A pulse of mid-Pleistocene rift volcanism in Ethiopia at the dawn of modern humans

Autor: William Hutchison, Raffaella Fusillo, David M. Pyle, Tamsin A. Mather, Jon D. Blundy, Juliet Biggs, Gezahegn Yirgu, Benjamin E. Cohen, Richard A. Brooker, Dan N. Barfod, Andrew T. Calvert
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13192
Popis: Past volcanic eruptions along the densely populated Ethiopian Rift valley remain poorly constrained despite the present day hazard. Hutchison et al. show that a large volcanic flare up along a 200 km section of the rift occurred between 320–170 ka dramatically affecting the landscape and hominin population.
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