Cosmogenic 26Al/10Be burial dating of the Paleolithic at Xihoudu, North China

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 466-470

  Kong, Ping ^a   Jia, Jun ^a   Zheng, Yong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclide; Early Pleistocene; East Asia; Hominin; Paleolithic archaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; PALEOLITHIC;

CHINA;

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; PROCEDURES;

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; BURIAL; CHINA; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

EID: 84875906786     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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