A Bayesian hierarchical model for reconstructing relative sea level: From raw data to rates of change

Climate of the Past

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 525-542

  Cahill, Niamh ^a,b   Kemp, Andrew C ^c   Horton, Benjamin P ^d,e   Parnell, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d the State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOINDICATOR; CALIBRATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL CYCLE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84959359150     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-525-2016     Document Type: Article

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