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Table of Contents - Special Paper 441

Resolving the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in Time and Space

edited by Christopher R. Fielding, Tracy D. Frank, and John L. Isbell

Preface and acknowledgments		v
Overview
1.	Gondwana paleogeography from assembly to breakup—A 500 m.y. odyssey Ronald C. Blakey	1
Near-Field Records
2.	A review of Permian–Carboniferous glacial deposits in Western Australia A.J. Mory, J. Redfern, and J.R. Martin	29
3.	Stratigraphic record and facies associations of the late Paleozoic ice age in eastern Australia (New South Wales and Queensland) Christopher R. Fielding, Tracy D. Frank, Lauren P. Birgenheier, Michael C. Rygel, Andrew T. Jones, and John Roberts	41
4.	Permian glacigenic deposits in the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica John L. Isbell, Zelenda J. Koch, Gina M. Szablewski, and Paul A. Lenaker	59
5.	Carboniferous-Permian glaciation in the main Karoo Basin, South Africa: Stratigraphy, depositional controls, and glacial dynamics . John L. Isbell, Douglas I. Cole, and Octavian Catuneanu	71
6.	Single-zircon U-Pb dating of Carboniferous-Permian tuffs, Namibia, and the intercontinental deglaciation cycle framework Harald Stollhofen, Mario Werner, Ian G. Stanistreet, and Richard A. Armstrong	83
7.	Late Paleozoic glacial deposits of Brazil: Paraná Basin A.C. Rocha-Campos, Paulo R. dos Santos, and José R. Canuto	97
8.	Sequence stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian glacial succession (Itararé subgroup) at the eastern-southeastern margin of the Parané Basin, Brazil Michael Holz, Paulo A. Souza, and Roberto Iannuzzi	115
9.	Carboniferous glacigenic deposits of the proto-Precordillera of west-central Argentina Lindsey C. Henry, John L. Isbell, and Carlos O. Limarino	131
10.	Pennsylvanian and Permian sequences in Bolivia: Direct responses to Gondwana glaciation G.W. Grader, P.E. Isaacson, E. Díaz-Martínez, and M.C. Pope	143
11.	Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous glacial records of South America Mário Vicente Caputo, José Henrique Gonçalves de Melo, Maurice Streel, and John L. Isbell	161
12.	A regional overview of the late Paleozoic glaciation in Oman Joe R. Martin, Jonathan Redfern, and John F. Aitken	175
Far-Field Records
13.	The record of Carboniferous sea-level change in low-latitude sedimentary successions from Britain and Ireland during the onset of the late Paleozoic ice age Sarah J. Davies	187
14.	Influence of late Paleozoic Gondwana glaciations on the depositional evolution of the northern Pangean shelf, North Greenland, Svalbard, and the Barents Sea Lars Stemmerik	205
15.	Late Paleozoic cyclic strata of Euramerica: Recognition of Gondwanan glacial signatures during periods of thermal subsidence M.R. Gibling and M.C. Rygel	219
16.	Appalachian sedimentary cycles during the Pennsylvanian: Changing influences of sea level, climate, and tectonics Stephen F. Greb, Jack C. Pashin, Ronald L. Martino, and Cortland F. Eble	235
17.	Deciphering the mid-Carboniferous eustatic event in the central Appalachian foreland basin, southern West Virginia, USA Bascombe M. Blake Jr. and Jack D. Beuthin	249
18.	Evidence for eustasy at the Kinderhookian-Osagean (Mississippian) boundary in the United States: Response to late Tournaisian glaciation? Thomas W. Kammer and David L. Matchen	261
19.	Pennsylvanian cyclothems in Midcontinent North America as far-field effects of waxing and waning of Gondwana ice sheets Philip H. Heckel	275
20.	Paleosol archives of environmental and climatic history in paleotropical western Pangea during the latest Pennsylvanian through Early Permian Neil J. Tabor, Isabel P. Montañez, Christopher R. Scotese, Christopher J. Poulsen, and Greg H. Mack	291
Synthesis Papers
21.	Pennsylvanian tropical floras from the United States as a record of changing climate Hermann W. Pfefferkorn, Robert A. Gastaldo, William A. DiMichele, and Tom L. Phillips	305
22.	A review of the palynostratigraphy of Gondwanan Late Carboniferous to Early Permian glacigene successions Michael H. Stephenson	317
23.	Late Paleozoic climate dynamics revealed by comparison of ice-proximal stratigraphic and ice-distal isotopic records T.D. Frank, L.P. Birgenheier, I.P. Montañez, C.R. Fielding, and M.C. Rygel	331
24.	The late Paleozoic ice age—A review of current understanding and synthesis of global climate patterns Christopher R. Fielding, Tracy D. Frank, and John L. Isbell	343