StalAge - An algorithm designed for construction of speleothem age models

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 369-382

  Scholz, Denis ^a,b   Hoffmann, Dirk L ^b,c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age modelling; Chronology; Software; Speleothem; U series dating

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTLIER; PARAMETERIZATION; QUATERNARY; SOFTWARE; SPELEOTHEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 79953267291     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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