Magnetochronology of the Feiliang Paleolithic site in the Nihewan Basin and implications for early human adaptability to high northern latitudes in East Asia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Deng, Chenglong ^a   Xie, Fei ^b   Liu, Caicai ^a   Ao, Hong ^a   Pan, Yongxin ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Hebei Province Institute of Cultural Relics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEMATITE; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

MAGNETOCHRONOLOGY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ARTIFACT; BRUNHES CHRON; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HEMATITE; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN;

EID: 34548593637     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030335     Document Type: Article

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