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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2 4 ( 1 9 7 8 ) : 3 9 5 - - 3 9 6 © Elsevier Scientific Publishing C o m p a n y , A m s t e r d a m -- P r i n t e d in T h e N e t h e r l a n d s
Contents Volume 24, 1978 Research Papers D e p o s i t i o n a l s e t t i n g o f a Miocene m a m m a l assemblage, Sioux C o u n t y , N e b r a s k a (U.S.A.) R. M. H u n t , Jr. ( L i n c o l n , Nebr., U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 F o r a m i n i f e r a l assemblages as F l a n d r i a n p a l a e o e n v i r o n m e n t a l i n d i c a t o r s S. J. Culver and F. T. B a n n e r (Swansea, G r e a t Britain) . . . . . . . . . 53 A n e w fish h o r i z o n f r o m t h e Maltese M i o c e n e a n d its palaeoecological significance H. M. Pedley ( H o l l o w a y , G r e a t B r i t a i n ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Late Pleistocene p t e r o p o d - r i c h s e d i m e n t layer in t h e n o r t h e a s t A t l a n t i c a n d p r o t o c o n c h v a r i a t i o n of Clio pyramidata Linng 1767 L. Diester-Haass (Kiel, G e r m a n y G F R ) a n d S. van der Spoel ( A m s t e r d a m , The N e t h e r l a n d s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 A l t e r n a t i n g aeolian, s a b k h a a n d shallow-lake d e p o s i t s f r o m t h e Middle Triassic Gipsdalen F o r m a t i o n , S c o r e s b y Land, East G r e e n l a n d L. B. C l e m m e n s e n ( C o p e n h a g e n , D e n m a r k ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 C o n o d o n t assemblages: a n e w f u n c t i o n a l m o d e l V. H. Hitchings a n d A.T.S. R a m s a y (Swansea, G r e a t Britain) . . . . . . . 137 Paleosol caliche in t h e New Haven Arkose, N e w a r k G r o u p , C o n n e c t i c u t J. F. H u b e r t ( A m h e r s t , Mass., U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 T e r t i a r y climatic e v o l u t i o n a n d v e g e t a t i o n h i s t o r y in t h e S o u t h e a s t I n d i a n O c e a n region E. M. K e m p ( C a n b e r r a City, A.C.T., Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 P a l e o e n v i r o n m e n t a l analysis of a L o w e r P e r m i a n b o n e b e d a n d a d j a c e n t sediments, Wichita C o u n t y , Texas W. C. Parrish ( O k l a h o m a City, Okla., U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 In situ red b e d d e v e l o p m e n t b y t h e o x i d a t i o n of a u t h i g e n i c p y r i t e in a coastal depositional environment K. S. Czyscinski ( A t l a n t a , Ga., U.S.A.), J. B. Byrnes a n d G. W. P e d l o w III ( P i t t s b u r g h , Pa., U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 An early H o l o c e n e leaf flora f r o m Lake B o s u m t w i , G h a n a J. B. Hall, M. D. Swaine (Legon, G h a n a ) a n d M. R. T a l b o t (Leeds, G r e a t B r i t a i n ) . 247 P a l a e o m a g n e t i c ages of Late C r e t a c e o u s a n d T e r t i a r y w e a t h e r e d profiles in t h e E r o m a n g a Basin, Q u e e n s l a n d M. I d n u r m a n d B. R. S e n i o r ( C a n b e r r a , A.C.T., Australia) . . . . . . . . 263 Late Q u a t e r n a r y lake-level f l u c t u a t i o n s a n d e n v i r o n m e n t s of t h e n o r t h e r n Rift Valley a n d Afar region ( E t h i o p i a a n d D j i b o u t i ) F. Gasse ( F o n t e n a y - a u x - R o s e s , F r a n c e ) a n d F.A. S t r e e t ( O x f o r d , G r e a t Britain) . 279 P a l e o g e o g r a p h y a n d s e d i m e n t dispersal p a t t e r n s o f t h e P r o t e r o z o i c B h a n d e r G r o u p , Western India K. A k h t a r (Aligarh, India) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Discussion P a l e o l a t i t u d e s in t h e D e v o n i a n of Brazil a n d t h e F r a s n i a n - - F a m e n n i a n mass extinction -- Comments P. E. Isaacson ( A m h e r s t , Mass., U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reply P. C o p p e r ( S u d b u r y , Ont., Canada) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Book Reviews Palaeobiogeography b y C. A. Ross ( E d i t o r ) - - A. Hallam . . . . . . . . . The Science of Speleology b y T. D. F o r d a n d C. H. D. Cullingford ( E d i t o r s ) - -
