adjust.background

Calculate the radiocarbon age by adjusting it for a measured background. It is planned to update this function to more properly reflect calculations in the 14CHRONO lab.

Provides functions for the calibration of radiocarbon dates, as well as options to calculate different radiocarbon realms (C14 age, F14C, pMC, D14C) and estimating the effects of contamination or local reservoir offsets (Reimer and Reimer 2001 <doi:10.1017/S0033822200038339>). The methods follow long-established recommendations such as Stuiver and Polach (1977) <doi:10.1017/S0033822200003672> and Reimer et al. (2004) <doi:10.1017/S0033822200033154>. This package uses the calibration curves from the data package 'rintcal'.

Maarten Blaauw

rice

Radiocarbon Equations

adjust.background function

<dl><dt>y</dt>
<dd>The age of the sample (in C14 by default, but can also be in F or pMC).</dd>
<dt>er</dt>
<dd>The error of the date.</dd>
<dt>bg</dt>
<dd>The background measurement. Should be in the same realm as that of the sample.</dd>
<dt>bg.er</dt>
<dd>The error of the background measurement. Should be in the same realm as that of the sample.</dd>
<dt>realm</dt>
<dd>Type of radiocarbon age. Can be in `C14` (default), `F14C` or `pMC`.</dd></dl>

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Adjust a radiocarbon age for background measurements — adjust.background

<dl>

<dt>y</dt>
<dd>The age of the sample (in C14 by default, but can also be in F or pMC).</dd>


<dt>er</dt>
<dd>The error of the date.</dd>


<dt>bg</dt>
<dd>The background measurement. Should be in the same realm as that of the sample.</dd>


<dt>bg.er</dt>
<dd>The error of the background measurement. Should be in the same realm as that of the sample.</dd>


<dt>realm</dt>
<dd>Type of radiocarbon age. Can be in `C14` (default), `F14C` or `pMC`.</dd>

</dl>

adjust.background: Adjust a radiocarbon age for background measurements

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