Calcretes

AM Alonso-Zarza, VP Wright - Developments in sedimentology, 2010 - Elsevier
Calcretes (synonym: caliches) represent calcium-carbonate accumulations in a variety of
soils (and palaeosols) by pedogenic processes, as well as in surficial sediments in which …

Lacustrine carbonates

EH Gierlowski-Kordesch - Developments in sedimentology, 2010 - Elsevier
Lacustrine carbonates accumulate in all climates and in any tectonic situation. Their
depositional patterns are assessed through a database involving literature representing …

Carbonate build-ups in lacustrine, hydrothermal and fluvial settings: comparing depositional geometry, fabric types and geochemical signature

G Della Porta - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
Carbonate build-ups in lakes, hydrothermal and fluvial settings are characterized by
distinctive geometry, spatial distribution, fabrics and geochemical signature but also by …

Early human impacts and ecosystem reorganization in southern-central Africa

JC Thompson, DK Wright, SJ Ivory, JH Choi… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Modern Homo sapiens engage in substantial ecosystem modification, but it is difficult to
detect the origins or early consequences of these behaviors. Archaeological …

Human (Clovis)–gomphothere (Cuvieronius sp.) association ∼13,390 calibrated yBP in Sonora, Mexico

G Sanchez, VT Holliday, EP Gaines… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The earliest known foragers to populate most of North America south of the glaciers [∼
11,500 to≥∼ 10,800 14C yBP;∼ 13,300 to∼ 12,800 calibrated (Cal) years] made …

Lacustrine carbonates in rift settings: the interaction of volcanic and microbial processes on carbonate deposition

VP Wright - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2012 - lyellcollection.org
The relatively simplistic facies models for lacustrine carbonates do not currently incorporate
either the diversity of microbialite carbonate development or the influence of volcanic-related …

[HTML][HTML] The Plio-Pleistocene sequence of Oued Boucherit (Algeria): A unique chronologically-constrained archaeological and palaeontological record in North Africa

M Duval, M Sahnouni, JM Parés… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Located within the Beni Fouda intramontane basin, the Oued Boucherit area
(Guelta Zerga, North East Algeria) hosts a unique succession of archaeological and …

Tectono‐sedimentary evolution of the Plio‐Pleistocene Corinth rift, Greece

RL Gawthorpe, MR Leeder, H Kranis, E Skourtsos… - Basin …, 2018 - earthdoc.org
The onshore central Corinth rift contains a syn‐rift succession> 3 km thick deposited in 5–15
km‐wide tilt blocks, all now inactive, uplifted and deeply incised. This part of the rift records …

Evidence for the Carnian Pluvial Episode in Gondwana: New multiproxy climate records and their bearing on early dinosaur diversification

AC Mancuso, CA Benavente, RB Irmis, R Mundil - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The Triassic hothouse world experienced dynamic changes in climate and ecosystems that
set the Earth's climate and biotic states for much of the Mesozoic Era. A critical time interval …

Impact of lake‐level changes on the formation of thermogene travertine in continental rifts: evidence from Lake Bogoria, Kenya Rift Valley

RW Renaut, RB Owen, B Jones, JJ TIERCELIN… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Travertine is present at 20% of the ca 60 hot springs that discharge on Loburu delta plain on
the western margin of saline, alkaline Lake Bogoria in the Kenya Rift. Much of the travertine …