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IN 19671 I gave details of a shoreline of a former lake in the Nakuru–Elmenteita basin of Kenya at an altitude of about 6,370 feet above sea level, or about 600 feet above the present surface of Lake Nakuru. It was suggested then that, although this shoreline might still qualify to be called “Gamblian” after the formerly accepted nomenclature for the late Quaternary in East Africa2, it is necessary to be extremely cautious in using this nomenclature, because its usage involves assumptions of dating and correlation which are not borne out by the results of recent fieldwork.
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WASHBOURN-KAMAU, C. Late Quaternary Chronology of the Nakuru–Elmenteita Basin, Kenya. Nature 226, 253–254 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226253c0
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