Reconstructing the accumulation history of a saltmarsh sediment core: Which age-depth model is best?

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2017, Pages 35-67

  Wright, Alexander J ^a   Edwards, Robin J ^b   van de Plassche, Orson ^a   Blaauw, Maarten ^c   Parnell, Andrew C ^d   van der Borg, Klaas ^e   de Jong, Arie F M ^e   Roe, Helen M ^c   Selby, Katherine ^f   Black, Stuart ^g  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age depth model; Bayesian statistics; Relative sea level reconstruction; Saltmarsh

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOACCUMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 85013380288     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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