Paleoenvironmental context of the Pliocene A.L. 333 "first eamily" hominin locality, Hadar formation, Ethiopia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 446, Issue , 2008, Pages 203-214

  Behrensmeyer, Anna K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Hadar; Hominin; Paleoenvironment; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION;

ETHIOPIA; HADAR; HOMININ; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE;

FLOODS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DRAINAGE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ETHIOPIA; HADAR;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS;

EID: 75449118476     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2446(09)     Document Type: Article

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