| Description |
1 online resource (984 p.) |
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Syntheses in Limnogeology |
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Syntheses in limnogeology.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Part I: Background to the Kenya Rift Lakes -- Chapter 1: Introduction: About This Book -- 1.1 The Kenya Rift Lakes -- References -- Chapter 2: Brief History of Geological Research on the Kenya Rift Lakes -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Early European Explorers -- 2.3 The 1920s until the 1940s: Movement on Multiple Fronts -- 2.3.1 Expeditions and Limnological Data Collection -- 2.3.2 Development and Rejection of Pluvial Theory -- 2.4 Development of an Absolute Chronology -- 2.5 The 1950s-1970s |
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2.5.1 An Era of Geological Mapping -- 2.5.2 Palaeoanthropological Research and Lakes -- 2.5.3 Other Contributions -- 2.6 Applied Research: Geothermal and Petroleum Exploration -- 2.7 Palaeoclimate Studies -- 2.8 From 2010 Until the 2020s: The Era of Drilling and High-Resolution Studies -- References -- Chapter 3: Geology of the Kenya Rift: An Introduction -- 3.1 Tectonic Setting of the East African Rift -- 3.2 Major Controls on the East African Rift System -- 3.3 Accommodation Zones -- 3.4 Kenya Rift Tectonics -- 3.5 Kenya Rift Basins -- 3.6 Volcanism in the Kenya Rift |
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3.7 Geological Evolution of the Kenya Rift Valley -- References -- Chapter 4: Environmental Background to the Kenya Rift Lakes: An Introduction -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 East African Climate -- 4.3 Hydrology and Hydrogeology -- 4.3.1 Drainage Patterns and Groundwater Flow -- 4.3.2 Types of River System -- 4.4 Weathering and Sediment Production -- 4.4.1 Physical Weathering -- 4.4.2 Chemical Weathering -- 4.4.3 Biological Weathering -- 4.5 Kenya Rift Soils -- 4.6 Aeolian Processes -- 4.7 Kenya Rift Vegetation -- 4.8 Kenya Rift Wildlife |
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4.9 Geothermal Processes and their Impact on Lacustrine Sedimentation -- 4.9.1 Types of Hot Spring in the Kenya Rift -- 4.9.2 Structural Setting of the Hot Springs -- 4.9.3 Hot Spring Water Chemistry -- 4.9.4 Spring Deposits and Hydrothermal Alteration: Records of Hydrothermal Activity in Lake Basins -- References -- Chapter 5: Lake Processes and Sedimentation -- 5.1 The Kenya Rift Lakes and Their Basins -- 5.2 Lacustrine Processes -- 5.3 Aquatic Chemical and Biochemical Processes -- 5.4 Sedimentary Facies -- 5.4.1 Rift Geomorphology and Sedimentation -- 5.4.2 Siliciclastic Coastal Sedimentation |
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5.4.3 Lake Marginal Carbonate Deposition -- 5.4.4 Deltas and Fan-Deltas -- 5.4.5 Offshore Pelagic Settings in Fresh to Brackish Lakes -- 5.4.6 Sedimentation in Highly Saline Deep Lakes -- 5.4.7 Chemical Sedimentation and Evaporites in Shallow Saline Lakes and Ephemeral Playas -- References -- Part II: The Modern Kenya Rift Lakes -- Chapter 6: Lake Turkana -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Geological and Geomorphological Setting -- 6.2.1 Lithologies and Stratigraphy of the Turkana Drainage Basin -- 6.2.2 Regional Tectonic Framework -- 6.3 Climate and Basin Hydrology |
| Summary |
This book is the first comprehensive account of the modern Kenya Rift Valley lakes and their precursor lakes preserved in the sedimentary record. The first part gives the broad geological and environmental background to the Kenya Rift and a history of research. In the second part, each modern lake is described from perspectives of geology, limnology, ecology, sedimentology and late Quaternary history. The fossil lake sediments, some linked to hominin sites, and their paleoenvironmental history are considered in the third part. In the fourth section, the global tectonic, volcanic and climate controls of lake evolution in continental rifts are examined. The last section discusses the resource potential of the lakes and their sediments, and the environmental issues that currently affect the modern lakes. This research-level book (geology, paleoecology) is illustrated throughout by original figures and photographs |
| Notes |
6.4 Peoples, Vegetation and Wildlife |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 03, 2023) |
| Subject |
Limnology -- Kenya
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Lakes -- Kenya.
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Lakes.
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Limnology.
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Kenya.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Owen, Richard Bernhart
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| ISBN |
3642250556 |
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9783642250552 |
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