A signal-to-noise index to quantify the potential for peak detection in sediment-charcoal records

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Kelly, Ryan F ^a   Higuera, Philip E ^b   Barrett, Carolyn M ^a   Hu, Feng Sheng ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal analysis; Fire history; Lake sediment; Paleoecology; Signal to noise index (SNI)

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL ANALYSIS; FIRE HISTORY; LAKE SEDIMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE;

CHARCOAL; ECOLOGY; FIRES; FORESTRY; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

CHARCOAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRE HISTORY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 78650264025     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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