Isotopic evidence for Plio-Pleistocene environmental change at Gona, Ethiopia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 93-110

  Levin, Naomi E ^a   Quade, Jay ^a   Simpson, Scott W ^b   Semaw, Sileshi ^c   Rogers, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Ethiopia; Isotopes; Paleoclimate; Paleosols; Plio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; GONA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1342308358     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00707-6     Document Type: Article

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