The role of tephra studies in African paleoanthropology as exemplified by the Sidi Hakoma Tuff

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-58

  Wolde Gabriel, Giday ^a   Endale, Tamrat ^b   White, Tim D ^c   Thouveny, Nicolas ^b   Hart, William K ^d   Renne, Paul R ^c,e   Asfaw, Berhane ^f  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^f Rift Valley Research Service Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Afar rift; Hominids; Main ethiopian rift; Paleoanthropology; Tephra

Indexed keywords

ARDIPITHECUS; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84867826020     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2012.09.004     Document Type: Review

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