rbacon (version 2.4.2)

age.pMC: Calculate pMC values from C14 ages

Description

Calculate pMC values from radiocarbon ages

Usage

age.pMC(mn, sdev, ratio = 100, decimals = 3)

Arguments

mn

Reported mean of the 14C age.

sdev

Reported error of the 14C age.

ratio

Most modern-date values are reported against 100. If it is against 1 instead, use 1 here.

decimals

Amount of decimals required for the pMC value.

Value

pMC values from C14 ages.

Details

Post-bomb dates are often reported as pMC or percent modern carbon. Since Bacon expects radiocarbon ages, this function can be used to calculate pMC values from radiocarbon ages. The reverse function of pMC.age.

References

Blaauw, M. and Christen, J.A., Flexible paleoclimate age-depth models using an autoregressive gamma process. Bayesian Anal. 6 (2011), no. 3, 457--474. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ba/1339616472

See Also

http://www.qub.ac.uk/chrono/blaauw/manualBacon_2.3.pdf

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  age.pMC(-2000, 20)
  age.pMC(-2000, 20, 1)
# }