Geological summary of the Busidima Formation (Plio-Pleistocene) at the Hadar paleoanthropological site, Afar Depression, Ethiopia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-352

  Campisano, Christopher J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afar; Busidima Formation; Hadar Formation; Oldowan; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAULT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GRABEN; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PALEOSOL; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

AFAR; DIKIKA; ETHIOPIA; GONA;

EID: 84858075174     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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