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The Recent History and Pleistocene Deposits of the Plateau North of Lake Eyasi, Tanganyika

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. E. Kent
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ONE of the objectives of the East African Archaeological Expedition of 1934–5 was the examination of the plateau north of Lake Eyasi—the Vogel River area—where, it was hoped, a continuation of the richly fossiliferous Oldowaya Middle Pleistocene lake beds would be found. This hope was essentially realized ; deposits with an interesting Middle Pleistocene fauna a little earlier than that of Oldoway were found, with the difference that they were entirely terrestrial. The development of precisely datable beds resting upon a main Rift Valley Scarp made possible a study of physiographical changes associated with the faulting.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 78 , Issue 3 , June 1941 , pp. 173 - 184
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1941

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