High resolution magnetostratigraphy and deposition cycles in the Nihewan Basin (North China) and their significance for stone artifact dating

Quaternary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 250-262

  Huamei, Li ^a,b   Xiaoqiang, Yang ^a,b   Heller, Friedrich ^b,c   Haitao, Li ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deposition cycle; Magnetostratigraphy; Nihewan Basin; Stone artifacts

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTIFACT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OLDUVAI EVENT; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

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

HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 40949107327     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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