The Recent History and Pleistocene Deposits of the Plateau North of Lake Eyasi, Tanganyika

1 February 1941

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine

Vol. 78 (3) , 173-184
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800071867

Abstract

ONE of the objectives of the East African Archaeological Expedition of 1934–5 was the examination of the plateau north of Lake Eyasi—the Vogel River area—where, it was hoped, a continuation of the richly fossiliferous Oldowaya Middle Pleistocene lake beds would be found. This hope was essentially realized ; deposits with an interesting Middle Pleistocene fauna a little earlier than that of Oldoway were found, with the difference that they were entirely terrestrial. The development of precisely datable beds resting upon a main Rift Valley Scarp made possible a study of physiographical changes associated with the faulting.

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