Summed radiocarbon probability density functions cannot prove solar forcing of Central European lake-level changes

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 755-765

  Bleicher, Niels ^a  

^a Department of the City of Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

biased correlations; climate; lake levels; limnology; radiocarbon dating; solar activity

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CALIBRATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84876447536     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612467478     Document Type: Article

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