Contains contributions that use both geochemical and physical approaches to the study of palaeo- weathering problems. Illustrates the multi- disciplinary nature of the subject, the diversity of techniques and, above all, the vital contribu- tion the subject makes to the reconstruction of ancient continental environments. Softcover. DLC: Palaeogeography.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgements

ix

Introduction

Problems, progress and future research concerning palaeoweathering and palaeosurfaces

3

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M. Thiry

J.-M. Schmitt

R. Simon-Coincon

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

21

(22)

J.-M. Schmitt

Stable carbon isotopes in palaeosol carbonates

43

(18)

T.E. Cerling

Palaeoenvironment, palaeoclimate and stable carbon isotopes of Palaeozoic red-bed palaeosols, Appalachian Basin, USA and Canada

61

(26)

C.I. Mora

S.G. Driese

Peculiar palaeoweathering types

Diversity of continental silicification features: examples from the Cenozoic deposits in the Paris Basin and neighbouring basement

87

(42)

M. Thiry

Authigenic clay minerals in continental evaporitic environments

129

(24)

J.P. Calvo

M.M. Blanc-Valleron

J.P. Rodriguez-Arandia

J.M. Rouchy

M.E. Sanz

Saprolite-bauxite facies of ferralitic duricrusts on palaeosurfaces of former Pangaea

153

(36)

I. Valeton

Karst bauxites: interfingering of deposition and palaeoweathering

189

(18)

G. Bardossy

P.-J. Combes

Precambrian palaeosols: a view from the Canadian shield

207

(18)

Q. Gall

Regional palaeosurface and palaeoweathering reconstructions

Palaeolandscape reconstruction of the south-western Massif Central (France)

225

(20)

R. Simon-Coincon

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

245

(30)

M. Widdowson

Y. Gunnell

Relief features and palaeoweathering remnants in formerly glaciated Scandinavian basement areas

275

(28)

K. Lidmar-Bergstrom

S. Olsson

E. Roaldset

Palaeosol sequences in floodplain environments: a hierarchical approach

303

(20)

M.J. Kraus

A. Aslan

Carbonate-rich palaeosols in the Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeogene series of the Provence Basin (France)

323

(14)

I. Cojan

Sedimentary infillings and development of major Tertiary palaeodrainage systems of south-central Australia

337

(30)

N.F. Alley

J.D.A. Clarke

M. MacPhail

E.M. Truswell

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

367

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T. Schwarz

K. Germann

Index

391

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