A new generation of palaeomagnetic statistics

该项目旨在以统计推断的最新进展为基础，开发一个新的古地磁学定量框架。对地球古代磁场的古地磁分析有助于我们得出板块构造的重建，并利用地磁反转来确定岩石序列的年龄。这些应用依赖于统计方法，这些方法要么有缺陷，要么缺乏足够的诊断能力，无法用于解决日益复杂的问题。预期结果是迫切需要的新一代古地磁统计分析方法。该项目将提供量化工具，使整个地球科学的所有古地磁应用受益，并在学术和工业研究中产生广泛的好处和影响。

This project aims to build on recent advances in statistical inference to develop a new quantitative framework for palaeomagnetism. Palaeomagnetic analysis of Earth's ancient magnetic field helps us to derive plate tectonic reconstructions and to use geomagnetic reversals to date rock sequences. These applications depend on statistical methods that are either flawed or that lack sufficient diagnostic power to be useful for addressing increasingly complex questions. Expected outcomes are an urgently needed new generation of palaeomagnetic statistical analysis methods. The project will provide quantitative tools that will benefit all palaeomagnetic applications across Earth Science and have widespread benefit and impact in academic and industrial research.