A probabilistic model of chronological errors in layer-counted climate proxies: Applications to annually banded coral archives

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 825-841

  Comboul, M ^a   Emile Geay, J ^a   Evans, M N ^b   Mirnateghi, N ^a   Cobb, K M ^c   Thompson, D M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROBABILITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899492563     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-825-2014     Document Type: Article

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