Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating of some European late lower Pleistocene sites

Quaternaire

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-185

  Bahain, Jean Jacques ^a   Falguères, Christophe ^a   Voinchet, Pierre ^a   Duval, Matthieu ^a   Dolo, Jean Michel ^b   Despriée, Jackie ^a   Garcia, Tristan ^a,b   Tissoux, Hélène ^a,c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE NATIONAL HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ESR method; Fluvial quartz; Geochronology; Pleistocene; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; ENAMEL; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; PREHISTORIC; TOOTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34547095248     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/quaternaire.1048     Document Type: Article

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