The Geology of Olduvai Gorge
A Study of Sedimentation in a Semiarid Basin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3910604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Creighton Gabel, Richard L Hay |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 124 |
| Publication date | 1977-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/216900 |
| OpenAlex | W2796567741 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 41 |
Archaeology · Geochemistry · Geography · Geomorphology · Olduvai Gorge · Sediment · Sedimentation · Structural basin · Geological Studies and Exploration · Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering · Geology · Paleontology
Promise and pitfalls for characterizing and correlating the zeolitically altered tephra of the Pleistocene Peninj Group, Tanzania
Geochemical “fingerprints” for Olduvai Gorge Bed II tuffs and implications for the Oldowan–Acheulean transition
Use of single-grain geochemistry of cryptic tuffs and volcaniclastic sandstones improves the tephrostratigraphic framework of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Potassium-Argon/Argon-Argon Dating Methods
Sourcing Oldowan and Acheulean stone tools in Eastern Africa
When to generalise and when to specialise? Climate change and hominin biocultural adaptability in the African early and middle stone age
Thermal alterations in experimentally-flaked stone tools from Olduvai Gorge and their relevance for identification of fire in the Early Stone Age
Tracking Early Hominin Foraging Behavior at DS Site (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge)
Argumentation Evolved
Assessing the function of pounding tools in the Early Stone Age
Initial assessment of bioavailable strontium at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
Archaeology of middle Pleistocene lacustrine and spring paleoenvironments in the Kapthurin Formation, Kenya
Biface Knapping Skill in the East African Acheulean
Raw material selectivity of the earliest stone toolmakers at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
A chronological framework for a long and persistent archaeological record
Knuckle-walking in Sahelanthropus? Locomotor inferences from the ulnae of fossil hominins and other hominoids
Ecological continuity between Lower and Upper Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Making meaning from fragmentary fossils
Environmental change and hominin exploitation of C4-based resources in wetland/savanna mosaics
High- and low-latitude forcing of Plio-Pleistocene East African climate and human evolution
Bed II Sequence Stratigraphic context of EF-HR and HWK EE archaeological sites, and the Oldowan/Acheulean succession at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
The Omo-Kibish I pelvis
A revised stratigraphic framework for Olduvai Gorge Bed I based on tuff geochemistry
Experimental determinations of carcass processing by Plio-Pleistocene hominids and carnivores at FLK 22 (Zinjanthropus), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Is there a Developed Oldowan A at Olduvai Gorge? A diachronic analysis of the Oldowan in Bed I and Lower-Middle Bed II at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Bone tools from Beds II-IV, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and implications for the origins and evolution of bone technology
Early Acheulean technology in the Rietputs Formation, South Africa, dated with cosmogenic nuclides
Landscape-scale variation in hominin tool use
The Ngorongoro Volcanic Highland and its relationships to volcanic deposits at Olduvai Gorge and East African Rift volcanism
Improved age control on early Homo fossils from the upper Burgi Member at Koobi Fora, Kenya
Pitted stones in the Acheulean from Olduvai Gorge Beds III and IV (Tanzania)
The taxonomic attribution of African hominin postcrania from the Miocene through the Pleistocene
Lahar inundated, modified, and preserved 1.88 Ma early hominin (OH24 and OH56) Olduvai DK site
Paleoecology of the Serengeti during the Oldowan-Acheulean transition at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In situ ∼2.0 Ma trees discovered as fossil rooted stumps, lowermost Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
A partial Homo pelvis from the Early Pleistocene of Eritrea
A Personal View of Earth Sciences’ Contributions to Archaeology
The Quaternary record of vertebrate tracks and trackways
Origins and Adaptations of Early Homo
The First Humans – Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo
Revised magnetostratigraphy of the Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of the Olduvai Formation (Tanzania)
| Unique citing works | 41 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,32 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2025 (31) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |