A new robust statistical model for radiocarbon data

Radiocarbon

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1047-1059

  Christen, Andrés J ^a   Sergio, Perez E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; OUTLIER; RADIOCARBON DATING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77949771877     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s003382220003410x     Document Type: Article

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