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Argon data for Hugub Area, Kesem-Kebena-Dulecha, Ethiopia

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2012-11-28
End Date
2013-12-06

Citation

Morgan, L.E., 2021, Argon data for Hugub Area, Kesem-Kebena-Dulecha, Ethiopia: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9I2WARW.

Summary

Tephra samples were collected by Leah Morgan (now at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)) from the Hugub Area, Kesem-Kebena-Dulecha, Afar, Ethiopia. Sanidine grains were separated from the bulk sample and analyzed by argon geochronology at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Scotland. The data indicate that the age of the Hugub Bed, which is rich in archarological artifacts, is ca. 500 ka. These results have broad implications in understanding late Acheulean archaeology in Ethiopia.

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Point of Contact :
Leah E Morgan
Originator :
Leah E Morgan
Metadata Contact :
Leah E Morgan
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Energy and Minerals

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HugubMetadata.xml
“Metadata”
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HugubArgonData.csv
“40Ar/39Ar data” 		38.53 KB text/csv
HugubArgonSummary.csv
“Summary of 40Ar/39Ar ages” 		297 Bytes text/csv
HugubParameters.csv
“Parameters used to calculate 40Ar/39Ar ages” 		872 Bytes text/csv
DataDictionary.csv
“Data Dictionary” 		8.79 KB text/csv
Shapefile: HugubArgonSummary.zip
HugubArgonSummary.dbf 1.11 KB
HugubArgonSummary.prj 144 Bytes
HugubArgonSummary.shp 156 Bytes
HugubArgonSummary.shx 116 Bytes

Purpose

The data were collected to constrain the age of the Hugub Area in the Kesem-Kebena-Dulecha area of Ethiopia. The Hugub Area is rich in archaeological artifacts. This data release accompanies the planned publication, 'The Pleistocene Deposits and Archaeology of the Kesem-Kebena-Dulecha Area, Ethiopia'. The manuscript describes the archaeology and paleontology of the Hugub Area and constrains its age.

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