Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1169-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1169-2017
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19 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 19 Sep 2017

A complete representation of uncertainties in layer-counted paleoclimatic archives

Niklas Boers, Bedartha Goswami, and Michael Ghil

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We introduce a Bayesian framework to represent layer-counted proxy records as probability distributions on error-free time axes, accounting for both proxy and dating errors. Our method is applied to NGRIP δ18O data, revealing that the cumulative dating errors lead to substantial uncertainties for the older parts of the record. Applying our method to the widely used radiocarbon comparison curve derived from varved sediments of Lake Suigetsu provides the complete uncertainties of this curve.