Magnetostratigraphy of the lower member of the Hadar Formation (Ethiopia): Evidence for a short normal event in the Mammoth subchron

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-335

  Tamrat, Endale ^a   Thouveny, Nicolas ^a   Taieb, Maurice ^a  

^a CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Hominid site; Kada Hadar event; Polarity; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; SECULAR VARIATION;

ETHIOPIA, AFAR;

EID: 0030426557     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02300746     Document Type: Article

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