ORIGINAL ARTICLES:

GUSTAVO G. VOLDMAN, GUILLERMO L. ALBANESI, and MARGARITA DO CAMPO

Conodont palaeothermometry of contact metamorphism in Middle Ordovician rocks from the Precordillera of western Argentina
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 449-462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

SHEN LIU, RUI-ZHONG HU, CAI-XIA FENG, HAI-BO ZOU, CAI LI, XIAO-GUO CHI, JIAN-TANG PENG, HONG ZHONG, LIANG QI, YOU-QIANG QI, and TAO WANG

Cenozoic high Sr/Y volcanic rocks in the Qiangtang terrane, northern Tibet: geochemical and isotopic evidence for the origin of delaminated lower continental melts
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 463-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

WU-XIAN LI, XIAN-HUA LI, and ZHENG-XIANG LI

Middle Neoproterozoic syn-rifting volcanic rocks in Guangfeng, South China: petrogenesis and tectonic significance
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 475-489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BJÖRN KRÖGER and ED LANDING

Onset of the Ordovician cephalopod radiation – evidence from the Rochdale Formation (middle Early Ordovician, Stairsian) in eastern New York
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 490-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

GIACOMO PROSSER, MARIO BENTIVENGA, MARINELLA A. LAURENZI, ALFREDO CAGGIANELLI, PIERFRANCESCO DELLINO, and DOMENICO DORONZO

Late Pliocene volcaniclastic products from Southern Apennines: distal witness of early explosive volcanism in the central Tyrrhenian Sea
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 521-536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

JIRÍ ZÁK, KRYSTOF VERNER, and PATRICIE TYCOVÁ

Multiple magmatic fabrics in plutons: an overlooked tool for exploring interactions between magmatic processes and regional deformation?
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 537-551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

GIANLUCA VIGNAROLI, FEDERICO ROSSETTI, THOMAS THEYE, and CLAUDIO FACCENNA

Styles and regimes of orogenic thickening in the Peloritani Mountains (Sicily, Italy): new constraints on the tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Apennine belt
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 552-569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CÜNEYT AKAL

K-richterite–olivine–phlogopite–diopside–sanidine lamproites from the Afyon volcanic province, Turkey
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 570-585. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RAPID COMMUNICATION:

MARTIN SCHMIEDER and ELMAR BUCHNER

Dating impact craters: palaeogeographic versus isotopic and stratigraphic methods – a brief case study
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 586-590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

DISCUSSION:

Discussion of ‘Tectonic subsidence v. erosional lowering in a controversial intramontane depression: the Jiloca basin (Iberian Chain, Spain)’
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 591-597. [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

James Jackson

DIXON, T. H. & MOORE, J. C. (eds) 2007. The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction Thrust Faults.: ix + 680 pp. New York: Columbia University Press. Price US $125.00, £73.50 (hard covers). ISBN 9780 231 13866 6.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 598. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas Palmer

NUDDS, J. R. & SELDEN, P. A. 2008. Fossil Ecosystems of North America. A Guide to the Sites and Their Extraordinary Biotas.: 288 pp. London: Manson Publishing (published in the USA by University of Chicago Press).£24.95 (paperback). ISBN 9781 84076 088 0.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 598-599. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. J. Boucot

HARPER, D. A. T. 2006. Brachiopods from the upper Ardmillan succession (Ordovician) of the Girvan District, Scotland. Part 3.: Palaeontographical Society Monographs 159 (no. 624), pp. 129–87; plates 23–33. London: The Palaeontographical Society. Price £70.00 plus p+p (paperback). ISSN 0269-3445.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 599. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Guest

CHAPMAN, M. (ed.) 2007. The Geology of Mars. Evidence from Earth-Based Analogs.: Cambridge Planetary Science Series. xiii + 460 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £75.00, US $135.00 (hard covers). ISBN 9780 521 83292 6.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 599. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon J. Kemp

JEANS, C. V. & MERRIMAN, R. J. (eds) 2006. Clay Minerals in Onshore and Offshore Strata of the British Isles: Origins and Clay Mineral Stratigraphy.: Reprinted from Clay Minerals – Journal of Fine Particle Science(2006), Volume 41 (1), pp. 1–550. London: The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Price £70.00 (members’ price £49.00); hard covers. No ISBN; ISSN 0009-8558.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 599-600. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan Imber

HANDY, M. R., HIRTH, G. & HOVIUS, N. (eds) 2007. Tectonic Faults. Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth.: Report of the 95th Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones, Berlin, January 16–21, 2005. xiii + 446 pp. Cambridge, London: MIT Press. Price £27.95 (hard covers). ISBN 9780 262 08362 1.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 600. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eelco J. Rohling

MURRAY, J. 2006. Ecology and Applications of Benthic Foraminifera.: xi + 426 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £80.00, US $150.00 (hard covers). ISBN 9780 521 82839 0.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 600-601. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Norman

