Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Volume 6, 1978
Geological Background to Fossil Man: Recent Research in the Gregory Rift Valley, East Africa
Edited by:
Walter W. Bishop

Index by author

B

  1. Behrensmeyer, Anna K.

    1. Behrensmeyer, Anna K.. "Correlation of Plio-Pleistocene sequences in the northern Lake Turkana Basin: a summary of evidence and issues." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 421-440. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Bishop, W. W.

    1. Bishop, W. W.. "Introduction." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): NP. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  3. Bishop, Walter W.

    1. Bishop, Walter W.. "(A) Geological framework of the Kilombe Acheulian archaeological site, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 329-336. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  4. Bishop, William

    1. Bishop, William, Andrew Hill, and Martin Pickford. "Chesowanja: a revised geological interpretation." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 309-327. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  5. Bowen, Bruce E.

    1. Vondra, Carl F., and Bruce E. Bowen. "Stratigraphy, sedimentary facies and paleoenvironments, East Lake Turkana, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 395-414. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  6. Brock, Andrew

    1. Brock, Andrew. "Magneto-stratigraphy east of Lake Turkana and at Olduvai Gorge: a brief summary." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 471. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  7. Brook, Maureen

    1. Chapman, Gregory R., and Maureen Brook. "Chronostratigraphy of the Baringo Basin, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 207-223. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  8. Brown, F. H.

    1. Brown, F. H., 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 6.1 (1978): 473-498. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  9. Brown, Frank H.

    1. Shuey, R. T. et al "A statistical approach to temporal biostratigraphy." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 103-124. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

C

  1. Cerling, B. W.

    1. Curtis, G. H. et al "Age of KBS Tuff in Koobi Fora Formation, East Lake, Turkana, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 463-469. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Cerling, T. E.

    1. Curtis, G. H. et al "Age of KBS Tuff in Koobi Fora Formation, East Lake, Turkana, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 463-469. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  3. Chapman, Gregory R.

    1. Chapman, Gregory R., and Maureen Brook. "Chronostratigraphy of the Baringo Basin, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 207-223. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  4. Coppens, Yves

    1. Coppens, Yves. "Evolution of the hominids and of their environment during the Plio-Pleistocene in the lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 499-506. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Johanson, Don C. et al "Geological framework of the Pliocene Hadar Formation (Afar, Ethiopia) with notes on paleontology including hominids." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 549-564. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  5. Coryndon, Shirley Cameron

    1. Coryndon, Shirley Cameron. "Fossil Hippopotamidae from the Baringo Basin and relationships within the Gregory Rift, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 279-292. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  6. Curtis, G. H.

    1. Leakey, Mary D. et al "Fossil hominids from the Laetolil Beds, Tanzania." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 157-170. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Curtis, G. H. et al "Age of KBS Tuff in Koobi Fora Formation, East Lake, Turkana, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 463-469. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

D

  1. Dagley, Peter

    1. Dagley, Peter, 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 6.1 (1978): 225-235. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Drake, R. E.

    1. Leakey, Mary D. et al "Fossil hominids from the Laetolil Beds, Tanzania." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 157-170. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Curtis, G. H. et al "Age of KBS Tuff in Koobi Fora Formation, East Lake, Turkana, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 463-469. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

E

  1. Eck, G. G.

    1. Shuey, R. T. et al "A statistical approach to temporal biostratigraphy." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 103-124. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Brown, F. H., 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 6.1 (1978): 473-498. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

F

  1. Findlater, Ian C.

    1. Findlater, Ian C.. "Isochronous surfaces within the Plio-Pleistocene sediments east of Lake Turkana." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 415-420. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Fitch, Frank J.

    1. Fitch, Frank J., Paul J. Hooker, and John A. Miller. "Geochronological problems and radioisotopic dating in the Gregory Rift Valley." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 441-461. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

G

  1. Gentry, Alan W.

    1. Gentry, Alan W.. "The fossil bovidae of the Baringo Area, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 293-308. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Gowlett, John A. J.

    1. Gowlett, John A. J.. "(B) Kilombe—an Acheulian site complex in Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 337-360. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  3. Gray, B. T.

    1. Johanson, Don C. et al "Geological framework of the Pliocene Hadar Formation (Afar, Ethiopia) with notes on paleontology including hominids." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 549-564. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

H

  1. Hampel, J. H.

    1. Curtis, G. H. et al "Age of KBS Tuff in Koobi Fora Formation, East Lake, Turkana, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 463-469. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Harris, Jack W. K.

    1. Harris, Jack W. K., and Ingrid Herbich. "Aspects of early Pleistocene hominid behaviour east of Lake Turkana, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 529-547. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  3. Hay, R. L.

    1. Leakey, Mary D. et al "Fossil hominids from the Laetolil Beds, Tanzania." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 157-170. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  4. Herbich, Ingrid

    1. Harris, Jack W. K., and Ingrid Herbich. "Aspects of early Pleistocene hominid behaviour east of Lake Turkana, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 529-547. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  5. Hill, Andrew

    1. Bishop, William, Andrew Hill, and Martin Pickford. "Chesowanja: a revised geological interpretation." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 309-327. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Hill, Andrew. "Taphonomical background to fossil man-problems in palaeoecology." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 87-101. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  6. Hooker, Paul J.

