A revised stratigraphic framework for Olduvai Gorge Bed I based on tuff geochemistry

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-299

  McHenry, Lindsay J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Stratigraphy; Tanzania; Tephra; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; TUFF;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84864550279     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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