Magnetostratigraphy of the Miocene Chiang Muan Formation, northern Thailand: Implication for revised chronology of the earliest Miocene hominoid in Southeast Asia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 75-86

  Suganuma, Y ^a   Hamada, T ^b   Tanaka, S ^c   Okada, M ^b   Nakaya, H ^d   Kunimatsu, Y ^e   Saegusa, H ^f   Nagaoka, S ^g   Ratanasthien, B ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^g NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Hominoid; Mae Moh Group; Magnetostratigraphy; Miocene; Thailand

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EVOLUTION; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PREHISTORIC; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; CHIANG MUAN BASIN; EURASIA; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

HOMINOIDEA;

EID: 33747082161     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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