Wetland sedimentation and associated diatoms in the Pleistocene Olorgesailie Basin, southern Kenya Rift Valley

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 124-137

  Owen, R Bernhart ^a   Renaut, Robin W ^b   Scott, Jennifer J ^b   Potts, Richard ^c,d   Behrensmeyer, Anna K ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Ichnofossils; Olorgesailie; Rhizoliths; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DIATOM; ICHNOFACIES; PLEISTOCENE; REWORKING; RHIZOLITH; SEDIMENTATION; WETLAND;

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

ANOMOEONEIS SPHAEROPHORA; AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; ENCYONEMA MUELLERI; EPITHEMIA ARGUS; ISOPTERA; RHOPALODIA GIBBERULA; SYNEDRA; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA FAURII;

EID: 70449129613     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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