Corrected age of the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary

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StratotypePleistocenePaleontologyGeologyBoundary (topology)Global Boundary Stratotype Section and PointEarly PleistoceneMagnetostratigraphyEpoch (astronomy)NeogeneGeodetic datumBiostratigraphyPaleomagnetismStage (stratigraphy)Geodesy

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Year: 1977
Type: article
Volume: 269
Issue: 5628
Pages: 483-488
Citations: 112
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                                    Bilal U. Haq, 
                                
                                    William A. Berggren, 
                                
                                    John A. Van Couvering
                                
                            (1977). 
                            Corrected age of the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary. 
                            Nature
                            , 269
                            (5628)
                            , 483-488.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/269483a0

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DOI: 10.1038/269483a0