Most of the thirty-four papers contained in this Special Publication arise from the Fourth International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology held in Spain in 19

This book celebrates the professional career of Harold Reading, who has played a leading role in the development of the IAS, and has been at the roots of the de

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The motivation for this volume came from the idea that thePrecambrian is the key, both to the present, and to theunderstanding of the Earth as a whole. The Prec