Magnetic polarity of Masol 1 Locality deposits, Siwalik Frontal Range, northwestern India

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 407-416

  Chapon Sao, Cécile ^a   Abdessadok, Salah ^a   Dambricourt Malassé, Anne ^a   Singh, Mukesh ^b   Karir, Baldev ^b   Bhardwaj, Vipnesh ^b   Pal, Surinder ^b   Gaillard, Claire ^a   Moigne, Anne Marie ^c   Gargani, Julien ^d   Tudryn, Alina ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Society for Archaeological and Anthropological Research   (India)

^c Centre européen de recherches préhistoriques   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Cut marks; Gauss Matuyama geomagnetic reversal; Geomagnetism; Masol inlier; Quranwala fossiliferous zone; Siwalik frontal range; Upper siwalik subgroup

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOMINID; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE;

CHANDIGARH; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SIWALIK HILLS;

HOMO;

EID: 84959916874     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.09.018     Document Type: Article

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