Volume 66 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry is based on a two day short course entitled
Paleoaltimetry: Geochemical and Thermodynamic Approaches held prior to the Geological Society
of American annual meeting in Denver Colorado (October 26-27 2007). This meeting and volume
were sponsored by the Geochemical Society Mineralogical Society of America and the United
States Department of Energy. Contents: The Significance of Paleotopography Stable Isotope-Based
Paleoaltimetry: Theory and Validation Paleoelevation Reconstruction Using Pedogenic Carbonates
Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry in Orogenic Belts - The Silicate Record in Surface and Crustal
Geological Archives Paleoaltimetry from Stable Isotope Compositions of Fossils A Review of
Paleotemperature-Lapse Rate Methods for Estimating Paleoelevation from Fossil Floras
Paleoaltimetry: A Review of Thermodynamic Methods Paleoelevation Measurement on the Basis of
Vesicular Basalts Stomatal Frequency Change Over Altitudinal Gradients: Prospects for
Paleoaltimetry Thermochronologic Approaches to Paleotopography Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides
as Paleoaltimetric Proxies
