Geologos

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Patterns, processes and models – an analytical review of current ambiguous interpretations of the evidence for pre-Pleistocene glaciations

Molén, Mats O.

2023 Geologos

doi:10.14746/logos.2023.29.3.15

AbstractModels (paradigms) and former interpretations have often been presupposed when conducting field research. In the 19th century diamictites were for the first time interpreted to have originated from ancient glaciations. These interpretations have to a large part prevailed in the geological...

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First record of blister pearls in the oyster Hyotissa hyotis (Linné, 1758) from Pliocene deposits at Sidi Brahim, Lower Chelif Basin (north-west Algeria)

Khalili, Rachid; Vinn, Olev

2023 Geologos

doi:10.14746/logos.2023.29.3.16

AbstractFossil pearls are rare but important palaeoecological indicators in proving the former presence of parasites. A single right valve of Hyotissa hyotis from the Pliocene of Sidi Brahim shows numerous blister pearls inside the adductor muscle imprint. At the same locality, numerous shells...

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Facies and statistical analyses of a crevasse-splay complex at the Tomisławice opencast lignite mine in central Poland

Dziamara, Mariusz; Kaczmarek, Paweł; Klęsk, Jakub; Wachocki, Robert; Widera, Marek

2023 Geologos

doi:10.14746/logos.2023.29.3.17

AbstractThe studied crevasse-splay complex, situated within the 1st Mid-Polish lignite seam (MPLS-1), ranks amongst the best-developed and most readily accessible for direct research of all hard coal and lignite occurrences worldwide. The sandy-coaly sediments constituting it required a number of...

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Critical assessment of Jenny’s soil forming equation in light of cosmic airbursts on the Viso Massif

Mahaney, William C.

2023 Geologos

doi:10.14746/logos.2023.29.3.18

AbstractJenny’s soil formation equation places soil morphogenesis as a response to climate (cl), biota (o), relief (r), parent material (p), and time (t), written thus: s= f (cl, o, r, p, t…), where each variable is considered independent. Because some soils and paleosols contain cosmic...

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Book reviews

Rachlewicz, Grzegorz

2023 Geologos

doi:10.14746/logos.2023.29.3.19

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Pliny and the eruption of Vesuvius, by Pedar W. Foss, 2022. Routledge, 1st edition; 334 pages. Hardback: price £136.00, e-book: price £39.99; ISBN: 978-0415705462.

Scarpati, Claudio

2023 Geologos

doi:10.14746/logos.2023.29.3.20