Late Cenozoic fluvial dynamics of the River Tana, Kenya, an uplift dominated record

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 22-24, 2007, Pages 2897-2912

  Veldkamp, A ^a   Buis, E ^a   Wijbrans, J R ^b   Olago, D O ^c   Boshoven, E H ^a   Maree M ^a   van den Berg van Saparoea, R M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

FLUVIAL DYNAMICS; GLACIAL PERIODS; RIFT VALLEY;

RIVERS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAVA FLOW; RECONSTRUCTION; RIFT ZONE; UPLIFT; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; KENYA; MUTONGA RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANA RIVER [KENYA];

EID: 36549005493     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.033     Document Type: Article

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