Oldest human footprints dated by Ar/Ar

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 320-325

  Scaillet, Stéphane ^a   Vita Scaillet, Grazia ^a   Guillou, Hervé ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Brown Leucitic Tuff; human footprints; leucite; Roccamonfina

Indexed keywords

40AR/39AR DATING; BROWN LEUCITIC TUFF; HUMAN FOOTPRINTS; LEUCITE; ROCCAMONFINA;

BIOMECHANICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; VOLCANOES;

ARGON;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; FOOTPRINT; HOMINID; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LASER METHOD; LEUCITE; PLEISTOCENE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRACKWAY; VOLCANIC ASH;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CASERTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; ROCCAMONFINA VOLCANO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS;

EID: 54249086073     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.026     Document Type: Article

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