Sedimentary evolution of a late Pleistocene wetland indicating extreme coastal uplift in southern Tanzania

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-142

  Reuter, Markus ^a   Piller, W E ^a   Harzhauser, M ^b   Berning, B ^c   Kroh, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c Upper Austrian State Museum   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coastal terrace; Facies; Neotectonics; Sea level; Tanzania; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; EUSTACY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FACIES ANALYSIS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PLEISTOCENE; RIFT ZONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRACE; UPLIFT; WETLAND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; LINDI [LINDI (RGA)]; LINDI [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 70849100854     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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