Sublacustrine precipitation of hydrothermal silica in Rift Lakes: Evidence from Lake Baringo, Central Kenya Rift Valley

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 235-257

  Renaut, R W ^a   Jones, B ^b   Tiercelin, J J ^c   Tarits, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Chert; Hot spring; Hydrothermal; Kenya; Lacustrine; Lake Baringo; Siliceous sinter

Indexed keywords

PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUATERNARY; RIFT ZONE; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; SINTER; THERMAL SPRING;

KENYA;

EID: 0036115151     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00220-2     Document Type: Article

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