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https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-149-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-149-2021
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geoChronR – an R package to model, analyze, and visualize age-uncertain data

Nicholas P. McKay, Julien Emile-Geay, and Deborah Khider

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This paper describes geoChronR, an R package that streamlines the process of quantifying age uncertainties, propagating uncertainties through several common analyses, and visualizing the results. In addition to describing the structure and underlying theory of the package, we present five real-world use cases that illustrate common workflows in geoChronR. geoChronR is built on the Linked PaleoData framework, is open and extensible, and we welcome feedback and contributions from the community.