Lyell Collection

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Articles

W. W. Bishop

Introduction

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: NP. [Abstract] [PDF] FREE  

Peter Kent

Historical background: Early exploration in the East African Rift—the Gregory Rift valley

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 1-4. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] FREE  

Part I. Frameworks: Structural-Volcanic-Geophysical

E. Ronald Oxburgh

Rifting in east Africa and large-scale tectonic processes

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 7-18. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Robert M. Shackleton

Structural development of the East African Rift system

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 19-28. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Basil C. King

Structural and volcanic evolution of the Gregory Rift Valley

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 29-54. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Laurence A. J. Williams

Character of Quaternary volcanism in the Gregory Rift Valley

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 55-69. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

M. Aftab Khan and Christopher J. Swain

Geophysical investigations and the Rift Valley geology of Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 71-83. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Part II. Background: Palaeontological and Archaeological Problems

Andrew Hill

Taphonomical background to fossil man-problems in palaeoecology

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 87-101. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

R. T. Shuey, Frank H. Brown, G. G. Eck and F. Clark Howell

A statistical approach to temporal biostratigraphy

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 103-124. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Bernard A. Wood

Allometry and Hominid studies

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 125-138. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Glynn Ll. Isaac

The first geologists—the archaeology of the original rock breakers

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 139-147. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Part III. Regional Studies in the Gregory Rift Valley

Mary D. Leakey

Olduvai Gorge 1911–75: a history of the investigations

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 151-155. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Mary D. Leakey, R. L. Hay, G. H. Curtis, R. E. Drake, M. K. Jackes and T. D. White

Fossil hominids from the Laetolil Beds, Tanzania

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 157-170. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Robert M. Shackleton

Geological Map of the Olorgesailie Area, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 171-172. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Glynn Ll. Isaac

The Olorgesailie Formation: Stratigraphy, tectonics and the palaeogeographic context of the Middle Pleistocene archaeological sites

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 173-206. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Gregory R. Chapman and Maureen Brook

Chronostratigraphy of the Baringo Basin, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 207-223. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Peter Dagley, Alan E. Mussett and H. C. Palmer

Preliminary observations on the palaeomagnetic stratigraphy of the area west of Lake Baringo, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 225-235. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Martin H. L. Pickford

Geology, palaeoenvironments and vertebrate faunas of the mid-Miocene Ngorora Formation, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 237-262. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Martin H. L. Pickford

Stratigraphy and mammalian palaeontology of the late-Miocene Lukeino Formation, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 263-278. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Shirley Cameron Coryndon

Fossil Hippopotamidae from the Baringo Basin and relationships within the Gregory Rift, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 279-292. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Alan W. Gentry

The fossil bovidae of the Baringo Area, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 293-308. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

William Bishop, Andrew Hill and Martin Pickford

Chesowanja: a revised geological interpretation

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 309-327. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Walter W. Bishop

(A) Geological framework of the Kilombe Acheulian archaeological site, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 329-336. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

John A. J. Gowlett

(B) Kilombe—an Acheulian site complex in Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 337-360. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Peter W. J. Tallon

Geological setting of the hominid fossils and Acheulian artifacts from the Kapthurin Formation, Baringo District, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 361-373. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Robert J. G. Savage and Peter G. Williamson

The early history of the Turkana Depression

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 375-394. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Carl F. Vondra and Bruce E. Bowen

Stratigraphy, sedimentary facies and paleoenvironments, East Lake Turkana, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 395-414. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ian C. Findlater

Isochronous surfaces within the Plio-Pleistocene sediments east of Lake Turkana

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 415-420. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Anna K. Behrensmeyer

Correlation of Plio-Pleistocene sequences in the northern Lake Turkana Basin: a summary of evidence and issues

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 421-440. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Frank J. Fitch, Paul J. Hooker and John A. Miller

Geochronological problems and radioisotopic dating in the Gregory Rift Valley

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 441-461. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

G. H. Curtis, R. E. Drake, T. E. Cerling, B. W. Cerling and J. H. Hampel

Age of KBS Tuff in Koobi Fora Formation, East Lake, Turkana, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 463-469. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Andrew Brock

Magneto-stratigraphy east of Lake Turkana and at Olduvai Gorge: a brief summary

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 471. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F. H. Brown, F. Clark Howell and G. G. Eck

Observations on problems of correlation of late Cenozoic hominid-bearing formations in the North Lake Turkana Basin

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 473-498. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Yves Coppens

Evolution of the hominids and of their environment during the Plio-Pleistocene in the lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 499-506. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Peter G. Williamson

Evidence for the major features and development of Rift Palaeolakes in the Neogene of East Africa from certain aspects of Lacustrine Mollusc assemblages

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 507-527. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Jack W. K. Harris and Ingrid Herbich

Aspects of early Pleistocene hominid behaviour east of Lake Turkana, Kenya

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 529-547. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Don C. Johanson, Maurice Taieb, B. T. Gray and Yves Coppens

Geological framework of the Pliocene Hadar Formation (Afar, Ethiopia) with notes on paleontology including hominids

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1978 volume 6: 549-564. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

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