HOLMAN, J. A. 2006. Fossil Salamanders of North America.: xv + 232 pp. Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. Price US $55.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 253 34732 7.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 601. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. W. England

LOWRIE, W. 2007. Fundamentals of Geophysics: 2nd ed. x + 381 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £70.00, US $140.00 (hard covers), £35.00, US $70.00 (paperback). ISBN 9780 521 85902 8; 9780 521 67596 3 (pb).
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 601-602. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard J. Butler

GASPARINI, Z., SALGADO, L. & CORIA, R. A. (eds) 2007. Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles.: xiii + 374 pp. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Price US $49.95 (hard covers). ISBN 9780 253 34857 9.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 602. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas Palmer

MCCARTHY, T. & RUBIDGE, B. 2005. The Story of Earth & Life. A Southern African Perspective on a 4.6-Billion-Year Journey.: 334 pp. Cape Town: Struik Publishers/Johnnic Publishing Group). Price 189.95 Rand (paperback). ISBN 1 77007 148 2.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 602-603. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rob Butler

ROBERTSON, A. H. F. & MOUNTRAKIS, D. (eds) 2006. Tectonic Development of the Eastern Mediterranean Region.: Geological Society Special Publication no. 260. vi + 717 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £100.00, US $180.00; GSL members’ price £50.00, US $90.00; AAPG/SEPM/GSA/ RAS/EFG/PESGB members’ price £60.00, US $108.00 (hard covers). ISBN 9781 86239 198 7. • MORATTI, G. & CHALOUAN, A. (eds) 2006. Tectonics of the Western Mediterranean and North Africa. Geological Society Special Publication no. 262. viii + 384 pp. + map in folder. 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 202 1.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 603. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allan Pring

O’DONOGHUE, M. (ed.) 2006. Gems, 6th ed.: xxix + 873 pp. Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier). Price US $135.00 (hard covers). ISBN 9780 750 65856 0. • DEDEYNE, R. & QUINTENS, I. 2007. Tables of Gemstone Identification. 309 pp. Gent: Glirico. Price Euros 89.00 (hard covers). ISBN 978 90 78768 01 2. • THOMAS, A. 2007. Gemstones. Properties, Identification and Use. 256 pp. London, Cape Town, Sydney, Auckland: New Holland Publishers. Price £14.99 (hard covers). ISBN 9781 84537 602 4. • SCHUMANN, W. 2007. Gemstones of the World, 3rd ed. 312 pp. New York: Sterling Publishing. Price £16.99, US $24.95 (hard covers). ISBN 9781 4027 4016 9.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 603-604. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Norman

MARTIN, A. J. 2006. Introduction to the Study of Dinosaurs, 2nd ed.: xvi + 560 pp. Malden, Oxford, Carlton: Blackwell Publishing. Price £39.99 (paperback). ISBN 1 4051 3413 5.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 604. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Graham Pearson

SHAW, D. M. 2006. Trace Elements in Magmas. A Theoretical Treatment.: xii + 243 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £60.00, US$110.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 521 82214 9.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 604-605. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adrian Rushton

AMBROSE, K., CARNEY, J. N., LOTT, G. K., WEIGHTMAN, G. & MCGRATH, A. 2007. Exploring the landscape of Charnwood Forest and Mountsorrel. A walker’s guide to the rocks and landscape of Charnwood Forest and Mountsorrel.: Booklet (52 pp.) in a wallet with a separate map. Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey. Price of pack £12. ISBN 9780 85272 570 2.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 605. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen E. Laubach

BOGGS, S., JR & KRINSLEY, D. 2006. Applications of Cathodoluminescence Imaging to the Study of Sedimentary Rocks.: ix + 165 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £65.00, US $120.00 (hard covers). ISBN 9780 521 85878 6.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 605-606. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Wheeler

HACKER, B. R., MCCLELLAND, W. C. & LIOU, J. G. (eds) 2006. Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism: Deep Continental Subduction.: GSA Special Paper no. 403. iii + 206 pp. Boulder: Geological Society of America. Price US $60.00; members’ price US $42.00 (paperback). ISBN 0 8137 2403 9.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 606. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bryony Youngs

RITTER, J. R. R. & CHRISTENSEN, U. R. (eds) 2007. Mantle Plumes. A Multidisciplinary Approach.: viii + 501 pp. Berlin, Heidelberg, Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag. Price Euros 149.95, SFr 246.00, US $199.00, £115.50 (hard covers). ISBN 9783 540 68045 1.
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 606-607. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles H. Lineweaver

SULLIVAN III, W. T. & BAROSS, J. A. (eds) 2007. Planets and Life. The Emerging Science of Astrobiology.: xxi + 604 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £80.00, US $150.00 (hard covers), £40.00, US $75.00 (paperback). ISBN 9780 521 82421 7; 9780 521 53102 3 (pb).
Geological Magazine 2008 145: 607. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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