Middle Miocene to Pleistocene sedimentary record of rift evolution in the southern Albert Rift (Uganda)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1643-1661

  Roller, S ^a   Hornung, J ^a   Hinderer, M ^a   Ssemmanda, I ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Albert Rift; East African Rift system; Rwenzori mountains; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOFACIES; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; RWENZORI MOUNTAINS; WESTERN RIFT;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77957933350     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0560-z     Document Type: Article

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