SOILSCAPES OF THE PAST

This set of published reconstructions of ancient landscapes and their soils provide an overview of the evolution of soils and landscapes through geological time.

Precambrian (2100 Ma) paleosols from South Africa (Retalllack, 1986).

Precambrian (800 Ma) paleosols from northwest Scotland (Retallack and Mindszenty, 1997).

Ordovician (465 Ma) paleosols from central Pennsylvania (Feakes and Retallack, 1988).

Carboniferous (310 Ma) paleosols from Lochinvar, New South Wales (Retallack, 1998).

Late Permian (251 Ma) paleosols from the Sydney Basin, Australia (Retallack, 1998).

Early Triassic (248 Ma) paleosols from the Sydney Basin, Australia (Retallack, 1998).

Middle Triassic (243 Ma) paleosols from southern Victoria Land, Antarctica (Retallack and Alonso-Zarza, 1998).

Late Triassic (210 Ma) paleosols from northern Arizona, U.S.A. (Retallack, 1997).

Late Jurassic (149 Ma) paleosols from northern Utah, U.S.A. (Retallack, 1997).

Late Cretaceous (67 Ma) paleosols from eastern Montana, U.S.A. (Retallack, 1994).

Paleocene (64 Ma) paleosols from eastern Montana, U.S.A. (Retallack, 1994).

Eocene (45 Ma) paleosols from central Oregon, U.S.A. (Retallack et al., 1998).

Oligocene (33 Ma) paleosols from central Oregon, U.S.A. (Retallack et al., 1998).

Oligocene (33 Ma) paleosols from South Dakota, U.S.A. (Retallack, 1983).

Middle Miocene (14 Ma) paleosols from southwestern Kenya (Retallack, 1991).

Late Miocene (8 Ma) paleosols from northern Pakistan (Retallack, 1991).

Pliocene (3 Ma) paleosols from the central Transantarctic Mountains (Retallack, 1998).