Origin of reddened and melted zones in pleistocene sediments of the Olorgesailie basin, southern Kenya Rift

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-316

  Melson, William G ^a   Potts, Richard ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion metamorphism; Drought; Homo erectus; Kenya; Melt rocks; Olorgesailie; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; PLEISTOCENE; RED BED;

KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 0036259770     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2001.0695     Document Type: Article

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