JSR Book Reviews

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Book Reviews

From 1931 to 2004 JSR/JSP published Book Reviews in the printed version of the journal. From 2000 to 2010, Book Reviews were published online on the JSR webpages without any printed version. Those can be accessed below.

Beginning in 2011, Book Reviews were transferred to The Sedimentary Record webpages, except for those on paleontology, which continue to be handled by PALAIOS.

2010 JSR Book Reviews

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• Mastaodon Paleobiology, Taphonomy and Paleoenvrionment in the Late Pleistocene of New York State: Studies on the Hyde Park, Chemung and Java Sites, edited by Warren D. Allmon and Peter L. Nestor, 2008.

• South Capian to Centra Iran Basins, edited by M.-F. Brunet, J. Granath and M. Wilmsen, 2009.

• Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments, edited by Vivian Gornitz, 2009.

• The Timetree of Life, edited by S. Blair Hedges and Sudhir Kumar, 2009.

• The Cambridge Handbook of Earth Science Data, by Paul Henderson and Gideon M. Henderson, 2009.

• Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution, edited by S.M. Reddy, R. Mazumder, D.A.D. Evans and A.S. Collins, 2009.

• Palaeoseismology - Historical and Prehistorical Records of Earthquake Ground Effects for Seismic Hazard Assessment, edited by K. Reicherter, A.M. Michetti, and P.G. Silva Barroso, 2009.

2009 JSR Book Reviews

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• Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (2nd ed.) by Gary Nichols

• Geology and Geomorphology of Holocene Coastal Barriers of Brazil by Sérgio R. Dillenburg & Patrick A. Hesp

• Conflicts over Natural Resources—A Reference Handbook by Jacqueline Vaughn

• Gravel-Bed Rivers 6-From Process Understanding to River Restoration by Helmut Habersack, Hervé Piegay, & Massimo Rinaldi (eds.)

• Polar Lakes and Rivers—Limnology of Arctic and Antarctic Aquatic Ecosystems by Warwick F. Vincent & Johanna Laybourn-Parry (eds.)

• Geochemical Sediments & Landscapes by David J. Nash & Sue J. McLaren (eds.)

• Large-Scale Disasters—Prediction, Control, and Mitigation by Mohamed Gad-El-Hak (ed.)

• Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals-Guidelines for Good Practice by Irene Hames

2008 JSR Book Reviews

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• Mathematical Modelling for Earth Sciences by Xin-She Yang

• Continental Margin Sedimentation-From Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy  by Charles A. Nittrouer, James A. Austin Jr., Michael E. Field, Joseph H. Kravitz, James P.M. Syvitski & Patricia L. Wiberg (eds.)

• The Rock from Mars—A Detective Story on Two Planets  by Kathy Sawyer

• Computational River Dynamics  by Weiming Wu

• Global Warming and Global Cooling-Evolution of Climate on Earth  by O.G. Sorokhtin, G.V. Chilingar, & L.F. Khilyuk

• Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences by Michael Allaby (ed.)

• The Role of Women in the History of Geology by C.V. Burek & B. Higgs

• The New Theory of the Earth by Don L. Anderson

• Hydroecology and Ecohydrology - Past, Present and Future by Paul J. Wood, David M. Hannah, & Jonathan P. Sadler (eds.)

• Avalanche Dynamics—Dynamics of Rapid Flows of Dense Granular Avalanches by Shiva P. Pudasaini & Kolumban Hutter (eds.)

• Seismic Geomorphology—Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production by R.J. Davies, H.W. Posamentier, L.J. Wood & J.A. Cartwright (eds.)

• Estuarine Ecohydrology by Eric Wolansk

• Back_Arc Spreading Systems – Geological, Biological, Chemical, and Physical Interactions by David M. Christie, Charles R. Fisher, Sang-Mook Lee & Sharon Givens (eds.)

• Devonian Events and Correlations by R.T. Becker & W.T. Kirchgasser (eds.)

• Heavy Minerals in Use by Maria A. Mange & David T. Wright (eds.)
  Economic and Palaeoceanographic Significance of Contourite Deposits by A.R. Viana & M. Rebesco (eds.)

