Geology and stratigraphy of Neogene deposits, Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia

The Middle Awash Valley, Afar, Ethiopia, contains a sedimentary sequence that is > 1 km thick, spans much of the Neogene, and contains vertebrate fossils throughout. Newly defined formations described here are older and younger than the hominid-bearing Hadar Formation. The Awash deposystem reflec...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 1982-07, Vol.298 (5869), p.17-25
Hauptverfasser:	Kalb, Jon E, Oswald, Elizabeth B, Tebedge, Sleshi, Mebrate, Assefa, Tola, Emmanuel, Peak, Dennis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Humanities and Social Sciences multidisciplinary Science Science (multidisciplinary)
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Zusammenfassung:	The Middle Awash Valley, Afar, Ethiopia, contains a sedimentary sequence that is > 1 km thick, spans much of the Neogene, and contains vertebrate fossils throughout. Newly defined formations described here are older and younger than the hominid-bearing Hadar Formation. The Awash deposystem reflects deposition in an evolving triple junction.
ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/298017a0