    1. Fitch, Frank J., Paul J. Hooker, and John A. Miller. "Geochronological problems and radioisotopic dating in the Gregory Rift Valley." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 441-461. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  7. Howell, F. Clark

    1. Shuey, R. T. et al "A statistical approach to temporal biostratigraphy." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 103-124. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Brown, F. H., 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 6.1 (1978): 473-498. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

I

  1. Isaac, Glynn Ll.

    1. Isaac, Glynn Ll.. "The first geologists—the archaeology of the original rock breakers." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 139-147. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Isaac, Glynn Ll.. "The Olorgesailie Formation: Stratigraphy, tectonics and the palaeogeographic context of the Middle Pleistocene archaeological sites." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 173-206. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

J

  1. Jackes, M. K.

    1. Leakey, Mary D. et al "Fossil hominids from the Laetolil Beds, Tanzania." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 157-170. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Johanson, Don C.

    1. Johanson, Don C. et al "Geological framework of the Pliocene Hadar Formation (Afar, Ethiopia) with notes on paleontology including hominids." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 549-564. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

K

  1. Kent, Peter

    1. Kent, Peter. "Historical background: Early exploration in the East African Rift—the Gregory Rift valley." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 1-4. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Khan, M. Aftab

    1. Khan, M. Aftab, and Christopher J. Swain. "Geophysical investigations and the Rift Valley geology of Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 71-83. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  3. King, Basil C.

    1. King, Basil C.. "Structural and volcanic evolution of the Gregory Rift Valley." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 29-54. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

L

  1. Leakey, Mary D.

    1. Leakey, Mary D.. "Olduvai Gorge 1911–75: a history of the investigations." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 151-155. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Leakey, Mary D. et al "Fossil hominids from the Laetolil Beds, Tanzania." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 157-170. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

M

  1. Miller, John A.

    1. Fitch, Frank J., Paul J. Hooker, and John A. Miller. "Geochronological problems and radioisotopic dating in the Gregory Rift Valley." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 441-461. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Mussett, Alan E.

    1. Dagley, Peter, 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 6.1 (1978): 225-235. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

O

  1. Oxburgh, E. Ronald

    1. Oxburgh, E. Ronald. "Rifting in east Africa and large-scale tectonic processes." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 7-18. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

P

  1. Palmer, H. C.

    1. Dagley, Peter, 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 6.1 (1978): 225-235. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Pickford, Martin

    1. Bishop, William, Andrew Hill, and Martin Pickford. "Chesowanja: a revised geological interpretation." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 309-327. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  3. Pickford, Martin H. L.

    1. Pickford, Martin H. L.. "Geology, palaeoenvironments and vertebrate faunas of the mid-Miocene Ngorora Formation, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 237-262. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Pickford, Martin H. L.. "Stratigraphy and mammalian palaeontology of the late-Miocene Lukeino Formation, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 263-278. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

S

  1. Savage, Robert J. G.

    1. Savage, Robert J. G., and Peter G. Williamson. "The early history of the Turkana Depression." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 375-394. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Shackleton, Robert M.

    1. Shackleton, Robert M.. "Geological Map of the Olorgesailie Area, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 171-172. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Shackleton, Robert M.. "Structural development of the East African Rift system." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 19-28. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  3. Shuey, R. T.

    1. Shuey, R. T. et al "A statistical approach to temporal biostratigraphy." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 103-124. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  4. Swain, Christopher J.

    1. Khan, M. Aftab, and Christopher J. Swain. "Geophysical investigations and the Rift Valley geology of Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 71-83. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

T

  1. Taieb, Maurice

    1. Johanson, Don C. et al "Geological framework of the Pliocene Hadar Formation (Afar, Ethiopia) with notes on paleontology including hominids." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 549-564. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Tallon, Peter W. J.

    1. Tallon, Peter W. J.. "Geological setting of the hominid fossils and Acheulian artifacts from the Kapthurin Formation, Baringo District, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 361-373. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

V

  1. Vondra, Carl F.

    1. Vondra, Carl F., and Bruce E. Bowen. "Stratigraphy, sedimentary facies and paleoenvironments, East Lake Turkana, Kenya." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 395-414. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

W

  1. White, T. D.

    1. Leakey, Mary D. et al "Fossil hominids from the Laetolil Beds, Tanzania." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 157-170. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  2. Williams, Laurence A. J.

    1. Williams, Laurence A. J.. "Character of Quaternary volcanism in the Gregory Rift Valley." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 55-69. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  3. Williamson, Peter G.

    1. Savage, Robert J. G., and Peter G. Williamson. "The early history of the Turkana Depression." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 375-394. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
    2. Williamson, Peter G.. "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 6.1 (1978): 507-527. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.

  4. Wood, Bernard A.

    1. Wood, Bernard A.. "Allometry and Hominid studies." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 6.1 (1978): 125-138. Web. 28 Feb. 2020.
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