Testing the impact of stratigraphic uncertainty on spectral analyses of sedimentary series

Martinez, Mathieu; Kotov, Sergey; De Vleeschouwer, David; Pas, Damien; Pälike, Heiko

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1765-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1765-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1765-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

Research article

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02 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 02 Sep 2016

Testing the impact of stratigraphic uncertainty on spectral analyses of sedimentary series

Mathieu Martinez, Sergey Kotov, David De Vleeschouwer, Damien Pas, and Heiko Pälike

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RC1: 'review', Christian Zeeden, 25 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Answers to comment on "Testing the impact of stratigraphic uncertainty on spectral analyses of sedimentary series" from Christian Zeeden', Mathieu Martinez, 22 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Testing the impact of stratigraphic uncertainty on spectral analyses of sedimentary series', Linda A. Hinnov, 24 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Answer to comment on "Testing the impact of stratigraphic uncertainty on spectral analyses of sedimentary series" from Linda A. Hinnov', Mathieu Martinez, 22 Apr 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 May 2016) by Hubertus Fischer

AR by Mathieu Martinez on behalf of the Authors (22 Jul 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (18 Aug 2016) by Hubertus Fischer

AR by Mathieu Martinez on behalf of the Authors (22 Aug 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Identification of Milankovitch cycles within the sedimentary record depends on spectral analyses, but these can be biased because there are always slight uncertainties in the sample position within a sedimentary column. Here, we simulate uncertainties in the sample position and show that a tight control on the inter-sample distance together with a density of 6–12 samples per precession cycle are needed to accurately reconstruct the contribution of the orbital forcing on past climate changes.