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Gamblian Pluvial Stage
paleontology
Also known as: Fourth Pluvial Stage
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geological history of Africa
- In Africa: Pleistocene and Holocene developments
During the Gamblian, or Fourth, Pluvial, which occurred from approximately 30,000 to 15,000 years ago, three distinct humid phases are separated by drier intervals. During those phases the dimensions of Lake Chad and those of the glaciers of Mount Kenya and of Kilimanjaro diminished rapidly. The postpluvial
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