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ATTENTION was recently drawn to the lack of definite pre-Würm Quaternary alluvial deposits in parts of the Mediterranean Basin and of western Asia1,2. The Central Plateau of Mexico (as defined by Ordoñez3) has since revealed a similar apparent hiatus in its geological record.
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VITA-FINZI, C. Alluvial History of Central Mexico. Nature 227, 596–597 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227596a0
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