Chronology of Quaternary glaciations in East Africa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 23-42

  Shanahan, Timothy M ^a   Zreda, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronology; East Africa; Glaciation; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; QUATERNARY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034656367     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00029-7     Document Type: Article

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