InterpolateCalibrationCurve: Interpolate a calibration curve at a set of calendar ages

In carbondate: Calibration and Summarisation of Radiocarbon Dates

Interpolate a calibration curve at a set of calendar ages

Description

Interpolate a calibration curve at a set of calendar ages

Usage

InterpolateCalibrationCurve(
  new_calendar_ages_BP,
  calibration_curve,
  F14C_outputs = NA
)

Arguments

new_calendar_ages_BP	A scalar or vector containing calendar ages (in cal yr BP) at which to interpolate the values (both the means and uncertainties) of the given calibration curve. If not provided (and NA is given), will use the range from the minimum calendar age to the maximum calendar age of the original calibration curve spaced by 1.
calibration_curve	A dataframe which must contain one column calendar_age_BP, and also columns c14_age and c14_sig or f14c and f14c_sig (or both sets). This format matches the curves supplied with this package, e.g., intcal20, intcal13, which contain all 5 columns.
F14C_outputs	TRUE if only F{}^{14}C concentrations are required, FALSE if only the radiocarbon ages (in {}^{14}C yrs BP) are required and NA if both are required for the new curve.

Value

A new dataframe with entries for the interpolated c14_age, and c14_sig, f14c and f14c_sig values at the calendar_age_BP values that were given in new_calendar_ages_BP.

Examples

# Interpolate intcal20 at a single calendar age. Generates both 14C ages and F14C scales.
InterpolateCalibrationCurve(51020, intcal20)

# Interpolate intcal20 at two calendar ages. Generates F14C estimates only.
InterpolateCalibrationCurve(c(51017, 51021), intcal20, TRUE)

# Interpolate intcal20 at two calendar ages. Generate 14C age estimates (cal yr BP) only.
InterpolateCalibrationCurve(c(51017, 51021), intcal20, FALSE)

# Interpolate intcal20 at every integer calendar age within the range of dates
# (for intcal20 this is 0 to 55000 cal yr BP), and create estimates for both radiocarbon scales.
cal_curve <- InterpolateCalibrationCurve(NA, intcal20)

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