Anatomy of a river drainage reversal in the Neogene Kivu-Nile Rift

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 13-14, 2007, Pages 1771-1789

  Holzforster F ^a   Schmidt, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALS; RIVERS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

PALAEOBIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; RIFT SYSTEMS;

DRAINAGE;

ANATOMY; BASEMENT ROCK; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; NEOGENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KIVU; LAKE VICTORIA; NILE VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 34547551132     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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