Flexible paleoclimate age-depth models using an autoregressive gamma process

Bayesian Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-474

  Blaauw, Maarten ^a   Christeny, J Andrés ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Age depth models; AR gamma process; Paleoecology; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455219321     PISSN: 19360975     EISSN: 19316690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ba/1339616472     Document Type: Article

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