Bayesian improvements to ²¹⁰<i>Pb</i> age-depth models

It first discusses the current dating models for both ²¹⁰<i>Pb</i> and radiocarbon, followed by a review of the literature to observe calculation and reporting practices as well as examples of ²¹⁰<i>Pb</i> dating from the literature. After we observe how practitioners treat ²¹⁰<i>Pb</i> data, simulations are created to analyse the accuracy of current ²¹⁰<i>Pb</i> dating models.

These simulations show a low accuracy by the current ²¹⁰<i>Pb</i> dating model, and this motivated the construction of a new approach for age-depth models.<br><br>The new and improved ²¹⁰<i>Pb</i> age-depth model was tested using both data from real sediment cores and simulated ones. These experiments show that this approach has a better accuracy than the current ²¹⁰<i>Pb</i> dating models.