Earth-Science Reviews 2001: Vol 54 Table of Contents

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Contents Volume 54, 2001
Special Issue
Recent research on loess and palaeosols, pure and applied
edited by Edward Derbyshire
Editorial
Some major events in the development of the scientific study of loess
I.J. Smalley, I.F. Jefferson, T.A. Dijkstra and E. Derbyshire
175 years of loess research in Germany—long records and ‘‘unconformities”’
L. Zoller and A. Semmel
Eolian dust and climate: relationships to sources, tropospheric chemistry, transport and deposition
R. Arimoto
The role of dust in climate changes today, at the last glacial maximum and in the future
S.P. Harrison, K.E. Kohfeld, C. Roelandt and T. Claquin
DIRTMAP: the geological record of dust
K.E. Kohfeld and S.P. Harrison
Chinese loess record of monsoon climate during the last glacial—interglacial cycle
S.C. Porter
Magnetism of loess /palaeosol sequences: recent developments
M.E. Evans and F. Heller
Loess biostratigraphy: new advances and approaches in mollusk studies
D.-D. Rousseau
Historical developments and recent advances in amino acid geochronology applied to loess research: examples from North America,
Europe, and China
E.A. Oches and W.D. McCoy
Luminescence dating of loess—palaeosol sequences and coversands: methodological aspects and palaeoclimatic implications
A.K. Singhvi, A. Bluszcz, M.D. Bateman and M.S. Rao
The agricultural importance of loess
J.A. Catt
Geological hazards in loess terrain, with particular reference to the loess regions of China
E. Derbyshire
Research Papers
Biogeochemical controls on metal behaviour in freshwater environments
L.A. Warren and E.A. Haack
Sequence stratigraphy as a scientific enterprise: the evolution and persistence of conflicting paradigms
A.D. Miall and C.E. Miall
Phanerozoic atmospheric CO, change: evaluating geochemical and paleobiological approaches
D.L. Royer, R.A. Berner and D.J. Beerling
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