Plio-Pleistocene synsedimentary fault compartments, foundation for the eastern Olduvai Basin paleoenvironmental mosaic, Tanzania

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 309-327

  Stollhofen, Harald ^a   Stanistreet, Ian G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East African Rift; Oldowan hominins; Olduvai Gorge; Volcaniclastic sediments

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; HOMINID; LANDSCAPE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

HOMO HABILIS;

EID: 84864566883     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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