Paleosol stable isotope evidence for early hominid occupation of East Asian temperate environments

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 228-238

  Wang, Hong ^a   Ambrose, Stanley H ^b   Liu, Chao Li Jack ^a   Follmer, Leon R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA; ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; STEGODON;

EID: 0001438647     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1921     Document Type: Article

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