Overview
- First fully-illustrated book to document all the Kenya Rift lakes in detail
- Provides context for sites of international archeological and paleoanthropological (hominin) interest
- Source book for the geology and limnogeology of the Kenya Rift lakes
Part of the book series: Syntheses in Limnogeology (SYNLIMNO)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Ancient Kenya Rift Lakes
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
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.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Robin Renaut is emeritus professor at University of Saskatchewan, where he taught sedimentology and limnogeology for more than 30 years. His research focus has been on sedimentation, hydrochemistry, and environmental history of the saline alkaline lakes of the Kenya Rift Valley, and hydrothermal spring deposits in Kenya and New Zealand.
Bernie Owen has taught a variety of geology and physical geography subjects in both Malawi and Hong Kong. He is currently emeritus professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University and continues his research into palaeoenvironments, sedimentology, geochemistry and micropalaeontology in lake and spring settings.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Kenya Rift Lakes: Modern and Ancient
Book Subtitle: Limnology and Limnogeology of Tropical Lakes in a Continental Rift
Authors: Robin W. Renaut, Richard Bernhart Owen
Series Title: Syntheses in Limnogeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25055-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-25054-5Published: 12 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25055-2Published: 11 September 2023
Series ISSN: 2211-2731
Series E-ISSN: 2211-274X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 977
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 367 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sedimentology, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Geochemistry, Climate Change, Historical Geology