• Introducing Geology – A Guide to the World of Rocks by Graham Park

  Geomaterials in Cultural Heritage by Marino Maggetti & Bruno Messiga

  Palaeozoic Reefs and Bioaccumulations – Climatic and Evolutionary Controls by J.J. Álvaro, M Aretz, F. Boulvain, A. Munnecke, D. Vachard, and E. Vennin (eds)

• Atlas of Microbial Mat Features Preserved within the Siliciclastic Rock Record by Juergen Schieber, Pradip Bose, P.G. Erksson, Santanu Banerjee, Subir Sarkar, Wladislaw Altermann, & Octavian Catanean

• Discovering Physical Geography by Alan F. Arbogast

• Imaging, Mapping and Modelling Continental Lithosphere Extension and Breakup edited by G.D. Karner, G. Manatschal & L.M. Pinheiro

• Cretaceous–Tertiary High-Latitude Palaeoenvironments edited by J.E. Francis, D. Pirrie & J.A. Crame

• Borehole Climatology—A New Method on How to Reconstruct Climate by Louise Bodri and Vladimir Cermak

2007 Book Reviews

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• Cyclostratigraphy: Approaches and Case Histories , by Bruno d'Argenio, Alfred G. Fischer, Isabella Premoli Silva, Helmut Weissert, & Vittoria Ferreri (eds.)

• Coastal and Shelf Sediment Transport , by P.S. Balson & M.B. Collins (eds.)

• Finding Time for the Old Stone: Age: A History of Palaeolithic Archaeology and Quaternary Geology in Britian , by Anne O'Connor

• The Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation: An Introduction, by Hendrik M. van Aken

• Environmental Sedimentology , by Chris Perry & Kevin Taylor (eds.)

• The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History , by David Beerling

• Impossible Extinction: Natural Catastrophies and the Supremacy of the Microbial World , Charles S. Cockell

• Der Tanus---Eine Zeitreise und Entwicklung eines Mittelgebirge (English) (Deutsch), by Alexander Stahr and Birgit Bender

• Quaternary Dating Methods, by Mike Walker

• Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins: from Fold Kinematics to Hydrocarbon Systems , by Olivier Lancombe, Jerome Lave, Francois Roure, & Jaume Verges (eds.)

• The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics , by C.M.R. Fowler

• Early Earth Systems: A Geochemical Approach , by Hugh Rollinson

• Geology of the Netherlands , by Theo E. Wong, Dick A.J., Batjes, and Jan de Jager (eds.)

• Global Environments through the Quaternary: Exploring Environmental Change, by Davied E. Anderson, Andrew S. Goudie, and Adrian G. Parker

• Glacier Science and Environmantal Change , by Peter G. Knight /p>

• Marine Geochemistry , by Horst D. Schulz

• Evolutionalry Catastrophies: The Science of Mass Extinction , by Vincent Courtillot

• Solar Activity and Earth's Climate , by Rasmus E. Benestad

• Glaciotectonism , by James S. Aber and Andrzej Ber

• New Techniques in Sediment Core Analysis , by R.G. Rothwell (ed.)

• Myth and Geology , by L. Piccardi and W.B. Masse

• Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology , by Derek Ford and Paul Williams

• Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics , by Donald L. Turcotte

• Tropical Glaciers, by Georg Kaser & Henry Omaston

• Non-Marine Permian Biostratigraphy and Biochronology , by S.G. Lucas & J.W. Schneider

• The Periglacial Environment , by Hugh M. French

• Landslides: Processes, Prediction, and Land Use , by Roy C. Sidle & Hirotaka Ochiai

• Early-Middle Pleistocene Transitions: The Land-Ocean Evidence , by M.H. Head and P.O Gibbard (eds.)

• Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation , by Thomas M. Lillesand, Ralph W. Keifer, & Jonathan W. Chipman

• Incised Valleys in Time and Space  , by Robert W. Dalrymple, Dale A. Leckie, and Roderick W. Tillman (eds.)

• Estuaries: Modeling and Monitoring of the Physical System, by Jack Hardisty

• Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, by Scott A. Elias

• Isotopes in Palaeoenvirnmental Research, by Melanie J. Leng (ed.)

• Triassic Evolution of the Yangtze Platform in Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China , by Paul Enos, D. Lehrmann et al.

• Introduction to Geomicrobiology , by Kurt Konhauser

• The Oceans and Marine Geochemistry, by Henry Elderfield

• Handbook of Clay Science, by F. Bergaya, B.K.G. Theng, and G. Lagaya

• Evaporites: Sediments, Resources, and Hydrocarbons , by John K. Warren

• Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4th edition) , by Sam Boggs, Jr.

