TT-OSL dating of Longyadong Middle Paleolithic site and paleoenvironmental implications for hominin occupation in Luonan Basin (central China)

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-174

  Sun, Xuefeng ^a,b   Lu, Huayu ^a,b   Wang, Shejiang ^c   Yi, Shuangwen ^a   Shen, Chen ^c,d   Zhang, Wenchao ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Longyadong Cave; Luonan Basin; Middle Paleolithic; Paleoenvironment; SAR TT OSL dating

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL CHINAS; CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOMININS; INFILLING; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; LUONAN BASIN; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NEW AGE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; SAR TT-OSL DATING; SLOPE DEPOSIT;

DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENTS;

CAVES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CAVE DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOSOL;

CHINA;

EID: 84874256327     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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