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 PaleotemperatureLapse 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

Autorentext

Matthew J. Kohn, Boise, Idaho, USA.