Geology of the Olduvai Gorge / Richard L. Hay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hay, Richard L., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.) : [14] leaves of plates (6 fold.): ill.

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FIGURES

TABLES

PLATES

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. THE SETTING OF THE GORGE AND HISTORY OF GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS

2. PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION

3. STRATIGRAPHIC SUMMARY OF THE OLDUVAI BEDS

4. BED I

5. BED II

6. BEDS III AND IV

7. MASEK BEDS

8. NDUTU BEDS

9. NAISIUSIU BEDS

10. HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS

11. EVOLUTION OF THE OLDUVAI BASIN

12. PATTERNS OF HOMINID ACTIVITIES

NOTE ADDED IN PROOF

GLOSSARY OF GEOLOGIC TERMS

APPENDIX A. RADIOCARBON DATES FROM THE OLDUVAI REGION, NGORONGORO, AND THE VICINITY OF OLDOEMYO LENGAI

APPENDIX B. ARCHEOLOGIC SITES IN BEDS I AND II

JOURNAL ABBREVIATIONS

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

ISBN:

9780520334229

0520334221

OCLC:

1224279377