Glacier‐Influenced Sedimentation on High‐Latitude Continental Margins

Glacier‐Influenced Sedimentation on High‐Latitude Continental Margins includes a collection of papers that was presented at a meeting of the Geological Society of London, held in April 2001 in Bristol, in the United Kingdom. The book follows some 11 years after another special publication (No. 53), Glacimarine Environments: Processes and Sediments , which was co‐edited by J. Dowdeswell. Hence, it is relatively easy to assess the increase in the state of knowledge represented by the recent volume. Overall, the book delivers on its quality of content and on the quantity of examples from slope and Atlantic shelf settings. Yet, given the recent results from a wide range of settings in the Antarctic, the inclusion of an invited paper or two from regions outside of the Ross Sea would have added value to the book. There are no summaries of Ocean Drilling Program legs, several of which have penetrated deep sections in the north Pacific, north Atlantic, and Antarctic margins in the last 10 years. Also, unlike its preceding volume, there are no examples of ancient shelf settings, which is a pity considering the renewed interest in ancient glacimarine sequences spurred on by the “snowball Earth“ debate. Despite these omissions, the volume is exceedingly informative and achieves high marks for communicating the significance of glacially influenced sedimentation.