Dating the Naisiusiu Beds, Olduvai Gorge, by electron spin resonance

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 10-13, 2003, Pages 1361-1366

  Skinner, A R ^a   Hay, R L ^b   Masao, F ^c   Blackwell, B A B ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Paleo Cultur/Environmental Research   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRATIGRAPHY;

PALEOMAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

EQUIDAE; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0037687363     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00015-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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