U-series dating of the Late Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Wood Quarry (Steetley), Nottinghamshire, UK

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-65

  Pike, Alistair W G ^a   Eggins, S ^b   Grun R ^b   Hedges, R E M ^a   Jacobi, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banwell Bone Cave mammal assemblage zone; Diffusion adsorption model; Laser ablation; Uranium series; Wood Quarry

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 13244254118     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.898     Document Type: Article

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