New ESR and U-series dating at Caune de l'Arago, France: A key-site for European Middle Pleistocene

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 547-553

  Falgueres C ^a   Shao, Q ^a,b   Han, F ^c   Bahain, J J ^a   Richard, M ^a   Perrenoud, C ^a   Moigne, A M ^a   Lumley de, H ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acheulian; Arago; Combined ESR U Series; Middle Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STALAGMITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ARAGO CAVE; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; PYRENEES ORIENTALES; TAUTAVEL;

EID: 84939239361     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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