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The Ruzizi Plain deposits show evidence of alternating savannah and semi-arid climates deduced from geomorphology (calcretes — ferricretes — stone-line), sedimentology (meandering river — braided river -sheetflood deposits), and pedology (Gley — Pseudogley — Alfisol — Calcrete palaeosoils).
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Ilunga, L., Paepe, R. (1990). Climatic Oscillations as Registered through the Ruzizi Plain Deposits (North Lake Tanganyika) Zaire — Burundi — Rwanda. In: Paepe, R., Fairbridge, R.W., Jelgersma, S. (eds) Greenhouse Effect, Sea Level and Drought. NATO ASI Series, vol 325. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0701-0_18
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