Geology of the Homo-bearing Pleistocene Dandiero Basin (Buia region, Eritrean Danakil depression)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 5-34

  Abbate, Ernesto ^a   Woldehaimanot, Beraki ^b   Bruni, Piero ^a   Falorni, Paola ^a   Papini, Mauro ^a   Sagri, Mario ^a   Girmay, Simret ^b   Tecle, Tewelde Medhin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^c Department of Mines ^*  (Eritrea)

Author keywords

Afar; Buia; Climatic change; Danakil depression; Eritrea; Homo "erectus like"; Pleistocene; Red Sea; Rift sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ERITREA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 6044271531     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Abbate E., Albianelli A., Azzaroli A., Benvenuti M., Tesfamariam B., Bruni P., Cipriani N., Clarke R.J., Ficcarelli G., Napolcone G., Papini M., Rook L., Sagri M., Tecle T.M., Torre D. & Villa I., (1998) - A one-million-year-old Homo cranium from the Danakil (Afar) depression of Eritrea. Nature, 393: 458-460, London.
2. Abell P.I. (1985) - Oxygen isotope data in modern African gastropods shells: a data base for paleoclimatology. Chem. Geol. (Isot. Geosci. Sect.), 58: 193, Amsterdam.
3. Aiello I.W., Garrison R.E., Moore J.C., Kastner M. & Stakes D.S. (2001) - Anatomy and origin of carbonate structures in a Miocene cold-seep field. Geology, 29: 1111-1114, Boulder.
4. Albianelli A. & Napoleone G. (2004) - Magnetostratigraphy of the Homo bearing Pleistocene Dandiero Basin (Danakil Depression, Eritrea). Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 110 (supplement): 35-44, Milano.
5. Asfaw B., Gilbert W.E., Beyene Y, Hart W.K., Renne P.R., WoldeGabriel G., Vrba E.S. & White T.D. (2002) - Remains of Homo erectus from Bouril Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Nature, 416: 317-320, London.
6. Bannert D., Brinckmann J., Käding K. Ch., Kretsch G., Kürsten M. & Mayrhofer H. (1970) - Zur Geologie der Danakil Senke (Nö rdliches Afar Gebiet), NE Aethiopien. Geol. Rundschau, 59: 409-443, Berlin.
7. Barberi F., Borsi S., Ferrara G., Marinelli G., Santacroce R., Tazieff H. & Varet J. (1972) - Evolution of the Danakil Depression (Afar, Ethiopia) in light of radiometric age determinations. Journ. Geol., 80: 720-729, Chicago.
8. Barberi F., Ferrara G., Santacroce R. & Varet J. (1975) - Structural evolution of the Afar triple junction. In: Pilger A. & Roesler A. (eds.) - Afar Depression of Ethiopia, Vol. 1: 38-54, E.Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart.
9. Barberi F., Giglia G., Marinelli G., Santacroce R., Tazieff H. & Varet J. (1970) - Carte Géologique de la Dépression des Danakil, Afar septentrional-Ethiopie. 1:500.000. CNRS France-CNR Italy.
10. Barberi F. & Varet J. (1975) - Nature of the Afar crust. A discussion. In: Pilger A. & Roesler A. (eds.) - Afar Depression of Ethiopia, Vol. 1: 375-378, E.Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart.
11. Behle A., Makris J., Baier B. & Delibasis N. (1975) - Salt thickness near Dallol (Ethiopia) from seismic reflection measurements and gravity data. In: Pilger A.& Roesler A. (eds.) - Afar Depression of Ethiopia, Vol. 1: 156-167, E.Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart.
12. Beyth M. (1978) - A comparative study of the sedimentary fills of the Danakil Depression (Ethiopia). Tectonophysics, 46: 357-367, Amsterdam.
13. Beyth M., Avigad D., Wetzel H. U., Matthews A. & Berhe S.M. (2003) - Crustal exhumation and indications for Snowball Earth in East African Orogen: north Ethiopia and East Eritrea. Precambrian Research, 123: 187-201, Amsterdam.
14. Bigazzi G., Balestrieri M.L., Norelli P., Oddone M. & Tecle T.M. (2004) - Fission-Track dating of a tephra layer in the Alat Formation of the Dandiero Group (Danakil Depression, Eritrea). Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 110 (supplement): 45-49, Milano.
15. Bonatti E., Emilliani C., Ostlund G. & Rydell H. (1971) - Final Desiccation of the Afar Rift, Ethiopia. Science, 172: 468-469, Washington DC.
16. Brinckmann J. & Kürsten M. (1970) - Geological Sketchmap of the Danakil Depression (Geologische Übersichtkarte der Danakil Senke) scale 1: 250.000. Bundesanstalt für Bodenforschungen, Hannover.
