Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related Continental Deposits

The study of palaeoweathering provides vital clues about past
continental environments, the correlation of sedimentary deposits
and processes such as the rate and timing of uplift and erosion.

This volume (based partly on research presented at IGCP 317
Palaeoweathering Records and Palaeosurfaces) contains contributions
that use both geochemical and physical approaches to the study of
palaeoweathering problems. The former are particularly relevant to
our understanding of past climates and climate change; the latter
have applications in the understanding of mass balance between
rates of erosion and deposition.

Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related Continental
Deposits illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of the subject,
the diversity of techniques and, above all, the vital contribution
the subject makes to the reconstruction of ancient continental
environments. This book will be of great value to sedimentologists,
soil scientists and geomorphologists.

If you are a member of the International Association of
Sedimentologists, for purchasing details, please see:
http://www.iasnet.org/publications/details.asp?code=SP27

Auteur

Medard Thiry is the editor of Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related Continental Deposits, published by Wiley. Regine Simon Coincon is the editor of Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related Continental Deposits, published by Wiley.

Résumé
The study of palaeoweathering provides vital clues about past continental environments, the correlation of sedimentary deposits and processes such as the rate and timing of uplift and erosion. This volume (based partly on research presented at IGCP 317 Palaeoweathering Records and Palaeosurfaces) contains contributions that use both geochemical and physical approaches to the study of palaeoweathering problems. The former are particularly relevant to our understanding of past climates and climate change; the latter have applications in the understanding of mass balance between rates of erosion and deposition.

Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related Continental Deposits illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of the subject, the diversity of techniques and, above all, the vital contribution the subject makes to the reconstruction of ancient continental environments. This book will be of great value to sedimentologists, soil scientists and geomorphologists.

If you are a member of the International Association of Sedimentologists, for purchasing details, please see: http://www.iasnet.org/publications/details.asp?code=SP27

Contenu

Introduction.

Problems, progress and future research concerning
palaeoweatherings and palaeosurfaces.

Geochemistry and isotopes.

Weathering, rainwater, and atmosphere chemistry: example and
modelling of granite weathering, in present conditions, in a
CO2-rich, and in an anoxic palaeoatmosphere.

Stable carbon isotopes in palaeosol carbonates.

Palaeoenvironment, palaeoclimate and stable carbon isotopes of
Palaezoic red bed palaeosols, Appalachian Basin, USA and
Canada.

Peculiar palaeoweathering types.

Diversity of the continental silicifications: Examples from the
Cainozoic deposits in the Paris Basin and neighbouring
basement.

Authigenic clay minerals in continental evaporitic
environments.

Saprolite-bauxite facies of ferralitic duricrusts on
palaeosurfaces of former Pangea.

Karst bauxites: interfingering of deposition and
palaeoweathering.

Precambrian palaeosols: a view from the Canadian shield.

Regional palaeosurface and palaseoweathering
reconstructions.

Palaeolandscape reconstruction of the Southwestern Massif
Central (France).

Lateritization, geomorphology, and geodynamics of a passive
continental margin: The Konkan and Kanara coastal lowlands of
western peninsular India.

Relief features and palaeoweathering remnants in formerly
glaciated Scandinavian basement areas.

Palaeosol sequences in floodplain environments: a hierarchical
approach.

Carbonate-rich palaesols in the upper Cretaceous/Lower Palaegene
series of the Provence basin (France).

Sedimentary infillings and development of major Tertiary
palaeodrainages of south-central Australia.

Weathering surfaces, laterite-derived sediments, and associated
mineral deposits in NE-Africa.