Magnetostratigraphic dating of the Xiashagou Fauna and implication for sequencing the mammalian faunas in the Nihewan Basin, North China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 315-316, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-85

  Liu, Ping ^a   Deng, Chenglong ^a   Li, Shihu ^a   Cai, Shuhui ^a   Cheng, Hongjiang ^a   Baoyin, Yuan ^a   Wei, Qi ^b   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Magnetostratigraphy; Nihewan Basin; Nihewan Fauna; Nihewan Formation; Xiashagou Fauna

Indexed keywords

FAUNISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

CHINA; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84855793707     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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