17. Brinckmann J. & Kursten M. (1971) Stratigraphie und Tektonik der Danakil-Senke (NE-Aethiopien). Geol. Jabrb., 116: 5-86, Stuttgart.
18. Burek P.J. (1970) - Paleomagnetic evidence for an anti-clockwise rotation of the Danakil Alps, Ethiopia. EOS (American Geophysical Union), 31: 271, Washington D.C.
19. Burek P.J. (1978) - Zur Entwicklung von Riftsystem im Fruhstadium (Hebung - Spaltung - Vulkanismus - Spreading) am Beispiel der Afar - Senke.Geol, Rundshau, 67: 576-597, Berlin.
20. Chorowicz J., Collet B., Bonavia F. & Tesfaye Korme (1999) - Left-lateral strike-slip tectonics and gravity induced individualisation of wide continental blocks in the western Afar margin. Eclogae Geol. Helv., 92: 149-158, Basel.
21. Clemens S.C., Murray D.W, & Prelle W.L. (1996) - Nonstationnary phase of the Plio-Pleistocene Asian monson. Science, 274: 943, Washington DC.
22. Collet B., Taud H., Parrot J.F., Bonavia F. & Chorowicz J. (2000) - A new kinematic approach for the Danakil block using a Digital Elevation Model representation. Tectonophysics, 316: 343-357, Amsterdam.
23. Dainelli G. & Marinelli O. (1912) - Risultati scientifici di un viaggio nella Colonia Eritrea. Pubbl. Regio Ist. Studi Superiori e di Perfezionamento di Firenze, 601 pp., Firenze.
24. Delfino M., Segid A., Yosief D., Shoshani J., Rook L. & Libsekal Y. (2004) - Fossil Reptiles from the Pleistocene Homo-bearing locality of Buia (Eritrea, Northern Danakil Depression). Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 110 (supplement): 51-60, Milano.
25. de Heinzelin J., Clark J.D., White T., Hart W., Renne P., WoldeGabriel G., Yonas Beyene & Vrba E. (1999) - Science, 284: 625-629, Washington D.C.
26. de Menocal P.B., (1995) - Plio-Pleistocene African climate. Science, 270: 53-59, Washington DC.
27. Duffield W.A., Bullen T.D., Clynne M.A., Fournier R.O., Janik C.J., Lanphere M.A., Jackson M.D., Lowenstern J.B., Smith J.G., Giorgis L., Khasai G., Mariam K. & Tesfai T. (1997) - Geothermal Potential of the Aliud Volcanic Center, Danakil Depression, Eritrea. US Geol. Survey Open File Report, 97-291, 62 pp., Menlo Park, CA.
28. Dupont L.M., Donner B., Schneider R. & Wefer G. (2001) - Mid-Pleistocene environmental change in tropical Africa began as early as 1.05 Ma. Geology, 29:195-198, Boulder.
29. Eagles G., Gloaguen R. & Ebinger C. (2002) - Kinematics of the Danakil microplate. Earth Plan. Sci. Letters, 203: 607-620, Amsterdam.
30. Feibel C.S. (1987) - Fossil fish nests from the Koobi Fora Formation (Plio-Pleistocene) of the nothern Kenya. J. Paleont., 61: 30-134, Iowa City
31. Ferretti M. P., Ficcarelli G., Libsekal Y., Tecle T. M. & Rook L. (2003) - Fossil elephants from Buia (northern Afar Depression, Eritrea) with remarks on the Systematics of Elephas recki (Proboscidea, Elephantidae). J. Vert. Pal., 23(1): 244-257, Lawrence.
32. Garland C.R. (1980) - Geology of the Adigrat Area. Geological Survey of Ethiopia Mem. 1: 51 pp., Addis Ababa.
33. 18O in mollusk shells from Pliocene Lake Hadar and modern Ethiopian lakes: implications for history of Ethiopian monsoon. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimat., Palaeoecol., 186: 81-99, Amsterdam.
34. Hay R.L. (1986) - Role of tephra in the preservation of fossils in Cenozooic deposits of East Africa. In: Frostick L.E. et al., (eds.)- Sedimentation in the African Rifts. Geol. Soc. London Special Publ., 25: 339-344, London.
35. Holwerda J.G. & Hutchinson R.W, (1968) - Potash-bearing evaporites in the Danakil area, Ethiopia. Econ. Geol., 63: 124-150, Lancaster, PA.
36. Hutchinson R.W. & Engels G.G. (1970) - Tectonic significance of regional geology and evaporite lithofacies in northeastern Ethiopia. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London, A, 267: 313-319, London.
37. Kalb J.E., Oswald E.B., Sleshi Tebedge, Assefa Mebrate, Tola E. & Peak D. (1982) - Geology and stratigraphy of Neogene depposits, Middle Awash valley, Ethiopia. Nature, 298: 17-25, London.
