Cosmogenic nuclide age constraints on Middle Stone Age lithics from Niassa, Mozambique

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 116-130

  Mercader, Julio ^a   Gosse, John C ^b   Bennett, Tim ^a   Hidy, Alan J ^b   Rood, Dylan H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt erosion; Cosmogenic nuclide dating; Final Middle Stone Age; Lake Malawi Niassa; Luchamange Beds; Mozambique; Mvumu; Surface processes

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; LUCHAMANGE BEDS; MOZAMBIQUE; MVUMU; STONE AGE; SURFACE PROCESS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; EROSION; LAKES; STRATIGRAPHY;

ISOTOPES;

AGE DETERMINATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STONE AGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; LAKE MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; NIASSA;

EID: 84862728286     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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