Tufa as a record of perennial fresh water in a semi-arid rift basin, Kapthurin Formation, Kenya

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1115-1137

  Johnson, Cara Roure ^a   Ashley, Gail M ^b   De Wet, Carol B ^c   Dvoretsky, Rachel ^c   Park, Lisa ^d   Hover, Victoria C ^e   Owen, R Bernhart ^f   McBrearty, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^f HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

East Africa; Hominin evolution; Middle Pleistocene; Semi arid environments; Tufa; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CLAYSTONE; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER; HOMINID; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITHOLOGY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEMIARID REGION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; TUFA; WETLAND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BELEMNOIDEA; CHARACEAE; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 65649138398     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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