In present-day alluvial environments, the impact of vegetation on sedimentological
processes and deposits is well known. A vegetated catchment may decrease sediment yield …

The theory and use of geochemical modeling of the long-term carbon cycle and four paleo-
PCO2 proxies are reviewed and discussed in order to discern the best applications for each …

It has been 10 years since publication of the first edition ofSoils of the Past. In that time the
subject of paleopedology hasgrown rapidly, and established itself within the mainstream …

The stable carbon isotope compositions of ancient soil carbonate and coexisting soil organic
matter indicate that atmospheric CO2 levels decreased by a factor of 10 during the middle to …

Palaeosols (fossil soils) are abundant in the alluvial late Silurian–early Devonian Moor Cliffs
Formation and Rat Island Mudstone (Freshwater West Formation) of south Dyfed, South …

A paleosol in the Middle Devonian Aztec Siltstone of Victoria Land, Antarctica, is the most
ancient known soil of well-drained forest ecosystems. Clay enrichment and chemical …

Shallow water carbonate sequences in the geological record commonly exhibit numerous
exposure surfaces reflecting emersion of sediment due to progradation processes and …

Early marine seafloor lithification of carbonate sediments leads to the formation of
hardgrounds and is known from rocks as old as the Proterozoic. Hardground surfaces …

A long-standing hypothesis links the increased prominence of meandering rivers in the
middle Paleozoic to the colonization of terrestrial environments by vegetation. This …

A theoretical model is developed for the relationship between paleoclimate and paleosols
for the time interval following the widespread appearance of vascular land plants. The model …