Carbonates from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania : palaeohydrology and geochronology

Carbonates are abundant in the Pleistocene sedimentary sequence at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. This study reports their potential for investigating palaeoenvironments and for radiometric dating using U-Pb geochronology. Using their textural characteristics the, commonly nodular, terrestrial carbonates...

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Main Author: Rushworth, Elisabeth
Other Authors: Marshall, Jim; Stanistreet, Ian; Parrish, Randall
Published: University of Liverpool 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579324