Bayesian age-depth modelling of Late Quaternary deposits from Wet and Blanche Caves, Naracoorte, South Australia: A framework for comparative faunal analyses

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-43

  Macken, Amy C ^a   Staff, Richard A ^b   Reed, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14C dating; Age depth modelling; Bayesian statistics; Cave sequence; Last glacial cycle; Naracoorte Caves

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CAVE DEPOSIT; CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITION; FAUNA; FOSSIL; LAST GLACIAL; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

AUSTRALIA; NARACOORTE CAVES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

STRIGIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878432940     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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