40Ar/39Ar dating in paleoanthropology and archeology

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 63-75

  Deino, Alan L ^a   Renne, Paul R ^a   Swisher III, Carl C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA;

EID: 0032221240     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1998)6:2<63::AID-EVAN4>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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