The Rocourt Tephra in the Middle Paleolithic site of Remicourt (Province of Liège, Belgium) ; Le Téphra de Rocourt dans le site paléolithique moyen de Remicourt (Province de Liège, Belgique)

International audience ; In the Middle Paleolithic site of Remicourt, the Rocourt Tephra minerals were found as reworked material (cryptotephra) within the Humiferous Complex of Remicourt, which overlies the Rocourt Pedocomplex, the highest concentration of tephric material occurring in the middle part of the humiferous complex. Identification of the tephra is based on the mafic mineral suite, the morphology of glass shards and the chemical composition of mafic minerals: two types of clinopyroxene, an orthopyroxene, two types of amphibole and a chromian spinel. Volcanic glasses are typical blo... Mehr ...