Orbital rhythms, monssons, and playa lake response, Olduvai Basin, equatorial East Africa (ca. 1.85-1.74 Ma)

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1091-1094

  Ashley, Gail M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Lake cycles; Olduvai Gorge; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

LAKE CYCLES; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIEOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY;

CATCHMENTS; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOPHYSICS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLAYA; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY;

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

EID: 37449022236     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24163A.1     Document Type: Article

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