Comparative sequence stratigraphy of low-latitude versus high-latitude lacustrine rift basins: Seismic data examples from the East African and Baikal rifts

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 401-420

  Scholz, C A ^a   Moore Jr , T C ^b   Hutchinson, D R ^c   Golmshtok, A Ja ^d   Klitgord, K D ^e   Kurotchkin, A G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Institute of Oceanology   (Russian Federation)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f KUBAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

East African rift; Lacustrine basins; Lake Baikal; Lake Malawi; Lake Tanganyika; Palaeolimnology; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

LAKE; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION, LAKE BAIKAL;

EID: 0031850856     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00022-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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