Fingerprinting facies of the Tuff IF marker, with implications for early hominin palaeoecology, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 382-409

  Stollhofen, Harald ^a   Stanistreet, Ian G ^b   McHenry, Lindsay J ^c   Mollel, Godwin F ^d   Blumenschine, Robert J ^e   Masao, Fidelis T ^f  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d Rutgers University   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Oldowan hominins; Olduvai Gorge; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Tanzania; Tephrostratigraphy; Volcaniclastic sediments

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FACIES; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOMINID; PALEOECOLOGY; PHONOLITE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SILICA; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TUFF;

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

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40649099292     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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