The Mesozoic, perhaps representing the longest period of warmth during Phanerozoic Earth
history, contains in general sparse and frequently equivocal evidence for polar ice. Although …

Glaciations have occurred episodically at different time intervals and for different durations in
Earth's history. Ice covers have formed in a wide range of plate tectonic and structural …

Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and
accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource. In …

The study and interpretation of the textures, sedimentary structures, fossils, and lithologic
associations of sedimentary rocks on the scale of an outcrop, well section, or small segment …

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

Deltas are discrete shoreline protuberances formed where a river enters a standing body of
water and supplies sediments more rapidly than they can be redistributed by basinal …

The 'Snowball Earth'model of Hoffman et al.[Science 281 (1998) 1342] has stimulated
renewed interest in the causes of glaciation in Earth history and the sedimentary …

The unique and evolving nature of the Precambrian geological environment in many ways
was responsible for significant differences between Precambrian clastic sedimentary …

Sediments are the most valuable form of physical evidence for past Earth surface processes.
They have the potential to build up an archive of events and provide a window into the past …

The characteristics of ice-contact glaciomarine systems are reviewed, based on a range of
Weichselian and Holocene examples from the fjordal basins in Norway and Svalbard. These …