Pliocene volcano-tectonics and paleogeography of the Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 295-312

  Bruhn, Ronald L ^a   Brown, Francis H ^a   Gathogo, Patrick N ^a   Haileab, Bereket ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gombe Basalt; Kenya; Omo Group; Omo River; Tectonics; Turkana Basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; DRAINAGE BASIN; FAULTING; FLOOD BASALT; LAVA FLOW; PALEOGENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO;

COAST PROVINCE; EASTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; ETHIOPIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KENYA; LAMU; MARSABIT; OMO RIVER; TURKANA BASIN;

EID: 78951472872     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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