Paleoenvironmental interpretation of lake-margin deposits using δ 13C and δ18O results from early Pleistocene carbonate rhizoliths, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 377-380

  Liutkus, Cynthia M ^a,b   Wright, James D ^a   Ashley, Gail M ^a   Sikes, Nancy E ^c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d SWCA Environmental Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Olduvai Gorge; Oxygen isotope; Paleoclimate; Rhizolith

Indexed keywords

CLAYSTONES; GAS EXCHANGES; LAKE-MARGIN DEPOSITS; PHERATIC RHIZOLITH CARBONATES;

CARBONATES; CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

CARBONATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

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

EID: 18944397136     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21132.1     Document Type: Article

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