Magnetostratigraphic evidence of a mid-Pliocene onset of the Nihewan Formation - implications for early fauna and hominid occupation in the Nihewan Basin, North China

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-42

  Ao, Hong ^a   Dekkers, Mark J ^b   An, Zhisheng ^a   Xiao, Guoqiao ^c   Li, Yongxiang ^d   Zhao, Hui ^a   Qiang, Xiaoke ^a   Chang, Hong ^a   Chang, Qiufang ^a   Wu, Dacheng ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Hominid occupation; Magnetostratigraphy; Nihewan Basin; Nihewan Fauna; Nihewan Formation

Indexed keywords

HOMINID OCCUPATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NIHEWAN BASIN; NIHEWAN FAUNA; NIHEWAN FORMATION;

GEOMAGNETISM; LITHOLOGY; MAMMALS;

EMPLOYMENT;

ABUNDANCE; FAUNISTICS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; INFILL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; BASIN ANALYSIS; BASIN EVOLUTION; FAUNA; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC METHOD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN;

HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870199268     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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