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The Tulu Bor Tuff, a major marker horizon in the Koobi Fora Formation, has been misidentified in previous studies. Identification of this tuff in sediments previously mapped as the Kubi Algi Formation requires re-evaluation of the existing Stratigraphical framework of the Koobi Fora region.
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Brown, F., Cerling, T. Stratigraphical significance of the Tulu Bor Tuff of the Koobi Fora Formation. Nature 299, 212–215 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/299212a0
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