Age of the earliest Paleolithic sites in the northern part of the Armenian Highland by SHRIMP-II U-Pb geochronology of zircons from volcanic ashes

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 928-938

  Presnyakov, S L ^a   Belyaeva, E V ^b   Lyubin, V P ^b   Rodionov, N V ^a   Antonov, A V ^a   Saltykova, A K ^a   Berezhnaya, N G ^a   Sergeev, S A ^a  

^a A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Armenian Highland; Oldest Early Acheulian sites; U Pb SHRIMP geochronology; Volcanic ash; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858604186     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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