High precision 14C dating of Holocene peat deposits: A comparison of Bayesian calibration and wiggle-matching approaches

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-235

  Yeloff, Dan ^a   Bennett, Keith D ^b   Blaauw, Maarten ^c   Mauquoy, Dmitri ^d   Sillasoo, Ülle ^e   van der Plicht, Johannes ^f   van Geel, Bas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

14C AMS dates; Bayesian statistics; Calibration; Peat; Raised bogs; Wiggle matching

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; INTERPOLATION; PEATLAND; PRECISION; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 33947679640     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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