Abstract The Turkana Basin preserves a long and detailed record of biotic evolution, cultural
development, and rift valley geology in its sedimentary strata. Before the formation of the …

Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary rocks in the Turkana Depression of northern Kenya
and southern Ethiopia rest on basement rocks that yield K/Ar cooling ages between 433 and …

We define 17 African land mammal ages, or AFLMAs, covering the Cenozoic record of the
Afro-arabian continent, the planet's second largest land mass. While fossiliferous deposits …

Abstract The Tallahatta Formation, Lisbon Formation, and Gosport Sand are the three
lithostratigraphic units that make up the lower-to-middle Eocene Claiborne Group. In …

According to molecular data, hippopotamuses and cetaceans form a clade excluding other
extant cetartiodactyls. Despite a wealth of spectacular specimens documenting cetacean …

Timing and magnitude of surface uplift are key to understanding the impact of crustal
deformation and topographic growth on atmospheric circulation, environmental conditions …

The extensive outpouring of the Oligocene Trap basalts over eastern Africa and western
Arabia was interrupted by a period of quiescence marked by the deposition of terrestrial …

Abstract The Fayum Depression of Egypt has yielded fossils of hystricognathous rodents
from multiple Eocene and Oligocene horizons that range in age from∼ 37 to∼ 30 Ma and …

Abstract Four areas (Loriu, Lojamei, Muranachok-Muruangapoi, Kamutile Hills) of well-
developed Miocene-age dikes in the northern Kenya Rift (Turkana, Kenya) have been …

Environmental disturbances profoundly impact the structure, composition, and diversity of
modern forest communities. A review of modern studies demonstrates that important …