• Encyclopedia of Caves , by David Culver and William White (eds.)

• The Black Sea Flood Question: Changes in Coastline, Climate and Human Settlement , by V. Yanko-Hombach et al. (eds.)

• Braided Rivers: Process, Deposits, Ecology and Management , by G.H. Sambrook Smith, J.L. Best, C.S. Bristow, and G.E. Petts (eds.)

• Understanding the Micro and Macro Behaviour of Rock-Fluid Systems , by R.P. Shaw (ed.)

2006 Book Reviews

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• Pattern Formation: An Introduction to Methods, by Rebecca Hoyle

• High Resolution Morphodynamics and Sedimentary Evolution of Estuaries, Duncan M. FitzGerald and Jasper Knight (eds.)

• Late Quaternary Stratigraphic Evolution of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Margin, by John B. Anderson and Richard H. Fillon

• Geologia--una vision moderna de las Ciencias de la Terra, (in Spanish) by Fernando Bastida

• Cool-Water Carbonates---Depositional Systems and Palaeoenvironmental Controls, by H.M. Pedley and G. Carannante

• Inventing the Earth, by Barbara A. Kennedy

• The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok---Glaciology, Biology, and Planetology Aspects, by Igor V. Zotikov

• Univariate Time Series in Geosciences---Theory and Examples, by Hans Gilgen

• Extinctions in the History of Life, by Paul D. Taylor

• Bedrock---Writers on the Wonder of Geology, L.E. Savoy, E.M. Moores, J.E. Moores (eds.)

• Cryospheric Systems: Glaciers and Permafrost, by C. Harris and J.B. Murton

• The Barrier Zones in the Ocean, by Emelyan M. Emelyanov

• Physical Processes in the Earth and Envoronmental Sciences, by Mike Leeder and Marta Perez-Arlucea

• The Desert of Southeast Arabia---Desert Environments and Sediment, by Kenneth W. Glennie

• Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, by Maurice L. Schwartz

• Travertine, by Allen Pentecost

• Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy, by Octavian Catuneanu

• Weathering and Landscape Evolution, Proceedings of the 35th Binghampton Symposium in Geomorphology, by A. Turkington, J. Phillips, and S. Campbell

• Environment, by Peter H. Raven and Linda R. Berg

• Edinburgh Rock---The Geology of Lothian, by Euan Clarkson and Brian Upton

• Sedimentology in the 21st Century---A Tribute to Wolfgang Schlager, J.G. Reijmer and A. Immenhauser (eds.)

• Arabian Deserts: Nature, Origin, Evolution, by H.S. Edgel

• Alluvial Fans: Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Dynamics, by A.M. Harvey, A.E. Mather, and M. Stokes (eds.)

• Deep-Water Processes and Facies Models: Implications for Sandstone Petroleum Reservoirs, by G. Shanmugam

• The Neuguen Basin, Argentina---A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics, by G.D. Viega, L.A. Spalletti, J.A. Howell, and E. Schwartz

• Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology, by Paul Goldberg and Richard I. Macphail

• Metalliferous Sediments of the World Ocean---Fundamental Theory of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Sedimentation, by E.G. Gurvich

• The Precambrian Earth: Tempos and Events, by P.G. Eriksson, W. Alretman, D.R. Nelson, W.U. Mueller, and O. Catuneanu

• Sediments, Diagenesis, and Sedimentary Rocks, F.T. Mackenzie (ed.)

• Glossary of Geology, 5th Edition, Klaus K.E. Neuendorf (ed.)

• Loessology, by Sun Jianzhong

• Les Planet des Glaces (in French), by Brigitte van Vliet-Lanoe

• Reconstruction of Pleistocene Ice-Dammed Lake Outburst Floods in the Altai Mountains, Siberia, by Juegen Herget

• Cyclic Development of Sedimentary Basins, J.M. Mabesoone and V.H. Neumann (eds.)

