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Scientific drilling in the Great Rift Valley: The 2005 Lake Malawi Scientific Drilling Project — An overview of the past 145,000years of climate variability in Southern Hemisphere East Africa

Christopher A. Scholz, Andrew S. Cohen, Thomas C. Johnson, J. King, Michael R. Talbot, Erik T. Brown

Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 2010 · 99 citations · 82 references

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Natural SciencesEarth SciencesGeologyClimate ScienceClimatologyDrillingDrilling OperationsGeothermal DrillingPlate TectonicsRift TectonicsAfrican PalaeoclimatologyClimate Variability DetectionDecadal Climate VariabilityEast African Rift SystemRift Basin EvolutionRift Valley EvolutionRift Valley TectonicsRift Valley Topography

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Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, African Studies +13

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Humanities, Anthropology, Archaeology +14

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Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +16

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Bruce R. Rosendahl · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 1987 · 805 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +17