Numerical age control for the Miocene-Pliocene succession at Lothagam, a hominoid-bearing sequence in the northern Kenya Rift

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 731-745

  Mcdougall, Ian ^a   Feibel, Craig S ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Hominoids; Kenya Rift; Stratigraphy; Tuff

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAVA; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

KENYA;

EID: 0032700990     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.4.0731     Document Type: Article

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