Reply to the comment on “Diatomaceous sediments and environmental change in the Pleistocene Olorgesailie Formation, southern Kenya Rift Valley” by R.B. Owen, R. Potts, A.K. Behrensmeyer and P. Ditchfield [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

We welcome the reply by Trauth and Maslin (Comment on “Diatomaceous sediments and environmental change in the Pleistocene Olorgesailie Formation, southern Kenya Rift Valley” by R.B. Owen, R. Potts, A.K. Behrensmeyer and P. Ditchfield [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 269 (2008) 17–37], Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2009-this issue) to Owen et al. (2008, Diatomaceous sediments and environmental change in the Pleistocene Olorgesailie Formation, southern Kenya Rift Valley, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 269, 17–37) and accept the clarifications made concerning their earlier work. However, we also note some of the differences between their broad characterization of the Olorgesailie record and our more detailed approach.