As a result, scientists will sometimes adjust the timing of the features in their samples to match the predictions of orbital theory in the hopes of improving the accuracy of their data.
[4] Orbital tuning is often used as a countermeasure to effects such as the mixing of top layer sediments by biotic interactions and/or other disturbances to samples.
[2] Criticisms have been raised against orbital tuning and often this tool needs multiple factors to validate its conclusions.
Due to this orbital tuning is used as needed over shorter time spans to not produce "overtuning" of a sample.
[5] However, "overtuning" can result in apparent features that have no basis in the real data, such as occurred with the original SPECMAP record.