Magnetostratigraphy of the Orce region (Baza Basin), SE Spain: New chronologies for Early Pleistocene faunas and hominid occupation sites

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 415-435

  Scott, G R ^a   Gibert, Ll ^b   Gibert, J ^c  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c Escola Industrial 23   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS; LITHOGRAPHY; QUARRIES; STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION; ANIMALS;

FOSSILIFEROUS STRATA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE AGE;

CATCHMENTS; QUARRIES;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOLOGY; FAUNA; FIELD SURVEY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE;

ANDALUCIA; BAZA BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; ORCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EQUUS; EQUUS STENONIS; GAZELLA; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

GEORGIA; HIGH RESOLUTION; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEO GENES; PLEISTOCENE; TIME SPAN;

EID: 33847198590     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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