A statistical approach to evaluating distance metrics and analog assignments for pollen records

Quaternary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-367

  Gavin, Daniel G ^a   Oswald, W Wyatt ^b   Wahl, Eugene R ^c   Williams, John W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Eastern North America; Modern analog technique; Pollen analysis; ROC analysis; Squared chord distance; Test accuracy; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346539022     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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