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Major, minor and trace element analyses of glass from pumice and tuffs from the Koobi Fora and Shungura Formations show that the Chari, Karari and Tuff L are correlative ; that the KBS Tuff and Tuff H2 are correlative; and that an unnamed tuff in the Koobi Fora Formation is correlative with Tuff H4 of the Shungura Formation.
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Cerling, T., Cerling, B., Curtis, G. et al. Preliminary correlations between the Koobi Fora and Shungura Formations, East Africa. Nature 279, 118–121 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/279118a0
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