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Holocene Sea-Level History: Case Study of the Statistical Evaluation of 14C Dates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Mebus A Geyh*
Affiliation:
Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Bodenforschung, D3000 Hannover, Germany
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Abstract

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The limits of the statistical evaluation of 14C dates by histograms are discussed. The method of the attempt to establish a global chronology of the short-term eustatic sea-level changes during the Holocene is examined as well as its correlation with the precisely determined Suess wiggles.

Type
Quaternary
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science

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