Testing the accuracy of a Bayesian central-dose model for single-grain OSL, using known-age samples

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-70

  Guérin, Guillaume ^a   Combès, Benoit ^a   Lahaye, Christelle ^a   Thomsen, Kristina J ^b   Tribolo, Chantal ^a   Urbanova, Petra ^a   Guibert, Pierre ^a   Mercier, Norbert ^a   Valladas, Hélène ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Accuracy tests; Bayesian statistics; Central Age Model; Comparative study; Single grain OSL

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BLEACHING; CLEANING; DISPERSIONS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ACCURACY TEST; AGE MODELING; BAYESIAN STATISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; SINGLE GRAINS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 84927949736     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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