Chronostratigraphy of the Miocene-Pliocene Sagantole formation, Middle Awash Valley, Afar rift, Ethiopia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 869-885

  Renne, Paul R ^a,b   WoldeGabriel, Giday ^c   Hart, William K ^d   Heiken, Grant ^c   White, Tim D ^b  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

BASALTIC LAVA; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIME SCALE; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NEOGENE;

AFAR DEPRESSION; AWASH VALLEY; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0032868504     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0869:COTMPS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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