Paleoaltimetry

Volume 66 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry is based on a two day short course entitled Paleoaltimetry: Geochemical and Thermodynamic Approaches held prior to the Geological Society of American annual meeting in Denver, Colorado (October 26-27, 2007). This meeting and volume were sponsored by the Geochemical Society, Mineralogical Society of America, and the United States Department of Energy.

Contents:

The Significance of Paleotopography

Stable Isotope-Based Paleoaltimetry: Theory and Validation

Paleoelevation Reconstruction Using Pedogenic Carbonates

Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry in Orogenic Belts - The Silicate Record in Surface and Crustal Geological Archives

Paleoaltimetry from Stable Isotope Compositions of Fossils

A Review of Paleotemperature-Lapse Rate Methods for Estimating Paleoelevation from Fossil Floras

Paleoaltimetry: A Review of Thermodynamic Methods

Paleoelevation Measurement on the Basis of Vesicular Basalts

Stomatal Frequency Change Over Altitudinal Gradients: Prospects for Paleoaltimetry

Thermochronologic Approaches to Paleotopography

Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides as Paleoaltimetric Proxies