Compositional and textural correlations between Olduvai Gorge Bed I tephra and volcanic sources in the Ngorongoro Volcanic Highlands, Tanzania

Quaternary International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 306-319

  McHenry, Lindsay J ^a   Mollel, Godwin F ^b   Swisher III, Carl C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CRATER; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; IGNIMBRITE; LAVA; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TEPHRA; VOLCANO;

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

EID: 40749106930     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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