26Al/10Be burial dating of Xujiayao-Houjiayao site in Nihewan Basin, northern China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Tu, Hua ^a   Shen, Guanjun ^a   Li, Haixu ^a,d   Xie, Fei ^b   Granger, Darryl E ^c  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relic   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Affiliated People s Hospital of Zhangjiakou University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM 26; BERYLLIUM; BERYLLIUM 10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALUMINUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BURIAL DATING; CHINA; FOSSIL HOMININ; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LUMINESCENCE; RELIABILITY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BURIAL; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINID; HUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TIME FACTOR;

MAMMALIA;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; BERYLLIUM; BURIAL; CHINA; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923321506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118315     Document Type: Article

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