Magnetostratigraphic dating of the Hougou Paleolithic site in the Nihewan Basin, North China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1643-1650

  Zuo, Tian Wen ^a,b   Cheng, Hong Jiang ^c   Liu, Ping ^b   Xie, Fei ^d   Deng, Cheng Long ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d Hebei Province Institute of Cultural Relics   (China)

Author keywords

early human evolution; Hougou Paleolithic site; magnetic stratigraphy; Nihewan Basin

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIA; HOUGOU PALEOLITHIC SITE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LAND MAMMALS; MAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NIHEWAN BASIN; NORTH CHINA; NORTHERN CHINA; OLD WORLDS; PLEISTOCENE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; IRON ORES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

MAGNETIC POLARITY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEMATITE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOLITHIC; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80255123696     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4221-2     Document Type: Article

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