Time-Series Analysis and Cyclostratigraphy

Examining Stratigraphic Records of Environmental Cycles

Graham Weedon

272 pages, parution le 17/03/2003

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Résumé

Increasingly environmental scientists, palaeoceanographers and geologists are collecting quantitative records of environmental changes (time-series) from sediments, ice cores, cave calcite, corals and trees. This book explains how to analyse these records, using straightforward explanations and diagrams rather than formal mathematical derivations.

All the main cyclostratigraphic methods are covered including spectral analysis, cross-spectral analysis, filtering, complex demodulation, wavelet and singular spectrum analysis. Practical problems of time-series analysis, including those of distortions of environmental signals during stratigraphic encoding, are considered in detail. Recent research into various types of tidal and climatic cycles is summarised. The book ends with an extensive reference section, and an appendix listing sources of computer algorithms.

This book provides the ideal reference for all those using time-series analysis to study the nature and history of climatic and tidal cycles. It is suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental science, palaeoceanography and geology.

Contents

Introduction
Constructing time series in cyclostratigraphy
Spectral estimation
Additional methods of time-series analysis
Practical considerations
Environmental cycles recorded stratigraphically
Appendix. Published algorithms for time-series analysis

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Graham Weedon
Parution	17/03/2003
Nb. de pages	272
Format	17,8 x 25,4
Couverture	Relié
Poids	787g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521620017
ISBN13	978-0-521-62001-7