Precise 40Ar/39Ar geochronology for the upper Koobi Fora Formation, Turkana Basin, northern Kenya

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 205-220

  McDougall, Ian ^a   Brown, Francis H ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BASIN FILL; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKANA BASIN;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 29244489056     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-166     Document Type: Article

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