Sedimentology Review is a new series of books edited by the Postgraduate Research Institute of Sedimentology (PRIS) and published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. The series provides the practicing sedimentologist with a means of rapidly accessing new developments in sedimentology. Existing textbooks date rapidly and new journals continuously become available, making it difficult to remain current in all aspects of the subject. The series provides high quality reviews written in an accessible format, on a wide variety of topics in sedimentology-sedimentary geology. The series will be a major resource for students, teachers and researchers as well as to geologists. Rapid coverage of the most recent developments in sedimentology for students, researchers and professional geologists in industry Edited by a board of experts in their respective fields High quality, accessible information from international authorities Generously illustrated

Sedimentology Review is a new series of books edited by thePostgraduate Research Institute of Sedimentology (PRIS) andpublished by Blackwell Scientific Publications. The series providesthe practicing sedimentologist with a means of rapidly accessingnew developments in sedimentology. Existing textbooks date rapidlyand new journals continuously become available, making it difficultto remain current in all aspects of the subject. The seriesprovides high quality reviews written in an accessible format, on awide variety of topics in sedimentology-sedimentary geology. Theseries will be a major resource for students, teachers andresearchers as well as to geologists.* Rapid coverage of the most recent developments in sedimentologyfor students, researchers and professional geologists inindustry* Edited by a board of experts in their respective fields* High quality, accessible information from internationalauthorities* Generously illustrated

Preface.Balmy shores and icy wastes: the paradox of carbonatesassociated with glacial deposits in Neoproterozoic times.Cretaceous climates.The recognition and stratigraphic implications oforbital-forcing of climate and sedimentary cycles.Carbonate diagenesis and sequence stratigraphy.Rudist formations of the Cretaceous: a palaeoecologicalsedimentological and stratigraphical review.Oxygen-related mudrock biofacies.Hummocky cross-stratification.An introduction to estuarine lithosomes and their controls