Mass spectrometric U-series dating of the Chaoxian hominin site at Yinshan, eastern China

Quaternary International

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 24-28

  Shen, Guanjun ^a   Fang, Yingshan ^b   Bischoff, James L ^c   Feng, Yue xing ^d   Zhao, Jian xin ^d  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Museum   (China)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CALCITE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPELEOTHEM; TOOTH; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 71549152807     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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