Pleistocene magnetochronology of early hominin sites at Ceprano and Fontana Ranuccio, Italy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 255-268

  Muttoni, Giovanni ^a   Scardia, Giancarlo ^b   Kent, Dennis V ^c,d   Swisher, Carl C ^c   Manzi, Giorgio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceprano; Fontana Ranuccio; hominins; Italy; magnetostratigraphy; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CEPRANO; FONTANA RANUCCIO; HOMININS; ITALY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BRUNHES CHRON; CORE ANALYSIS; CRANIUM; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING;

CEPRANO; EURASIA; EUROPE; FROSINONE; ITALY; LATINA; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69749104685     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.032     Document Type: Article

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