U-Pb dating of fossil enamel from the Swartkrans Pleistocene hominid site, South Africa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 236-246

  Balter, Vincent ^a   Blichert Toft, Janne ^b   Braga, José ^c   Telouk, Philippe ^b   Thackeray, Francis ^d   Albarède, Francis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

geochronology; Plio Pleistocene; teeth; U Pb dating; U series disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ENAMEL; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; U-PB DATING; U-SERIES DISEQUILIBRIUM;

ISOTOPES; LEAD; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SWARTKRANS CAVE;

BOVIDAE; HOMINIDAE; PARANTHROPUS;

EID: 39549122220     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.039     Document Type: Article

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