b2ktoC14: Find the 14C age and error belonging to a b2k age.

In rice: Radiocarbon Equations

Find the 14C age and error belonging to a b2k age.

Description

Given a b2k age (years before AD 2000, popular in the ice core community), the calibration curve (default cc=1) is interpolated and the corresponding 14C age and error are returned.

Usage

b2ktoC14(
  x,
  cc = 1,
  postbomb = FALSE,
  rule = 1,
  cc.dir = NULL,
  thiscurve = NULL
)

Arguments

x	The b2k year.
cc	calibration curve for C14 (see caldist()).
postbomb	Whether or not to use a postbomb curve (see caldist()).
rule	How should R's approx function deal with extrapolation. If rule=1, the default, then NAs are returned for such points and if it is 2, the value at the closest data extreme is used.
cc.dir	Directory of the calibration curves. Defaults to where the package's files are stored (system.file), but can be set to, e.g., cc.dir="curves".
thiscurve	As an alternative to providing cc and/or postbomb, the data of a specific curve can be provided (3 columns: cal BP, C14 age, error).

Details

Interpolation is used, and values outside the calibration curve are given as NA. For ages younger than 50 b2k, a postbomb curve will have to be provided.

Value

The calibration-curve 14C year belonging to the entered b2k age

Author(s)

Maarten Blaauw

Examples

  b2ktoC14(100)

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