Geochronology on the paleoanthropological time scale

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-110

  Ludwig, Kenneth R ^a   Renne, Paul R ^b  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Paleoanthropology; Time scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034344848     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(2000)9:2<101::AID-EVAN4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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