The Early to Middle Pleistocene boundary in the Baza Basin (Spain)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2067-2089

  Gibert, L ^a   Scott, G ^b   Martin, R ^c   Gibert, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Escola Industrial 23   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MAMMALS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; BAZA BASIN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; POLARITY BOUNDARY;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRUNHES CHRON; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; MATUYAMA CHRON; NEOGENE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; VERTEBRATE;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GAUDIX-BAZA BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35548943684     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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