Widespread freshwater carbonate in the Olduvai Basin, a precursor to a major eruption in the East African Rift System
Abstract Freshwater limestones are uncommon in the sedimentary record of the East African Rift System. Recent research in the Olduvai Basin, Tanzania has revealed an extensive carbonate unit ca 1.8 Ma in age that varies spatially in thickness, petrography, trace element and rare earth geochemistry,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-06-01
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| Series: | The Depositional Record |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.105 |