38. Leng M.J., Lamb A.L., Lamb H.F. & Telford R.J. (1999) - Palaeoclimatic implications of isotopic data from modern and early Holocene shells of the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata, from lakes in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. J. Paleolimn., 21: 97-106, Amsterdam.
39. Laughton A.S. (1965) - The Gulf of Aden, in relation to the Red Sea and the Afar depression of Ethiopia. In: The World Rift System. Geol. Sur. Pap. Can. 66-14, 78-97, Ottawa.
40. Lalou C., van Nguyen H., Faure H. & Moreira L. (1970) - datation par la méthode Uranium-Thorium des hauts niveaux de coraux de la Dépression de l'Afar (Ethiopie). Rev. Géogr. Phys. Géol. Dyn., 12: 3-8, Paris.
41. Macchiarelli R., Bondioli L., Chech M., Coppa A., Fiore I., Russom R., Vecchi E, Libsekal Y. & Rook L.(2004) - The late Early Pleistocene Human Remains from Buia, Danakil Depression, Eritrea. Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 110 (supplement): 133-144, Milano.
42. Marinelli G., Quaia R. & Santacroce R. (1980) - Volcanism and spreading in the northernmost segment of the Afar rift (Gulf of Zula). In: Geodynamic evolution of the Afro-Arabic Rift System. Accademia Nazionale del Lincei, Atti dei Convegni Lincei, 47: 421-426, Roma.
43. Martínez-Navarro B., Rook L., Segid A., Yosieph D., Ferretti M.P., Shoshani J., Tecle T.M. & Libsekal Y. (2004) - The Large Fossil Mammals from Buia (Eritrea): Systematics, Biochronology and Paleoenvironments. Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 110 (supplement): 61-88, Milano.
44. Martini F., Libsekal Y, Filippi O., Ghebreher A., Kashay H., Kiros A., Martino G., Okubatsion D., Segid A., Solomon T., Teka Z., Yosief D. & Yamane S. (2004) - Characterization of Lithic Complexes from Buia (Dandiero Basin, Danakil Depression, Eritrea). Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 110 (supplement): 99-132, Milano.
45. Mohr P.A. (1967) - The Ethiopian Rift System. Bull. Geophys. Observ., 11: 1-65, Addis Ababa.
46. Munziger W. (1869) - Narrative of a journey through the Afar country. Journ. Royal Geogr. Soc. London, 39: 188-232, London.
47. Renne P.R., Woldegabriel G., Hart W.K., Heiken G. & White T.D. (1999 - Chronostratigraphy of the Miocene-Pliocene Sagantole Formation, Middle Awash Valley, Afar rift, Ethiopia. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 111: 869-885, Boulder.
48. Sagri M., Abbate E., Azzaroli A., Balestrieri M.L., Benvenuti M., Bruni P., Fazzuoli M., Ficcarelli G., Marcucci M., Napoleone G., Papini M., Pavia G., Reale V., Rook L. & Tecle T.M. (1998) - New data on the Jurassic and Neogene sedimentation in the Danakil Horst and Northern Afar Depression. In: Crasquin-Soleau S. & Barrier E.(eds.) - Peri-Tethys Memoir 3: stratigraphy and evolution of Peri-Tethyan platforms. Mém. Mus. Natn. Hist. nat., 177: 193-214, Paris.
49. Salvador A. (ed.) (1994) - International Stratigraphic Guide. A guide to stratigraphic classification, terminology, and procedure. 214 pp., Boulder.
50. Sichler B. (1980) - La biélette Danakil: Un modèle pour l'évolution géodynamique de l'Afar. Bull. Soc. Gé ol. Fr., 22: 925-933, Paris.
51. Souriot T. & Brun J.P. (1992) - Faulting and block rotation in the Afar Triangle, East Africa: The Danakil crank-arm model. Geology, 20: 911-914, Boulder.
52. Stern R.J. (1994) - Arc assembly and continental collision in the Neoproterozoic East African Orogen- Implications for the consolidation of Gondwanaland. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 22: 319-351, Amsterdam.
53. Tiercelin J.J., Taieb M. & Faure H. (1980) - Continental sedimentary basins and volcano-tectonic evolution of the Afar Rift. In: Geodynamic Evolution of the Afro-Arabic Rift System., Atti dei Convegni Lincei 47: 491-504, Roma.
54. White T.D., Gen Suwa, Hart W.K., Walter R.C., Wolde-Gabriel G., de Heinzelin J., Clark J.D., Berhane Asfaw & Vrba E. (1993) - New discoveries of Australopithecus at Maka in Ethiopia. Nature, 366: 261-265, London.