Magnetostratigraphic dating of early humans in China

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 341-359

  Zhu, Rixiang ^a   An, Zhisheng ^b   Potts, Richard ^c   Hoffman, Kenneth A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Early Pleistocene; Human fossil remains; Magnetic stratigraphy; Paleolithic; Stone artifacts

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE;

CHINA;

EID: 0038321906     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00132-0     Document Type: Article

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