Biogenic structures in exhumed surfaces around saline lakes: An example from Lake Bogoria, Kenya Rift Valley

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 272, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 176-198

  Scott, Jennifer J ^a   Renaut, Robin W ^a   Buatois, Luis A ^a   Owen, R Bernhart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cementation; Ichnofacies; Pleistocene; Rifts; Saline lakes; Springs

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; EXHUMATION; HOLOCENE; ICHNOFACIES; PLEISTOCENE; SALINE LAKE; SEABIRD; WATER LEVEL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAKE BOGORIA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BOGORIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DERMAPTERA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; MERMIA; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS MINOR; PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER; SCOYENIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 59249091944     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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