Sedimentology, lithostratigraphy and depositional history of the laetoli area

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048199556, 2011, Pages 47-76

  Ditchfield, Peter ^a   Harrison, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyasi plateau; Laetolil; Ndolanya; Ogol; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944553648     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9956-3_3     Document Type: Chapter

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