TY - BOOK ID - 77861914 TI - Time-series analysis and cyclostratigraphy : examining stratigraphic records of environmental cycles PY - 2003 SN - 110712770X 0511065965 1280417331 9786610417339 1139145657 0511178425 0511059655 0511323697 0511535481 0511068093 9780511065965 9780511535482 9780511068096 9780511059650 9781280417337 9780521620017 0521620015 6610417334 9781139145657 9780511178429 9780511323690 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cyclostratigraphy KW - Time-series analysis. KW - Analysis of time series KW - Autocorrelation (Statistics) KW - Harmonic analysis KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Probabilities KW - Global cyclostratigraphy KW - Geology, Stratigraphic KW - Statistical methods. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77861914 AB - 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. ER -