First 40Ar/39Ar age of the Ceprano man (central Italy)

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 453-457

  Nomade, Sébastien ^a   Muttoni, Giovanni ^b,c   Guillou, Hervé ^a   Robin, Eric ^a   Scardia, Giancarlo ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ALP Alpine Laboratory of Paleomagnetism   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Ceprano Man; H. heidelbergensis; Italy; Sanidine

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRUNHES CHRON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MATUYAMA CHRON; NEANDERTHAL; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL;

ITALY;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS;

EID: 79961024417     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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