Geochemical gradients and artifact mass densities on the lowermost Bed II eastern lake margin (~1.8Ma), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-423

  Deocampo, Daniel M ^a   Tactikos, Joanne C ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Archaeological Consulting Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay mineral; Diagenesis; Hominin; Limnogeology; Olduvai; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; HOMININ; LIMNOGEOLOGY; OLDUVAI; PLEISTOCENE;

ALUMINUM; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; MINERALS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; WETLANDS;

CLAY MINERALS;

ARTIFACT; CLAY MINERAL; CLAYSTONE; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOMINID; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OLDUVAI EVENT;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

EID: 78650169588     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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