ESR dating of Pleistocene archaeological localities of the Nihewan Basin, North China - Preliminary results

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 385-390

  Liu, Chun Ru ^a   Yin, Gong Ming ^a   Gao, Lu ^a   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^b   Li, Jian Ping ^a   Lin, Min ^a,c   Chen, Shi Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

Author keywords

ESR dating; Fluvio lacustrine environment; Geochronology; Nihewan Basin; Quaternary; Sediment quartz; Titanium center

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BRUNHES CHRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY;

CHINA; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77649341365     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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