THE MID- JURASSIC MARINE TRANSGRESSION IN EAST AFRICA: NEW DATA ON THE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND AGE OF THE LOWER KAMBE FORMATION (AALENIAN TO BAJOCIAN) IN THE MOMBASA AREA (S.E. KENYA)

The Lower Kambe Formation crops out from Mombasa towards the northeast, along the coastal area of Kenya; it was deposited during the first phases of the Middle Jurassic marine transgression. The lithology of the Lower Kambe Fm. varies passing from the southern areas towards the north: near Mombasa,...

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Main Authors: MAURIZIO CHIOCCHINI, MILVIO FAZZUOLI, VIVIANA REALE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2005-11-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6330