Preliminary report on hominid and other vertebrate footprints from the late quaternary strata of Jeju Island, Korea

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Kim, Kyung Soo ^a   Kim, Jeong Yul ^b   Kim, Sam Hyang ^b   Lee, Chang Zin ^c   Lim, Jeong Deock ^d  

^a Chinju National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Footprints; Hominid; Jeju Island; Korea; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; FOOTPRINT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOMINID; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHORELINE; TRACE FOSSIL; VERTEBRATE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHEJU [CHEJU (PRV/ISL)]; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

ARTIODACTYLA; AVES; HOMINIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58449085759     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940802470623     Document Type: Article

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