40Ar/39Ar dating of Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and the chronology of early Pleistocene climate change

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-273

  Deino, Alan L ^a  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hominin; Paleoclimate; Precession

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOMINID; LAVA; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SUMMER; TUFF;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84864558491     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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