A 300-600ka ESR/U-series chronology of Acheulian sites in Western Europe

Quaternary International

Volumn 223-224, Issue , 2010, Pages 293-298

  Falguères, Christophe ^a   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^a   Duval, Mathieu ^a,c   Shao, Qingfeng ^a   Han, Fei ^a   Lebon, Matthieu ^a   Mercier, Norbert ^b   Perez Gonzalez, Alfredo ^c   Dolo, Jean Michel ^d   Garcia, Tristan ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^d LABORATOIRE NATIONAL HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ARCHAEOLOGY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 77956062076     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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