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Author : Campbell, I.D.
Date : 1996
Title : Power function for interpolating dates in Recent sediment
Publication : Journal of Paleolimnology
Issue : 15(1):
Page(s) : 107-110
Abstract
Many paleolimnological studies deal with short cores; the upper 20 to 30 centimeters of lake sediment are often poorly compacted and it may be perilous to interpolate dates using straight lines. A power function (AGE=a+b*DEPTH(c)) provides a good approach for interpolating dates where only a few dated horizons are available in a core. This may be particularly useful where multiple short cores are taken from a single site, and dated by correlation of key horizons with a master core which is Pb-210 dated. This approach assumes a constant rate of dry sediment deposition.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology