late Triassic fissure deposits of Tytherington, South Gloucestershire, UK
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 105-147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

Rob Butler

LACOMBE, O., LAVE, J., ROURE, F. & VERGES, J. (eds) 2007. Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins. From Fold Kinematics to Hydrocarbon Systems. xxiii + 491 pp.: Berlin, Heidelberg, Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag. Price Euros 149.95, SFr 246.00, US $199.00, £115.50 (hard covers). ISBN 9783 540 69425 0.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 149. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. J. B. Holland

STUWE, K. 2007. Geodynamics of the Lithosphere, 2nd ed. xiv + 493 pp.: Berlin, Heidelberg, Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag. Price Euros 89.95, SFr 147.50, US $119.00, £69.00 (hard covers). ISBN 9783 540 71236 7.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 149-150. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul M. Barrett

BENTON, M. J., COOK, E. & HOOKER, J. J. 2005. Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain.: Geological Convervation Review Series no. 32. xvi + 215 pp. Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Price £55.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 86107 480 8.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 150. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas Palmer

LUCAS, S. G., CASSINIS, G. & SCHNEIDER, J. W. (eds) 2006. Non-Marine Permian Biostratigraphy and Bio-chronology.: Geological Society Special Publication no. 265. v + 344 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £85.00, US $153.00; GSL members’ price £42.50, US $77.00; AAPG/SEPM/GSA/RAS/ EFG/PESGB members’ price £51.00, US $92.00 (hard covers). ISBN 9781 86239 206 9.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 150-151. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nigel Woodcock

DAVIES, J. R., SHEPPARD, T. H., WATERS, R. A. & WILSON, D. 2006. Geology of the Llangranog District – a brief explanation of the geological map.: Sheet Explanation of the British Geological Survey, 1:50 000 Sheet 194 Llangranog (England and Wales). ii + 38 pp. Keyworth: British Geological Survey. Price £9.00 (paperback); including map £18.00. ISBN 978 0852 72566 5. • BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2006. Llangranog. England and Wales Sheet 194. Bedrock and Superficial Deposits. 1:50 000. Keyworth: British Geological Survey. Price £12 (folded and cased); including Sheet Explanation £18.00. ISBN 0 7518 3447 5 (flat); 0 7518 3448 3 (folded and cased). • DAVIES, J. R., SCHOFIELD, D. I., SHEPPARD, T. H., WATERS, R. A., WILLIAMS, M. & WILSON, D. 2006. Geology of the Lampeter District – a brief explanation of the geological map. Sheet Explanation of the British Geological Survey, 1:50 000 Sheet 195 Lampeter (England and Wales). ii + 34 pp. Keyworth: British Geological Survey. Price £9.00 (paperback); including map £18.00. ISBN 978 0852 72565 8. • BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2006. Lampeter. England and Wales Sheet 195. Bedrock and Superficial Deposits. 1:50 000. Keyworth: British Geological Survey. Price £12 (folded and cased); including Sheet Explanation £18.00. ISBN 0 7518 3466 1 (flat); 0 7518 3467 X (folded and cased).
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 151. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian Metcalfe

ERWIN, D. H. 2006. Extinction. How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago.: ix + 296 pp. Princeton, Oxford: Princeton University Press. Price US $24.95 (hard covers). ISBN 0 691 00524 9.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 151-152. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Howard J. Falcon-Lang

BEERLING, D. 2007. The Emerald Planet. How Plants Changed Earth’s History.: xvi + 288 pp. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Price £14.99 (hard covers). ISBN 9780 19 280602 4.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 152-153. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. W. England

GEE, D. G. & STEPHENSON, R. A. (eds) 2006. European Lithosphere Dynamics.: Geological Society Memoir no. 32. vii + 662 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £70.00, US $126.00; GSL members’ price £35.00, US $63.00; AAPG/SEPM/ GSA/RAS/EFG/PESGB members’ price £42.00, US $76.00 (hard covers). ISBN 9781 86239 212 0.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 153. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

George Wolff

BURDIGE, D. J. 2006. Geochemistry of Marine Sediments.: xix + 609 pp. Princeton, Woodstock: Princeton University Press. Price £55.00, US $85.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 691 09506 X.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 153. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian Bell

BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2005. Glen Coe. Bedrock. 1:25 000 Geology Series.: Keyworth: British Geological Survey. Price £12.00; book and map pack £22.00. ISBN 0 7518 3299 5 flat; 0 7518 3300 2 folded and cased. • KOKELAAR, B. P. & MOORE, I. D. 2006. Classical Areas of British Geology: Glencoe Caldera Volcano, Scotland. x + 127 pp. Keyworth: British Geological Survey. Price £15.00 (paperback); book and map pack £22.00. ISBN 9780852 725252.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 153-154. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas Palmer

NEUENDORF, K. K. E., MEHL, J. P., JR & JACKSON, J. A. (eds) 2005. Glossary of Geology,: 5th ed. xiii + 779 pp. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. Price Euros 99.95 (net price), £77.00 (hard covers). ISBN 3 540 27951 2.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 154. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. W. England

BUSBY, J. P., WALKER, A. S. D. & ROLLIN, K. E. 2006. Regional Geophysics of South-east England.: Version 1.0 on CD-ROM. Keyworth: British Geological Survey. Price £25.00. • KIMBELL, G. S., CARRUTHERS, R. M., WALKER, A. S. D. & WILLIAMSON, J. P. 2006. Regional Geophysics of Southern Scotland and Northern England. Version 1.0 on CD-ROM. Keyworth: British Geological Survey. Price £25.00.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 154-155. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon K. Haslett

ATWATER, B. F., MUSUMI-ROKKAKU, S., SATAKE, K., TSUJI, Y., UEDA, K. & YAMAGUCHI, D. K. 2005. The Orphan Tsunami of 1700. Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in North America.: vii + 133 pp. United States Geological Survey and University of Washington Press. Price US $24.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 295 98535 6.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 155. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rich Mooi

BARRAS, C. G. 2006. British Jurassic Irregular Echinoids.: Palaeontographical Society Monographs 159 (no. 625). 273 pp. + 14 plates. London: The Palaeontographical Society. Price £130 plus p+p (paperback). ISSN 0269-3445.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 155-156. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Wright

SCHLAGER, W. 2005. Carbonate Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy.: SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology Series no. 8. viii + 200 pp. Tulsa: SEPM. Price US $55.00 (members); US $77.00 (non-members); hard covers. ISBN 1 56576 116 2.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 156. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas Palmer

MIKULIC, D. G., LANDING, E. & KLUESSENDORF, J. (eds) 2007. Fabulous Fossils. 300 years of Worldwide Research on Trilobites.: v + 248 pp. Albany: New York State Museum. Price US $19.95 (paperback). ISBN 1 55557 235 9.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 157. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nigel Woodcock

ROWLAND, S. M., DUEBENDORFER, E. M. & SCHIEFELBEIN, I. M. 2007. Structural Analysis & Synthesis. A Laboratory Course in Structural Geology, 3rd ed.: xii + 300 pp. Maldon, Oxford, Carlton: Blackwell Publishing. Price £24.95 (spiral-bound paperback). ISBN 1 4051 1652 8.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 157. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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