Books by Gregory J. Retallack

It provides comprehensive information on paleosols, which are soils of the past providing a variety of clues to the evolution of life and climate on Earth and deals with topics such as the evolution of grassland ecosystems, mass extinction of the Late Permian and origin of life, all viewed from the perspective of the fossil record of soils.

Landscapes viewed from afar have a timeless quality that is soothing to the human spirit. Much of this change destroys past landscapes, but at some times and places, landscapes are buried in the rock record.