Age model estimation in paleoclimatic research: Fuzzy regression and radiocarbon uncertainties

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Boreux, Jean Jacques ^a   Pesti, Geza ^b,c   Duckstein, Lucien ^b   Nicolas, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; fuzzy linear regression; imprecision; radiocarbon dating; sediment layer; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FUZZY LINEAR REGRESSION; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 0031000869     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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