Relative ages of loess and till in two Quaternary palaeosols in Gorges Valley, Mount Kenya, East Africa

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-72

  Mahaney, William C ^a   Barendregt, René W ^b   Vortisch, Walter ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

Author keywords

Loess; Mount Kenya; Palaeosols; Quaternary; Till

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHRONOLOGY; LOESS; PALEOSOL; TILL;

EID: 0031448844     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199701/02)12:1<61::AID-JQS292>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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