MATTOOLS (version 1.1)

zagoskin: Sample Fossil Pollen Dataset

Description

This pollen dataset contains fossil pollen from Ager, T. W. (2003). "Late Quaternary Vegetation and Climate History of the Central Bering Land Bridge from St. Michael Island, Western Alaska." Quaternary Research 60: 19-32.

Usage

data(zagoskin)

Format

A data frame with 151 observations on the following 113 variables.

Site

a numeric vector

SITENAME

a factor with levels Zagoskin L

LONDD

a numeric vector

LATDD

a numeric vector

ELEVATION

a numeric vector

DEPTH

a numeric vector

AGEBP

a numeric vector

CALBP

a numeric vector

POLLSUM

a numeric vector

ABIES

a numeric vector

ACER

a numeric vector

ALNUSX

a numeric vector

AMBROSIA

a numeric vector

ANACARDI

a numeric vector

APIACEAE

a numeric vector

AQUIFOLI

a numeric vector

ARCEUTHOBI

a numeric vector

ARECACEAE

a numeric vector

ARMERIA

a numeric vector

ARTEMISIA

a numeric vector

ASTERX

a numeric vector

ASTERCICHO

a numeric vector

BETULA

a numeric vector

BORAGINACEAE

a numeric vector

BOTRYCHIUM

a numeric vector

BRASSICACEAE

a numeric vector

CACTACEAE

a numeric vector

CAMPANULACEA

a numeric vector

CAPRIFOLIA

a numeric vector

CARYA

a numeric vector

CARYOPHYLL

a numeric vector

CASTANEA

a numeric vector

CEANOTHUS

a numeric vector

CELTIS

a numeric vector

CEPHALANTH

a numeric vector

CERCOCAR

a numeric vector

CHENOAMX

a numeric vector

CHRYSOLEP

a numeric vector

CORNUS

a numeric vector

CORYLUS

a numeric vector

CUPRESSA

a numeric vector

CYPERACE

a numeric vector

DODECATH

a numeric vector

DRYAS

a numeric vector

ELAEAGNX

a numeric vector

EPHEDRA

a numeric vector

EQUISETU

a numeric vector

ERICALES

a numeric vector

EUPHORB

a numeric vector

FABACEAE

a numeric vector

FAGUS

a numeric vector

FRAXINUX

a numeric vector

IVA

a numeric vector

JUGLANSX

a numeric vector

KOENISLD

a numeric vector

LAMIACEAE

a numeric vector

LARIXPSEU

a numeric vector

LARREA

a numeric vector

LILIACEAE

a numeric vector

LIQUIDAM

a numeric vector

LIRIODEN

a numeric vector

LYCOANNO

a numeric vector

LYCOCLAV

a numeric vector

LYCOCOMP

a numeric vector

LYCOSELA

a numeric vector

LYCOPODX

a numeric vector

MAGNOLIACE

a numeric vector

MALVACEAE

a numeric vector

MORACEAX

a numeric vector

MYRICACX

a numeric vector

NYSSA

a numeric vector

ONAGRACEAE

a numeric vector

OSMUNDACEA

a numeric vector

OSTRYCAR

a numeric vector

PAPAVERX

a numeric vector

PEDICULARI

a numeric vector

PICEAX

a numeric vector

PINUSX

a numeric vector

PLANTAGINX

a numeric vector

PLATANUS

a numeric vector

POACEAE

a numeric vector

POLEMONI

a numeric vector

POLYGONAX

a numeric vector

POLYGBIS

a numeric vector

POLYGONMX

a numeric vector

POLYGVIV

a numeric vector

POLYPOD

a numeric vector

POPULUS

a numeric vector

POTENTILLA

a numeric vector

PROSOPIS

a numeric vector

PTERIDIUM

a numeric vector

QUERCUS

a numeric vector

RANUNCUL

a numeric vector

RHAMNACEAE

a numeric vector

ROSACEAX

a numeric vector

RUBIACEAE

a numeric vector

RUBUS

a numeric vector

RUMEX

a numeric vector

SALIX

a numeric vector

SANGUI

a numeric vector

SARCOBATUS

a numeric vector

SXFRAGAX

a numeric vector

SCROPHUL

a numeric vector

SELAGINE

a numeric vector

SHEPHERDIA

a numeric vector

SPHAGNUM

a numeric vector

TAXODIUM

a numeric vector

TAXUS

a numeric vector

THALICTRUM

a numeric vector

TILIA

a numeric vector

TSUGAX

a numeric vector

ULMUS

a numeric vector

URTICACX

a numeric vector

Source

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/napd.html

Details

The dataset was modified from that available at the NGDC Paleoclimate homepage, specifically the North American Pollen Database (NAPD) maintained by Dr. Eric Grimm of the Illinois State Museum.

Examples

data(zagoskin)
## maybe str(zagoskin) ; plot(zagoskin) ...