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STRANDLINES high above the present levels of three small lakes in Kenya provide some of the earliest-recognized evidence for past climatic changes in tropical Africa. The terraces above Lakes Nakuru, Naivasha and Elmenteita were studied intensively by Nilsson1,2 more than 30 years ago, and are one of the major bases on which the pluvial theory of Pleistocene climates in Africa was constructed. Despite later disagreements on the number and interpretation of these strandlines, it is still generally accepted that they provide good evidence for at least one pluvial period (the Gamblian) and two lesser post-pluvial wet phases (the Makalian and Nakuran)3,4.
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RICHARDSON, J. Changes in Level of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, during Postglacial Times. Nature 209, 290–291 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209290a0
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