Lake Bogoria, Kenya: Hot and warm springs, geysers and Holocene stromatolites

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 71-79

  McCall, Joseph ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Hot springs; Hydrothermal; Stromatolites; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALGA; HOLOCENE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STROMATOLITE; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; GREGORY RIFT; KENYA; LAKE BOGORIA; LAKE TURKANA; RIFT VALLEY;

ALGAE; BOGORIA; CYANOBACTERIA; PHOENICOPTERIDAE;

EID: 77958168105     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.08.001     Document Type: Review

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