Tephrostratigraphy of the hadar and busidima formations at Hadar, Afar depression, Ethiopia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 446, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-162

  Campisano, Christopher J ^a   Feibel, Craig S ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronostratigraphy; Geochemistry; Hominin; Pliocene; Tephra

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; HOMININ; PAPER DOCUMENTS; PLIOCENE; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TEPHRA; TEPHRA DEPOSITS; TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOMINID; LITHOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TEPHRA; TUFF;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA; HADAR;

EID: 75449094016     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2446(06)     Document Type: Article

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