Volcanic activity and hazard in the East African Rift Zone

J Biggs, A Ayele, TP Fischer, K Fontijn… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, multidisciplinary studies have unearthed a rich history of
volcanic activity and unrest in the densely-populated East African Rift System, providing new …

Reversed Holocene temperature–moisture relationship in the Horn of Africa

AJ Baxter, D Verschuren, F Peterse, DG Miralles… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to severely impact the global hydrological cycle,
particularly in tropical regions where agriculture-based economies depend on monsoon …

Correlating tephras and cryptotephras using glass compositional analyses and numerical and statistical methods: review and evaluation

DJ Lowe, NJG Pearce, MA Jorgensen… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
We define tephras and cryptotephras and their components (mainly ash-sized particles of
glass±crystals in distal deposits) and summarize the basis of tephrochronology as a …

[HTML][HTML] Anticipating future Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) 7 eruptions and their chilling impacts

C Newhall, S Self, A Robock - Geosphere, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Worst-case or high-end subduction-related earthquakes and tsunamis of 2004 and 2011 are
painfully fresh in our memories. High-end subduction-related volcanic eruptions have not …

The earliest long-distance obsidian transport: Evidence from the∼ 200 ka Middle Stone Age Sibilo school road site, Baringo, Kenya

N Blegen - Journal of Human Evolution, 2017 - Elsevier
This study presents the earliest evidence of long-distance obsidian transport at the∼ 200 ka
Sibilo School Road Site (SSRS), an early Middle Stone Age site in the Kapthurin Formation …

Middle and later stone age chronology of kisese II rockshelter (UNESCO World Heritage Kondoa Rock-Art Sites), Tanzania

CA Tryon, JE Lewis, KL Ranhorn, A Kwekason, B Alex… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The archaeology of East Africa during the last~ 65,000 years plays a central role in debates
about the origins and dispersal of modern humans, Homo sapiens. Despite the historical …

The middle/later stone age transition and cultural dynamics of late Pleistocene East Africa

CA Tryon - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Middle to Later Stone Age (MSA/LSA) transition is a prominent feature of the
African archeological record that began in some places~ 30,000–60,000 years ago …

The Cenozoic magmatism of East Africa: part III–rifting of the craton

TO Rooney - Lithos, 2020 - Elsevier
Magmatic activity in the Tanzania Craton-influenced regions of the East African Rift System
(EARS) exhibits clear evidence of derivation from a variety of metasomatic sources. These …

A new tephrochronology for early diverse stone tool technologies and long-distance raw material transport in the Middle to Late Pleistocene Kapthurin Formation, East …

N Blegen, BR Jicha, S McBrearty - Journal of Human Evolution, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle to Late Pleistocene (780–10 ka) of East Africa records evidence of
significant behavioral change, early fossils of Homo sapiens, and the dispersals of our …

Chronostratigraphic model of a high-resolution drill core record of the past million years from the Koora Basin, south Kenya Rift: Overcoming the difficulties of variable …

AL Deino, R Dommain, CB Keller, R Potts… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Olorgesailie Drilling Project and the related Hominin Sites and Paleolakes
Drilling Project in East Africa were initiated to test hypotheses and models linking …