Abstract
Tuning is a widespread technique to combine, date and interpret multiple fossil proxy archives through aligning supposedly synchronous events between the archives. The approach will be reviewed by discussing a number of literature examples, ranging from peat and tephra layers to orbital tuning and d18O series from marine and ice deposits. Potential problems will be highlighted such as the dangers of circular reasoning and unrecognised chronological uncertainties, and some solutions suggested. Fossil proxy research could become enhanced if tuning were approached in a more quantitative, reliable and objective way, and especially if individual proxy archives were non-tuned and kept on independent time-scales.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 38-49 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Quaternary Science Reviews |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | null |
| Early online date | 15 Dec 2010 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Mar 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geology
- Global and Planetary Change
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Archaeology
- Archaeology
