Tephrostratigraphy and geological context in paleoanthropology

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 87-100

  Feibel, Craig S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Correlation; Dating; Geochemistry; Paleoanthropology; Plio Pleistocene; Tephra, stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0033235971     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1999)8:3<87::AID-EVAN4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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