Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 1991 - 1992: Vol 97 Table of Contents

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Contents Volume 97, 1991 / 1992
Atmospheric oxygen variation through geologic time—introduction
L.R. Kump, J. F. Kasting and J.M. Robinson (University Park, PA, USA)
The oxygen content of ocean bottom waters, the burial efficiency of organic carbon, and the regulation of atmospheric
oxygen
J.N. Betts and H.D. Holland (Cambridge, MA, USA)
Plant responses to high O, concentrations: relevance to previous high O, episodes
J.A. Raven (Dundee, UK)
Fossil charcoal, its recognition and palaeoatmospheric significance
T.P. Jones and W.G. Chaloner (London, UK)
Phanerozoic atmospheric reconstructions: a terrestrial perspective
J.M. Robinson (University Park, PA, USA)
“Ar /**Ar systematics and argon diffusion in amber: implications for ancient earth atmospheres
G.P. Landis and L.W. Snee (Denver, CO, USA)
Analysis of gaseous inclusions in fossil resin from a Late Cretaceous stratigraphic sequence
D. Bellis (Washington, DC, USA) and D.L. Wolberg (Socorro, NM, USA)
Atmospheric oxygen levels in the Precambrian: a review of isotopic and geological evidence
1.B. Lambert and T.H. Donelly (Canberra, A.C.T., Australia)
Microbial mats, stromatolites and the rise of oxygen in the Precambrian atmosphere
D.J. Des Marais (Moffett Field, CA, USA)
Precambrian oxygen levels estimated from the biochemistry and physiology of early eukaryotes
B. Runnegar (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Aerobic carbon cycling and cerium oxidation: significance for Archean oxygen levels and banded iron-formation deposition
K.M. Towe (Washington, DC, USA)
Box models for the evolution of atmospheric oxygen: an update
J.F. Kasting (University Park, PA, USA)
The faint young sun climatic paradox: A simulation with an interactive seasonal climate—sea ice model
J.-C. Gérard (Liége, Belgium), D.A. Hauglustaine and L.M. Frangois (Paris, France)
Effects of fuel and forest conservation on future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide
J.C.G. Walker (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) and J.F. Kasting (University Park, PA, USA)
The rain on the plain: Are there vegetation—climate feedbacks?
D.W. Woodcock (Kansas City, MO, USA)
Abrupt climatic change related to unstable ice-sheet dynamics: toward a new paradigm
T. Hughes (Orono, ME, USA)
Holocene palaeoclimatic trends from palaeoflood analysis
A.M. Smith (Durban, South Africa)
Development of grasslands and savannas in East Africa during the Neogene
T.E. Cerling (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
Regional-scale climate prediction from the GISS GCM
B.C. Hewitson and R.G. Crane (University Park, PA, USA)
Assessment of NCAR General Circulation Model precipitation in comparison with observations
P. Schultz (Camp Springs, MD, USA), E.J. Barron and J.L. Sloan II (University Park, PA, USA)
A sensitivity study of the role of continental location and area on Paleozoic climate
D.A. Hauglustaine (Paris, France) and J.-C. Gérard (Liége, Belgium)
Underground temperature fields and changing climate: evidence from Cuba
V. Cermak (Prague, Czechoslovakia), L. Bodri (Budapest, Hungary) and J. Safanda (Prague, Czechoslovakia)
On the nature of the ice cap on the Tibetan Plateau during the late Quaternary
S.K. Gupta and P. Sharma (Ahmedabad, India)
A comparison of GCM-simulated and observed mean January and July precipitation
D.R. Legates (Norman, OK, USA) and C.J. Willmott (Newark, DE, USA)
Comments on “The significance of coral reefs as global carbon sinks—response to greenhouse” by D.W. Kinsey and D.
Hopley
S.R. Gaffin and R.M. Fujita (New York, NY, USA)