EGU22-9504
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-9504
EGU General Assembly 2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Synchronization of layer-counted archives using a statistical age-depth model

Eirik Myrvoll-Nilsen1,2, Keno Riechers1,3, and Niklas Boers1,3,4
Eirik Myrvoll-Nilsen et al.
  • 1Complexity Science, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
  • 2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
  • 3Technical University of Munich, Germany; School of Engineering & Design, Earth System Modelling
  • 4Department of Mathematics and Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, UK

Layer-counted paleoclimatic proxy records have non-negligible uncertainty arising from the dating process. Knowledge of this uncertainty is important for a rigorous propagation to further analyses; for example for identification and dating of abrupt transitions in climate or to provide a complete uncertainty quantification of early warning signals. This dating uncertainty can be quantified by assuming a probabilistic model for the age-depth relationship. We assume that the number of counted layers per unit of depth can be described using a Bayesian regression model with residuals following an autoregressive process. By synchronizing the chronologies with other archives one can constrain the uncertainties and correct potential biases in the dating process. This is done by matching the chronologies to tie-points obtained by analyzing different archives covering the same period in time. In practice, tie-points can be associated with a significant amount of uncertainty which also needs to be accounted for. We present a theoretically consistent approach which, under certain assumptions, allows for efficient sampling from synchronized age-depth models that match the tie-points under known uncertainty distributions. The model and associated methodology has been implemented into an R-package. 

How to cite: Myrvoll-Nilsen, E., Riechers, K., and Boers, N.: Synchronization of layer-counted archives using a statistical age-depth model, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-9504, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-9504, 2022.