Combining cosmogenic, stratigraphic, and paleomagnetic information using a Bayesian approach: General results and an application to Sterkfontein

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 400-408

  Muzikar, Paul ^a   Granger, Darryl ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Burial dating; Cosmogenic nuclides; Geochronology; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACH; BURIAL DATING; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENT LAYERS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOMETRY; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 33644900459     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.12.020     Document Type: Article

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