Climate indexes of phytoliths from Homo erectus' cave deposits in Nanjing

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2005-2009

  Wang, Weiming ^a   Liu, Jinling ^a   Zhou, Xiaodan ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b Nanjing Geological Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Cave deposits; Climate indexes; Nanjing Homo erectus; Phytoliths

Indexed keywords

HOMO ERECTUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749826043     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wd0447     Document Type: Article

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