1. Reply to: “A response to some unwarranted criticisms of single-grain dating” by J.K. Feathers.
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Thomsen, Kristina J., Murray, Andrew S., Buylaert, Jan-Pieter, Jain, Mayank, Hansen, Jakob H., Aubry, Thierry, and Guérin, Guillaume
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GRAIN weights & measures ,GEOLOGICAL time scales ,RADIOACTIVE dating ,AGING ,CHRONOLOGY - Abstract
In the note “A response to some unwarranted criticisms of single-grain dating” Feathers raises many issues with both the approach and the conclusions of Thomsen et al. (2016) . After careful consideration, we find we disagree with Feather's analysis and conclusions, and stand by the original conclusions of Thomsen et al. (2016) . We reiterate that, for these samples, the multi-grain measurements are demonstrably in better agreement with the independent age control than are the standard single-grain measurements. In our view, Feathers’ most important criticisms are that the 14 C age control is reported incorrectly and that Thomsen et al. (2016) cannot conclude that standard single-grain methods are in poorer agreement with the independent age control than the multi-grain methods. We acknowledge the presence of a minor presentation error in Figure 3 of Thomsen et al. (2016) , but we demonstrate that this detail has no bearing on the conclusions of Thomsen et al. (2016) . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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