Plio-Pleistocene microtephra in DSDP site 231, Gulf of Aden

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 341-352

  Feakins, Sarah J ^a   Brown, Francis H ^b   deMenocal, Peter B ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptotephra; East Africa; Electron microprobe; Gulf of Aden; Lokochot; Microtephra; Tephra; Volcanic glass

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC GLASS;

AFRICA; ARABIAN SEA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547191640     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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