BayLum - An R package for Bayesian analysis of OSL ages: An introduction

Abstract We introduce a new R package ‘BayLum’ devoted to the analysis of OSL data and to construct chronological models in a Bayesian framework. Our contribution presents a summary of the statistical models, and introduces the main functions implemented in the package.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Quaternary Geochronology

• Publication date

  2019-02-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Geology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/J.QUAGEO.2018.05.009
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