Book reviews

Book reviewed in this articles: Loess in China , by Tungsheng Liu The Namib Sand Sea: Dune Forms, Processes and Sediments , by N. Lancaster, A. A. Balkema Arid Zone Geomorphology , ed. by D. S. G. Thomas Hydrogeology , ed. by W. Back, J. S. Rosenshein, and P. R. Seaber Stratigraphy, Composition and Environment of Deposition of the Whangai Formation and Associated Late Cretaceous‐Paleocene Rocks, Eastern North Island, New Zealand , by P. R. Moore Systematics and Taxonomic Approaches in Palaeobotany , by R. A. Spicer and B. A. Thomas Ostracoda in the Earth Sciences , ed. by P. De Decker, J. P. Colin, and J. P. Peypouquet Chinese Sedimentary Basins , ed. by X. Zhu Triassic‐Jurassic Rifting: Continental Breakup and the Origin of the Atlantic Ocean and Passive Margins , ed. by W. Manspeizer Controls on Carbonate Platform and Basin Development , ed. by P. D. Crevello, J. L. Wilson, J. F. Sarg, and J. F. Read Burial Diagenesis , ed. by I. E. Hutcheon Evolution of the mid‐Cretaceous Triad Platform Carbonates, Phosphatic Sediments, Pelagic Carbonates along the Northern Tethys Margin , by K. B. Follmi Perspectives on Biogeochemistry , by E. T. Degens Physical Principles of Sedimentology: A Readable Textbook for Beginners and Experts , by K. J. Hsü