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The Expanding Earth b y S. W. C a r e y - - H. G. O w e n . . . . . . . . . . . The Cretaceous System in the Western Interior o f North America b y W. G. E. Caldwell ( E d i t o r ) - - P. F. R a w s o n
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Geomorphology and Climate b y E. D e r b y s h i r e {Editor} - - M . A. J. Williams Fish Remains in Archaeology and Palaeo-Environmental Studies b y R. W. C a s t e e l - R. R. Miller
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Laterite and Landscape b y M. J. M c F a r l a n e - - A. F. T r e n d a l l . . . . . . . . Atlas o f Infrared Spectroscopy o f Clay Minerals and their Admixtures b y H. W. van der Marel a n d H. B e u t e l s p a c h e r -
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Calcareous Algae b y J. L. W r a y - - J. A. E. B. H u b b a r d . Conodont Paleoecology b y C. R. B a r n e s ( E d i t o r ) - - M. v a n Tree Rings and Climate b y H. C. F r i t t s - - T. T. K o z l o w s k i Stromatolites b y M. R. W a l t e r ( E d i t o r ) - - L. A. N a g y . . The Geology o f Olduvai Gorge. A Study o f Sedimentation b y R. L. H a y -
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Essai de caracterisation s~dimentologique des d~p~ts carbonates: 2, Elements d'interpr$tation b y E l f - A q u i t a i n e - - J . C. M. T a y l o r . . . . . . . . . . Pal~ontologie ~volutive. Collection de Biologie ~volutive b y J. R o g e r - C. B a b i n
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The Precambrian o f the Northern Hemisphere b y L. J. S a l o p - - D. B r i d g w a t e r . . 390 Foraminifera, Volume 2 b y R. H. H e d l e y a n d C. G. A d a m s ( E d i t o r s ) - - A. W. H. B e . 3 9 2
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2 4 ( 1 9 7 8 ) : 3 9 5 - - 3 9 6 © Elsevier Scientific Publishing C o m p a n y , A m s t e r d a m -- P r i n t e d in T h e N e t h e r l a n d s
Contents Volume 24, 1978 Research Papers D e p o s i t i o n a l s e t t i n g o f a Miocene m a m m a l assemblage, Sioux C o u n t y , N e b r a s k a (U.S.A.) R. M. H u n t , Jr. ( L i n c o l n , Nebr., U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 F o r a m i n i f e r a l assemblages as F l a n d r i a n p a l a e o e n v i r o n m e n t a l i n d i c a t o r s S. J. Culver and F. T. B a n n e r (Swansea, G r e a t Britain) . . . . . . . . . 53 A n e w fish h o r i z o n f r o m t h e Maltese M i o c e n e a n d its palaeoecological significance H. M. Pedley ( H o l l o w a y , G r e a t B r i t a i n ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Late Pleistocene p t e r o p o d - r i c h s e d i m e n t layer in t h e n o r t h e a s t A t l a n t i c a n d p r o t o c o n c h v a r i a t i o n of Clio pyramidata Linng 1767 L. Diester-Haass (Kiel, G e r m a n y G F R ) a n d S. van der Spoel ( A m s t e r d a m , The N e t h e r l a n d s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 A l t e r n a t i n g aeolian, s a b k h a a n d shallow-lake d e p o s i t s f r o m t h e Middle Triassic Gipsdalen F o r m a t i o n , S c o r e s b y Land, East G r e e n l a n d L. B. C l e m m e n s e n ( C o p e n h a g e n , D e n m a r k ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 C o n o d o n t assemblages: a n e w f u n c t i o n a l m o d e l V. H. Hitchings a n d A.T.S. R a m s a y (Swansea, G r e a t Britain) . . . . . . . 