2005 Book Reviews

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• Paleontological Data Analysis, by O. Hammer, and D. Harper

• Sedimentary Rocks in the Field---A Colour Guide, by Dorrick Stow

• River Deltas---Concepts, Models, and Examples, by Liviu Giosan and Jannok P. Bhattacharya

• Ground-Penetrating Radar in Sediments, by C.S. Bristow and H.M. Jol

• Carbonate Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy, by Wolfgang Schlager

• Catastrophies and Lesser Calamities---The Causes of Mass Extinctions, by Tony Hallam

• Introduction to the Physics of Cohesive Sediment in the Marine Environment, by J.C. Winterwerp and W.G.M. van Kesteren

• The History of Life, 4th Edition, by Richard Cowan

• Iceland---Moden Processes and Past Environments, C. Caseldine, A. Russell, J. Hardardottir, and O. Knudsen (eds.)

• The Deposition of Organic-Carbon-Rich Sediments: Models, Mechanisms, and Consequences, Nicholas B. Harris (ed.)

• Geomorphology and River Management---Application of the River Styles Framework, by Gary G. Brierly and Kristie A. Fryirs

• Flocculation in Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems, by I.G. Droppo, G.G. Leppard, S.N. Liss, and T.G. Milligan

• Mud & Mudstones, by Paul E. Potter, Barry Maynard, and Pedro J. Depetris

• Beaches and Coasts, by Richard A. Davis, Jr., and Duncan M. FitzGerald

• Glaciers (2nd Edition), by Michael Hambry and Jurg Alean

• Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Vol. 1: Basin Analysis, Coring and Chronological Techniques, William M. Last and John P. Smol (eds.)

• br_smol2.pdfTracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Vol. 2: Physical and Geochemical Methods, William M. Last and John P. Smol (eds.)

• Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Vol. 3: Terrestrial, Algal and Siliceous Indicators, William M. Last and John P. Smol (eds.)

• Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Vol. 4: Zooligocal Indicators, William M. Last and John P. Smol (eds.)

• Deep-Water Sedimentation in the Alpine Basin of SE France: New Perspectives on the Gres d'Annot and Related Systems, P. Joseph and S.A. Lomas (eds.)

• Geological Prior Information---Informing Science and Engineering, A. Curtis and R. Wood (eds.)

• The Geology and Petrogenesis of Dolomite Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, C.J.R. Braithwaite, G. Rizzi, and G. Darke (eds.)

• Quaternary Glaciations---Extent and Chronology, Part I: Europe, J. Ehlers and P.L. Gibbard (eds.)

• Fluvial Sedimentology VII, Michael D. Blum, Susan B. Marriott, and Suzanne F. Leclair (eds.)

• Basin Analysis---Principles and Applications, by Philip A. Allen and John R. Allan

• Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Jacques Locat and Jurgen Mienart (eds.)

2004 Book Reviews

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• Course Manual and Atlas of Structural Styles on Reflection profiles from the Niger Delta, by D.E. Ajakaiye nad A.E. Bally

• Weathering, Slopes, and Landforms, by David Atkinson

• Geochemistry, by Francis Albaredes

• Principles of Stratigraphy, by Michael E. Brookfield

• Sedimentary Processes: Quantification and Radionuclides, by J. Carroll and I. Lerche

• Geosciences, Environment, and Man, by Herve Chamley

• The Sedimentary Record of Sea-Level Change, by A.L. Coe, D.W.J. Bosence, K.D. Church, S.S. Flint, J.A. Howell, and C.L. Wilson

• The Early Earth: Physical, Chemical and Biological Development, by C.M.R. Fowler, C.J. Ebinger, and C.J. Hawkesworth

• The Geology of Spain, by Wes Gibbons and Teresa Moreno

• Stable Isotope Geochemistry, by Jochen Hoefs

• The Cambrain Fossils of Chengjiang, China: The Flowering of Early Animal Life, by Hou Xian-Guang, Richard J. Aldridge, Jan Bergstom, David J. Siveter, Derek J. Seveter, and Feng Xiang-Hong

• Confined Turbidite Systems, by S.A. Lomas and P. Joseph

• Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Gerald V. Middleton (ed.)

• Clay Seals of Oil and Gas Deposits, V.I. Osipov, V.N. Sokolov, and V.V. Eremeev

2003 book reviews

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• Pyroclastic Density Currents and the Sedimentation of Ignimbrites, by M.J. Branney and P. Kokelaar

• Rivers and Floodplains: Forms, Processes, and Sedimentary Record, by J. Bridge

• Sandstone Diagenesis: Recent and Ancient, by S.D. Burley and R. Worden

• Sedimentary Processes: Quantification and Radionuclides, by L.C. Gerhard, W.E. Harrison, and B.M. Hansen

• Muddy Coasts of the World: Processes, Deposits and Function, by T. Healy, Y. Wang, and J.A. Healy

• Sedimentary Responses to Forced Regressions, by D. Hunt and R.L. Gawthorpe (eds.)

