Tectonic and climatic control on evolution of rift lakes in the Central Kenya Rift, East Africa

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 2804-2816

  Bergner, A G N ^a   Strecker, M R ^a   Trauth, M H ^a   Deino, A ^b   Gasse, F ^c   Blisniuk, P ^d   Duhnforth M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; ALKALINE CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT SIZE; CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATIC CONTROLS; CLIMATIC EFFECTS; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; EAST AFRICA; FLUVIAL PROCESS; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC FIELD MAPPING; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; KENYA RIFT; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WATERBODIES; WET PERIOD;

LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; WATER;

CATCHMENTS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; DIATOM; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; KENYA; KENYA RIFT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 70350041736     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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