The Ziway-Shala lake basin (main Ethiopian rift, Ethiopia): A revision of basin evolution with special reference to the Late Quaternary

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-269

  Benvenuti, M ^a   Carnicelli, S ^a   Belluomini, G ^b   Dainelli, N ^a   Di Grazia, S ^a   Ferrari, G A ^a   Iasio, C ^a   Sagri, M ^a   Ventra, D ^a   Atnafu, Balemwald ^c   Kebede, Seifu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Fluvio lacustrine deposition; Geomorphic evolution; Late Quaternary; Main Ethiopian Rift; Pedostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; RIFT ZONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0036703471     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(02)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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