• Sediment Flux to Basins: Causes, Controls, and Consequences, by Stuart J. Jones and Lynne E. Frostick

• The Indus River: Biodiversity, Resources, Humankind, by Azra Meadows and Peter Meadows

• European Margin Sediment Dynamics: Sie-Scan Sonar and Seismic Images, by Juergen Mienert and Philip Weaver

• Impacts in Precambrian Shields, by J. Plado and L.J. Pesonen

• Exposure of Mineral and Rock, by Dirk J. Wiersma

• Numerical Modelling and Analysis of Fluid Flow and Deformation of Fractured Rock Masses, by Xing Zhang and David J. Sanderson

2002 Book Reviews

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• Dynamics of Rockslides and Rockfalls , by T.H. Erismann and G. Abele

• Geoenvironmental Mapping: Methods, Theory, and Practice, by P.T. Bobrowsky (ed.)

• Geology: A Self-Teaching Guide, by Barbara Murck

• Holocene Avulsions in the Rhine-Meuse Delta, by Esther Stouthamer

• Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History, by C.K. Condie

• Marine Authigenesis: From Global to Microbial, by C.R. Glenn, L. Prevot-Lucas, and J. Lucas

• Modern and Ancient Carbonate Eolianites: Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy, and Diagenesis, by F.E. Abegg, P.M. Harris, and D.B. Loope

• Paleogeographic Development of the Rhine-Meuse Delta, The Netherlands, by H.J.A. Berendsen and E. Stouthamer

• Petroleum Plays and Systems in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska, by D.W. Houseknecht (ed.)

• Sedimentary Geology, by M.E. Tucker

• Subsurface Geology of a Prograding Carbonate Platform Margin, Great Bahama Bank: Results of the Bahamas Drilling Project, by R.N. Ginsburg, (ed.)

• The Satanic Gasses, by P.J. Michaels and R.C. Balling

2001 Book Reviews

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• 3-D Seismic Interpretation: A Primer for Geologists, by B.S. Hart

• Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis, by Andrew D. Miall

• Geological Exploration in Murzuq Basin, by M.A. Sola and D. Worsley (eds.)

• Carbonate Reservoirs: Porosity Evolution and Diagenesis in a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework, by Clyde H. Moore

• Dymanics of the Norwegian Continental Margin, by A. Nottvedt, B.T. larsen, S. Olaussen, B. Torudbakken, J. Skogseid, R.H. Gabrielsen, H. brekke, and O. Birkland, (eds.)

• Sedimentary Basins: Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget (2nd Edition), by G. Einsele

• Field Guide for AAPG Hedberg Field Research Conference, Deep Water Sandstones, by R.T. Beauboef et al.

• Caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, by L.D. Hose and J.A. Pisarowicz

• Advances in carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy: Applications to Outcrops, Reservoirs and Models, by P.M. harris, A.H. Saller, and J.A. Simo

• Deformation of Glacial Materials, by A.J. Maltman and M.J. Hambrey

• Microbial Sediments, by Robert Riding and Stanley Awramik (eds.)

• br_mutti.pdfAn Introduction to the Analysis of Ancient Turbidite Basins from an Outcrop Perspective, by E. Mutti et al.

• Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy: Concepts and Applications, by H.W. Posamentier

• br_schatzinger.pdfReservoir Characterization: Recent Advances, by R. Schatzinger and J.F. Jordan

• Active Tectonics and Alluvual Rivers, by S.A. Schumm, J.F. Dumont, and J.M. Holbrook

• Applied Sedimentology (2nd Edition), by R.C. Selley

• Applied Sandstone Diagenesis: Practical Petrographic Solutions for a Variety of Common Exploration, Development and Production Problems, by S.A. Stonecipher

• Analysis of Sedimentary Successions: A Field Manual, by A. Bhattacharya and C. Chakraborty

• Stratigraphic Systems: Their Origin and Application, by Glenn S. Visher

• Mathematics: A Simple Tool for Geologists, by D. Waltham

• Geological History of Britian and Ireland, by N. Woodcock and R. Strachan