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Converts F14C values to 14C ages.

Usage

BP14C_to_F14C(ages, errors, ...)

F14C_to_BP14C(values, errors, ...)

# S4 method for class 'numeric,numeric'
BP14C_to_F14C(ages, errors, lambda = 8033)

# S4 method for class 'numeric,numeric'
F14C_to_BP14C(values, errors, lambda = 8033, asymmetric = FALSE)

Arguments

ages

A numeric vector giving the radiocarbon ages.

errors

A numeric vector giving the standard deviations.

...

Currently not used.

values

A numeric vector giving the F14C values.

lambda

A length-one numeric vector specifying the mean-life of radiocarbon (defaults to 14C half-life value as introduced by Libby 1952).

asymmetric

A logical scalar: should asymmetric 14C errors be returned?

Value

A data.frame.

References

Bronk Ramsey, C. (2008). Radiocarbon Dating: Revolutions in Understanding. Archaeometry, 50:249-275. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00394.x .

van der Plicht, J., Hogg, A. (2006). A Note on Reporting Radiocarbon. Quaternary Geochronology, 1(4): 237-240. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2006.07.001 .

See also

Author

N. Frerebeau

Examples

## Asymmetric 14C errors (van der Plicht and Hogg 2006)
F14C_to_BP14C(0.0052, 0.0006, asym = TRUE)
#>        age     plus    minus
#> 1 42246.32 984.8645 877.1979

## Symmetric 14C errors (Bronk Ramsey 2008)
F14C_to_BP14C(0.0052, 0.0006, asym = FALSE)
#>        age     plus    minus
#> 1 42246.32 926.8846 926.8846