Challenges in constraining pluvial events and hominin activity: Examples of ESR dating molluscs from the Western Desert, Egypt

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 430-435

  Blackwell, B A B ^a,b   Skinner, A R ^a   Mashriqi, F ^b   Deely, A E ^b   Long, R A ^b   Gong, J J J ^b   Kleindienst, M R ^c   Smith, J R ^d  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RFK Science Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic dose rate modeling; Egypt; ESR (electron spin resonance) dating; External dose rate modeling; Kharga oasis; Matana; Medauwara; Reworking

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; GASTROPOD; HOMINID; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MOLLUSC; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; STONE AGE; SURFACE WATER; TUFA; UNGULATE; WETLAND;

EGYPT; WESTERN DESERT;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84863779277     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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