Latest Pleistocene and Holocene river network evolution in the Ethiopian Lakes Region

Geomorphology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 79-97

  Sagri, Mario ^a   Bartolini, Carlo ^a   Billi, Paolo ^b   Ferrari, Giovanni ^a   Benvenuti, Marco ^a   Carnicelli, Stefano ^a   Barbano, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Drainage evolution; Ethiopian Rift; Lake level variations; Late Quaternary; Paleohydrology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

AFAR; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 37249000895     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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