Book reviews in this article:Sedimentary Cover—North American Craton: USThe Geology of North America, Vol. D‐2, ed. by L. L. SlossThermal History of Sedimentary Basins: Methods and Case Histories, ed. by N. D. Naeser and T. H. McCullohOrigin and Migration of Subsurface Sedimentary Brines, SEPM Short Course No. 21, by J. S. HanorEvaporites and Hydrocarbons, ed. by B. C. Schreiber.Phanerozoic Ironstones, ed. by T. P. Young and W. E. G. Taylor.Green Marine Clays, ed. by G. S. OdinSiliceous Sedimentary Rock‐Hosted Ores and Petroleum, ed. by J. R. Hein.Neodymium Isotope Geochemistry, by D. J. DePaoloThe Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. Faunal Change across the Triassic‐Jurassic Boundary, ed. by K. Padian.Basics of Physical Stratigraphy and Sedimentology, by W. J. Fritz and J. N. Moore.Techniques in Sedimentology, ed. by Maurice TuckerThe Physics of Sediment Transport by Wind and Water, a Collection of Hallmark Papers by R. A. Bagnold, ed. by C. R. Thorne, R. C. MacArthur and J. B. BradleySiliceous Deposits of the Tethys and Pacific Regions, ed. by J. R. Hein and J. ObradovicDiagenesis I and Diagenesis II, ed. by G. V. Chilingarian and K. H. Wolf.Continental Shelves, ed. by H. Postma and J. J. Zijlstra.Modern Planktonic Foraminifera, by Ch. Hermleben, M. Spindler and O. R. AndersonSedimente und Sedimentgesteine (4th edn), ed. by H. F