Written by G. Mariethoz, version 1.0, 2019
This is a set of Matlab functions to analyze the statistical properties of speleothem growth time series.
The methodology followed is described in this article: Mariethoz, G., B.F.J. Kelly, and A. Baker, Quantifying the value of laminated stalagmites for paleoclimate reconstructions. Geophysical Research Letters, 2012. 39(5).
Usage: All files should be in the same folder, including the data file as in .csv format. Data file: should contain one column with laminates counts, and another column with the growth rates. The main script to open is compute_stal_stats.m
The user should specify the following line 3: the name of the data .csv file line 4: the number of the column containing the date of each laminate line 5: the number of the column containing the growth rates