Selection of prior distributions and multiscale analysis in Bayesian temperature reconstructions based on fossil assemblages

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-80

  Erästö, Panu ^a,b   Holmström, Lasse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Environmental reconstruction; Multinomial model; Poisson model; SiZer; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 33745037616     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-0003-9     Document Type: Article

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