Geochemical trends through time and lateral variability of diatom floras in the Pleistocene Olorgesailie Formation, southern Kenya Rift Valley

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 167-179

  Owen, R B ^a   Renaut, R W ^b   Potts, R ^c,d   Behrensmeyer, A K ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diatoms; East African Rift System; Geochemistry; Lakes; Olorgesailie; REE data; Sedimentology; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATIONS; DEEPWATER; DIATOM FLORA; DIATOMS; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; KENYA RIFT; OLORGESAILIE; PLEISTOCENE; REE DATA; SHALLOW LAKES; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TECTONIC CONTROL; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; VARIABLE CONDITIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BROMINE; CATCHMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIATOM; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHERING;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; KENYA; KENYA RIFT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; TRACHYTES;

EID: 79959270944     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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