A Terrestrial Auxiliary Stratotype Point and Section for the Plio-Pleistocene Boundary in the Turkana Basin, East Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-79

  Feibel, Craig S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FLUVIAL SYSTEM; FOSSIL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC POLARITY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE/PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY;

AFRICA, TURKANA BASIN;

EID: 0031435011     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6182(96)00063-8     Document Type: Article

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