Transfer functions

Handbook of Sea-Level Research

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 470-499

  Kemp, Andrew C ^a   Telford, Richard J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross validation; Diatoms; Foraminifera; Sea level; Weighted averaging

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPLANKTON; REPAIR; SEA LEVEL;

CROSS VALIDATION; DIATOMS; FORAMINIFERA; MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; TIDAL ELEVATIONS; WEIGHTED AVERAGING;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84977120268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118452547.ch31     Document Type: Chapter

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