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Geological and geomorphological studies in the lower Omo valley 1967–1968 have established a sedimentary sequence recording much of the late Cenozoic.
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BUTZER, K., THURBER, D. Some Late Cenozoic Sedimentary Formations of the Lower Omo Basin. Nature 222, 1138–1143 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2221138a0
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