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Additional results on palaeomagnetic stratigraphy of the Koobi Fora Formation, east of Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf), Kenya

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The magnetostratigraphy of the hominid-bearing sediments exposed east of Lake Turkana has been strengthened by new palaeomagnetic results. Ages obtained from several tuffs by the 40Ar/39Ar method suggest an approxmate match between the observed magnetozones and the geomagnetic polarity time scale; however, the palaeomagnetic results are also compatible with a younger chronology suggested by conventional K–Ar dating of the KBS Tuff.

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  1. US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025

    J. W. Hillhouse

  2. Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305

    J. W. M. Ndombi & A. Cox

  3. Department of Physics, National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho

    A. Brock

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Hillhouse, J., Ndombi, J., Cox, A. et al. Additional results on palaeomagnetic stratigraphy of the Koobi Fora Formation, east of Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf), Kenya. Nature 265, 411–415 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/265411a0

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