Statistical methods for jointly estimating the decay constant of 40K and the age of a dating standard

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 457-474

  Kwon, Jaimyoung ^a   Min, Kyoungwon ^a   Bickel, Peter J ^a   Renne, Paul R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonferroni confidence regions; Bootstrap; Errors in variables; Maximum likelihood; Nonlinear regression

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

EID: 0013312488     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015035228810     Document Type: Article

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