Sedimentology

Book reviews. A Colour Atlas of Carbonate Sediments and Rocks Under the Microscope. By A. E. Adams and W. S. MacKenzie. Manson Publishing Ltd, 1998, 180 pp. Softcover: ISBN 1-874545-84-7, f24.95. Hardcover: ISBN 1-874545-83-9, f48.00

Triassic carbonate buildup flanks in the Dolomites, northern Italy: breccias, boulder fabric and the importance of early diagenesis

Distinguishing base-surge deposits and volcaniclastic fluviatile sediments: an ancient example from the Lower Devonian Snowy River Volcanics, south-eastern Australia

Diamictic sediments within high Arctic lake sediment cores: evidence for lake ice rafting along the lateral glacial margin

Detached mud prism origin of highstand systems tracts from mid-Pleistocene sequences, Wanganui Basin, New Zealand

Depth-transport functions and erosion-deposition diagrams as indicators of slope inclination and time-averaged traction forces: applications in tropical reef environments

Depositional and post-depositional controls on magnetic signals from saltmarshes on the north-west coast of Ireland

Cyclic sedimentation produced by fluctuations in meltwater discharge, tides and marine productivity in an Alaskan fjord

Cyclic characteristics of coal-bearing sediments in the Bochumer Formation (Westphal A 2) Ruhrgebiet, Germany

Compaction in halite-cemented carbonates - the Dawson Bay Formation (Middle Devonian) of Saskatchewan, Canada

Classification of paraglacial barrier systems: coastal New England, USA

Carbonate sediment transport pathways based on foraminifera: case study from Frank Sound, Grand Cayman, British West Indies