Thermal ionization mass spectrometry U-series dating of a hominid site near Nanjing, China

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-30

  Zhao, Jian Xin ^a   Hu, Kai ^b   Collerson, Kenneth D ^a   Xu, Han Kui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

H. erectus; Speleothem; TIMS; Tooth; U series

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENAMELS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

H. ERECTUS; SPELEOTHEM; TIMS; TOOTH; U-SERIES;

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

CHRONOLOGY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; SPELEOTHEM; TOOTH; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CHINA; JIANGSU PROVINCE; NANJING;

HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 0035239005     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0027:TIMSUS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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