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astrochron (version 0.4.1)

A Computational Tool for Astrochronology

Description

Routines for astrochronologic testing, astronomical time scale construction, and time series analysis. Also included are a range of statistical analysis and modeling routines that are relevant to time scale development and paleoclimate analysis.

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install.packages('astrochron')

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Version

0.4.1

License

GPL-3

Maintainer

Stephen Meyers

Last Published

March 17th, 2015

Functions in astrochron (0.4.1)

eha

Evolutive Harmonic Analysis
freq2sedrate

Convert record of local spatial frequency (from EHA) to sedimentation rate curve
hannTaper

Apply Hann Taper to Stratigraphic Series
eAsm

EXPERIMENTAL: Evolutive Average Spectral Misfit
s

Standardize variable in Stratigraphic Series
dpssTaper

Apply DPSS Taper to Stratigraphic Series
stepHeat

Ar/Ar Geochronology: Generate an Ar/Ar age spectrum and calculate step-heating plateau age.
readMatrix

Read Data Matrix from File
eAsmTrack

EXPERIMENTAL: Track ASM Null Hypothesis significance level minima in eASM results
iso

Isolate Data from a Specified Stratigraphic Interval
lowspec

Robust Locally-Weighted Regression Spectral Background Estimation
mtm

Multitaper Method Spectral Analysis
extract

Extract record from EHA time-frequency output or eAsm output
logT

Log Transformation of Stratigraphic Series
demean

Remove Mean Value from Stratigraphic Series
sedRamp

Apply 'ramping' sedimentation rate model to convert time to stratigraphy
testPrecession

Astrochronologic testing via the amplitude modulation approach of Zeeden et al. (2015).
lowpass

Lowpass Filter Stratigraphic Series
getColor

Query R for color information
autoPlot

Automatically plot stratigraphic series, with smoothing if desired
astrochron-package

astrochron: A Computational Tool for Astrochronology
ar1etp

AR(1) + ETP simulation Routine
pl

Set Up Plots
trackFreq

Frequency-domain minimal tuning: Use interactive graphical interface and sorting to track frequency drift
repl0

Replace Values < 0 with 0
trimAT

Remove Outliers from Stratigraphic Series
sortNave

Remove Missing Entries, Sort Data, Average Duplicates
clipIt

Create non-linear response by clipping stratigraphic series
noKernel

Remove Gaussian Kernel Smoother from Stratigraphic Series
replEps

Replace Values <= 0 with Smallest Positive Value
surrogates

Generate phase-randomized surrogate series as in Ebisuzaki (1997)
asm

Average Spectral Misfit
linterp

Piecewise Linear Interpolation of Stratigraphic Series
getLaskar

Download Laskar et al. (2004, 2011a, 2011b) astronomical solutions
sedrate2time

Integrate sedimentation rate curve to obtain time-space map
plS

Set default plotting parameters for vertical stratigraphic plots
trim

Remove Outliers from Stratigraphic Series
periodogram

Simple Periodogram
traceFreq

Frequency-domain minimal tuning: Use interactive graphical interface to trace frequency drift
modelA

Example stratigraphic model series
writeCSV

Write CSV File
strats

Summary Statistics for Stratigraphic Series
headn

List Column Numbers for Each Variable
integratePower

Determine the total power within a given bandwidth
hilbert

Hilbert Transform of Stratigraphic Series
resample

Resample Stratigraphic Series
wtMean

Ar/Ar Geochronology: calculate weighted mean age, age uncertainty, and other associated statistics/plots (with interactive graphics for data culling).
prewhiteAR1

Prewhiten Stratigraphic Series with AR1 filter, using 'Standard' or Unbiased Estimate of rho
gausTaper

Apply Gaussian Taper to Stratigraphic Series
zoomIn

Dynamically explore cross-plot, zoom-in into specified region
bergerPeriods

Obliquity and Precession Periods of Berger et al. (1992)
taner

Apply Taner Bandpass or Lowpass Filter to Stratigraphic Series
constantSedrate

Apply a constant sedimentation rate model to transform a spatial series to temporal series
tune

Tune Stratigraphic Series
xplot

Generate Cross-plot with Density Estimates on Axes
plotEha

Create color time-frequency plots from eha results
linage

Tune stratigraphic series to an astronomical target using graphical interface
prewhiteAR

Prewhiten Stratigraphic Series with Autoregressive Filter, Order Selected by Akaike Information Criterion
trough

Identify minima of troughs in series, filter at desired threshold value
anchorTime

Anchor a floating astrochronology to a radioisotopic age
cosTaper

Apply Cosine Taper to Stratigraphic Series
armaGen

Generate Autoregressive Moving-average Model
delPts

Interactively Delete Points in Plot
cycles

Generate Harmonic Model
cb

Combine Multiple Vectors
writeT

Write Tab-delimited File
ar1

Generate AR(1) surrogates
detrend

Subtract Linear Trend from Stratigraphic Series
bandpass

Bandpass Filter Stratigraphic Series
etp

Generate Eccentricity-Tilt-Precession Models
noLow

Fit and Remove Lowess Smoother from Stratigraphic Series
peak

Identify maxima of peaks in series, filter at desired threshold value
arcsinT

Arcsine Transformation of Stratigraphic Series
rankSeries

Create lithofacies rank series from bed thickness data
tones

Calculate all possible difference and combinations tones
flip

Flip stratigraphic series
idPts

Interactively Identify Points in Plot
divTrend

Divide by Linear Trend in Stratigraphic Series
mtmAR

Intermediate spectrum test of Thomson et al. (2001)
mtmML96

Mann and Lees (1996) robust red noise MTM analysis
pad

Pad Stratigraphic Series with Zeros
read

Read Data from File