write_agefile: Write age control file to disk formatted for either Bacon or Clam
Description
Passing in a download object the function outputs a Bacon or Clam formatted file to a
user defined destination for age modelling with existing age-depth modeling software.
Default is 1, the default chronology for the core. If a core has more than one chronology the user can define a different set of chronological controls.
path
The location of the 'Cores' folder & working directory for Bacon. Do not include "Cores" in the path name.
corename
The intended handle for the core, to be used in writing to file.
cal.prog
The method intended to build the age model, either 'Bacon' or 'Clam'.
Value
This command returns a file in location path/Cores containing all the relevant information required to build either the default or prior chronology for a core.
References
Neotoma Project Website: http://www.neotomadb.org
API Reference: http://api.neotomadb.org/doc/resources/contacts
# The point of pulling chronology tables is to re-build or examine the chronological# information that was used to build the age-depth model for the core.