Facies model of a semiarid freshwater wetland, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 691-705

  Liutkus, Cynthia M ^a   Ashley, Gail M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; LAKES; MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES; WATER;

AUTHIGENIC MINERALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; EPHEMERAL WETLANDS; FRESHWATER MARSHES; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; LAKE-MARGIN DEPOSITS; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSITS;

WETLANDS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; PLAYA; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; OLDUVAI GORGE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 1242277034     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/021303730691     Document Type: Article

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