Preface • HOUSE, M. R. Orbital forcing timescales: an introduction • KELLY, S. B. & SADLER, S. P. Equilibrium and response to climatic and tectonic forcing: a study of alluvial sequences in the Devonian Munster Basin, Ireland • HOUSE, M. R. Devonian precessional and other signatures for establishing a Givetian timescale WEEDON, G. P. & READ, W. A. Orbital-climatic forcing of Namurian cyclic sedimentation from spectral analysis of the Limestone Coal Formation, Central Scotland • MOSES, G. P. G. Calibration, analysis and interpretation of depositional cycles in the Early Toarcian of Yorkshire, UK • W ATERHOUSE, H. K. High-resolution palynofacies investigation of Kimmeridgian sedimentary cycles • V ALDES, P. J., SELLWOOD, B. W. & PRICE, G. D. Modelling Late Jurassic Milankovitch climate variations • COTILLON, P. Constraints for using high-frequency sedimentary cycles in cyclostratigraphy • GIRAUD, F., BEAUFORT, L. & COTILLON, P. Periodicities of carbonate cycles in the Valanginian of the Vocontian Trough: a strong obliquity control • QUESNE, D. & FERRY, S. Detailed relationships between platform and pelagic carbonates (Barremian, SE France) • GALE, A. S. Cyclostratigraphy and correlation of the Cenomanian Stage in Western Europe • FiSCHER, A. G. Cyclostratigraphy, Quo Vadis? • Index