137 Paleosol caliche in t h e New Haven Arkose, N e w a r k G r o u p , C o n n e c t i c u t J. F. H u b e r t ( A m h e r s t , Mass., U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 T e r t i a r y climatic e v o l u t i o n a n d v e g e t a t i o n h i s t o r y in t h e S o u t h e a s t I n d i a n O c e a n region E. M. K e m p ( C a n b e r r a City, A.C.T., Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 P a l e o e n v i r o n m e n t a l analysis of a L o w e r P e r m i a n b o n e b e d a n d a d j a c e n t sediments, Wichita C o u n t y , Texas W. C. Parrish ( O k l a h o m a City, Okla., U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 In situ red b e d d e v e l o p m e n t b y t h e o x i d a t i o n of a u t h i g e n i c p y r i t e in a coastal depositional environment K. S. Czyscinski ( A t l a n t a , Ga., U.S.A.), J. B. Byrnes a n d G. W. P e d l o w III ( P i t t s b u r g h , Pa., U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 An early H o l o c e n e leaf flora f r o m Lake B o s u m t w i , G h a n a J. B. Hall, M. D. Swaine (Legon, G h a n a ) a n d M. R. T a l b o t (Leeds, G r e a t B r i t a i n ) . 247 P a l a e o m a g n e t i c ages of Late C r e t a c e o u s a n d T e r t i a r y w e a t h e r e d profiles in t h e E r o m a n g a Basin, Q u e e n s l a n d M. I d n u r m a n d B. R. S e n i o r ( C a n b e r r a , A.C.T., Australia) . . . . . . . . 263 Late Q u a t e r n a r y lake-level f l u c t u a t i o n s a n d e n v i r o n m e n t s of t h e n o r t h e r n Rift Valley a n d Afar region ( E t h i o p i a a n d D j i b o u t i ) F. Gasse ( F o n t e n a y - a u x - R o s e s , F r a n c e ) a n d F.A. S t r e e t ( O x f o r d , G r e a t Britain) . 279 P a l e o g e o g r a p h y a n d s e d i m e n t dispersal p a t t e r n s o f t h e P r o t e r o z o i c B h a n d e r G r o u p , Western India K. A k h t a r (Aligarh, India) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Discussion P a l e o l a t i t u d e s in t h e D e v o n i a n of Brazil a n d t h e F r a s n i a n - - F a m e n n i a n mass extinction -- Comments P. E. Isaacson ( A m h e r s t , Mass., U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reply P. C o p p e r ( S u d b u r y , Ont., Canada) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Book Reviews Palaeobiogeography b y C. A. Ross ( E d i t o r ) - - A. Hallam . . . . . . . . . The Science of Speleology b y T. D. F o r d a n d C. H. D. Cullingford ( E d i t o r s ) - -
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The Expanding Earth b y S. W. C a r e y - - H. G. O w e n . . . . . . . . . . . The Cretaceous System in the Western Interior o f North America b y W. G. E. Caldwell ( E d i t o r ) - - P. F. R a w s o n
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Geomorphology and Climate b y E. D e r b y s h i r e {Editor} - - M . A. J. Williams Fish Remains in Archaeology and Palaeo-Environmental Studies b y R. W. C a s t e e l - R. R. Miller
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Laterite and Landscape b y M. J. M c F a r l a n e - - A. F. T r e n d a l l . . . . . . . . Atlas o f Infrared Spectroscopy o f Clay Minerals and their Admixtures b y H. W. van der Marel a n d H. B e u t e l s p a c h e r -
J. L. W h i t e
Calcareous Algae b y J. L. W r a y - - J. A. E. B. H u b b a r d . Conodont Paleoecology b y C. R. B a r n e s ( E d i t o r ) - - M. v a n Tree Rings and Climate b y H. C. F r i t t s - - T. T. K o z l o w s k i Stromatolites b y M. R. W a l t e r ( E d i t o r ) - - L. A. N a g y . . The Geology o f Olduvai Gorge. A Study o f Sedimentation b y R. L. H a y -
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Essai de caracterisation s~dimentologique des d~p~ts carbonates: 2, Elements d'interpr$tation b y E l f - A q u i t a i n e - - J . C. M. T a y l o r . . . . . . . . . . Pal~ontologie ~volutive. Collection de Biologie ~volutive b y J. R o g e r - C. B a b i n
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The Precambrian o f the Northern Hemisphere b y L. J. S a l o p - - D. B r i d g w a t e r . . 390 Foraminifera, Volume 2 b y R. H. H e d l e y a n d C. G. A d a m s ( E d i t o r s ) - - A. W. H. B e . 3 9 2