Timing of the Nihewan formation and faunas

Quaternary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-90

  Deng, Chenglong ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Ao, Hong ^a   Pan, Yongxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetochronology; Magnetostratigraphy; Nihewan Basin; Nihewan faunas; Nihewan Formation

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; FAUNA; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIATION; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY;

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

MAMMALIA;

EID: 38349112941     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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