Geochronology of the Manyara Beds, northern Tanzania: New tephrostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar ages

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-66

  Schwartz, Hilde ^a   Renne, Paul R ^b,c   Morgan, Leah E ^b   Wildgoose, Maya M ^b   Lippert, Peter C ^a   Frost, Stephen R ^d   Harvati, Katerina ^e   Schrenk, Friedemann ^f   Saanane, Charles ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Early middle Pleistocene; Magnetostratigraphy; Makuyuni; Manyara Beds; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARGON-ARGON DATING; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MUDSTONE; OLDUVAI EVENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; SILTSTONE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

MANYARA; TANZANIA;

HOMO ERECTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 81855163416     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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