'Diatoms and pH reconstruction' (1990) revisited

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-371

  Birks, H John B ^a,b,c   Simpson, Gavin L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross validation; Gaussian logit regression; Maximum likelihood calibration; Model performance; Modern analogue technique; Monotonic deshrinking; SWAP; Tolerance downweighting; Weighted averaging; Weighted averaging partial least squares

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAKE WATER; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PH; RECONSTRUCTION; SURFACE WATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84875617310     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-013-9697-7     Document Type: Article

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