astrochron1.4 package

A Computational Tool for Astrochronology

accum

Calculate geochemical proxy accumulation rates

anchorTime

Anchor a floating astrochronology to a radioisotopic age

ar1

Generate AR(1) surrogates

ar1etp

AR(1) + ETP simulation routine

arcsinT

Arcsine transformation of stratigraphic series

armaGen

Generate autoregressive moving-average model

asm

Average Spectral Misfit

astrochron-package

astrochron: A Computational Tool for Astrochronology

autoPlot

Automatically plot multiple stratigraphic series, with smoothing if de...

bandpass

Bandpass filter stratigraphic series

bergerPeriods

Obliquity and precession periods of Berger et al. (1992)

bicoherence

bicoherence: Calculate bispectrum and bicoherence using WOSA method as...

bioturb

Bioturbate time series using diffusion model from Guinasso and Schinck...

calcPeriods

Calculate eccentricity, obliquity and precession periods in ka, given ...

cb

Combine multiple vectors

clipIt

Create non-linear response by clipping stratigraphic series

confAdjust

Adjust spectrum confidence levels for multiple comparisons

constantSedrate

Apply a constant sedimentation rate model to transform a spatial serie...

conv_fft

Convolution through Fast Fourier Transform

cosTaper

Apply cosine taper to stratigraphic series

cycles

Generate harmonic model

deconv

Wiener Deconvolution through Fast Fourier Transform

delPts

Interactively delete points in plot

demean

Remove mean value from stratigraphic series

detrend

Subtract linear trend from stratigraphic series

diffAccum

Model differential accumulation

divTrend

Divide by linear trend in stratigraphic series

dpssTaper

Apply DPSS taper to stratigraphic series

eAsm

Evolutive Average Spectral Misfit

eAsmTrack

Track ASM null hypothesis significance level minima in eASM results

eha

Evolutive Harmonic Analysis & Evolutive Power Spectral Analysis

eTimeOpt

eTimeOpt: Evolutive implementation of TimeOpt (Meyers, 2015; Meyers, 2...

eTimeOptTrack

Track eTimeOpt r2 maxima

etp

Generate eccentricity-tilt-precession models

extract

Extract record from EHA time-frequency output or eAsm output

flip

Flip stratigraphic series

freq2sedrate

Convert record of local spatial frequency (from EHA) to sedimentation ...

gausTaper

Apply Gaussian taper to stratigraphic series

getColor

Query R for color information

getData

Download file from astrochron data server

getLaskar

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

hannTaper

Apply Hann taper to stratigraphic series

headn

List column numbers for each variable

hilbert

Hilbert transform of stratigraphic series

idPts

Interactively identify points in plot

imbrie

Imbrie and Imbrie (1980) ice sheet model

impulseResponse

Impulse response function calculation

insoDiff

insolation difference map using Laskar et al. (2004) insolation calcul...

insoMap

generate an insolation map using Laskar et al. (2004) insolation calcu...

insoSeries

Laskar et al. (2004) insolation calculations

integratePower

Determine the total power within a given bandwidth

iso

Isolate data from a specified stratigraphic interval

linage

Tune stratigraphic series to an astronomical target using graphical in...

linterp

Piecewise linear interpolation of stratigraphic series

linterpLH13

Piecewise linear interpolation of stratigraphic series using the appro...

logT

Log transformation of stratigraphic series

lowpass

Lowpass filter stratigraphic series

lowspec

Robust Locally-Weighted Regression Spectral Background Estimation

makeNoise

Generate noise surrogates from a theoretical power spectrum

mtm

Multitaper method spectral analysis

mtmAR

Intermediate spectrum test of Thomson et al. (2001)

mtmML96

Mann and Lees (1996) robust red noise MTM analysis

mtmPL

Multitaper Method Spectral Analysis with Power Law (1/f) fit

multiTest

Adjust spectral p-values for multiple comparisons

mwCor

Calculate moving window correlation coefficient for two stratigraphic ...

mwin

Determine 'dynamic moving window' for stratigraphic series, adjusting ...

mwinGrid

Determine 'dynamic moving window' for stratigraphic series, adjusting ...

mwMinMax

'Dynamic window' moving assessment of maxima and minima in stratigraph...

mwStats

'Dynamic window' moving average, median and variance of stratigraphic ...

mwStatsGrid

'Dynamic window' moving average, median and variance of stratigraphic ...

noKernel

Remove Gaussian kernel smoother from stratigraphic series

noLow

Fit and remove Lowess smoother from stratigraphic series

pad

Pad stratigraphic series with zeros

peak

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

periodogram

Simple periodogram

pl

Set up plots

plotEha

Create color time-frequency plots from eha results.

plS

Set default plotting parameters for vertical stratigraphic plots

prewhiteAR

Prewhiten stratigraphic series with autoregressive filter, order selec...

prewhiteAR1

Prewhiten stratigraphic series with AR1 filter, using 'standard' or un...

pwrLaw

Generate power law (1/f) noise surrogates

pwrLawFit

Estimate power law (1/f) fit to power spectrum

rankSeries

Create lithofacies rank series from bed thickness data

read

Read data from file

readMatrix

Read data matrix from file

repl0

Replace values < 0 with 0

replEps

Replace values <= 0 with smallest positive value

resample

Resample stratigraphic series

rmNA

Remove stratigraphic levels that contain one or more NAs

s

Standardize variable in stratigraphic series

sedRamp

Apply 'ramping' sedimentation rate model to convert time to stratigrap...

sedrate2time

Integrate sedimentation rate curve to obtain time-space map

slideCor

Identify optimal spatial/temporal shift to maximize correlation betwee...

sortNave

Remove missing entries, sort data, average duplicates

stepHeat

Ar/Ar Geochronology: Generate an Ar/Ar age spectrum and calculate step...

stratPCA

Principal Component Analysis on Stratigraphic Series

strats

Summary statistics for stratigraphic series

surrogateCor

Estimate correlation coefficient and significance for serially correla...

surrogates

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

synthStrat

Synthesize stratigraphy from forcing function

taner

Apply Taner bandpass or lowpass filter to stratigraphic series

tanerFC

Apply Taner bandpass or lowpass filter to Fourier coefficients

testBackground

Evaluate power spectrum false positive rates via Monte Carlo simulatio...

testPrecession

Astrochronologic testing via the precession amplitude modulation appro...

testTilt

Astrochronologic testing via the obliquity amplitude modulation approa...

timeOpt

TimeOpt: Evaluation of eccentricity-related amplitude modulation and b...

timeOptMCMC

TimeOptMCMC: Evaluation of eccentricity-related amplitude modulation a...

timeOptPlot

TimeOptPlot: Generate summary figure for TimeOpt analyses

timeOptSim

Monte Carlo simulation for TimeOpt

timeOptSimPwrLaw

Monte Carlo simulation for TimeOpt, using power law (1/f) noise

timeOptTemplate

TimeOpt analysis using variable sedimentation models

timeOptTemplatePlot

TimeOptTemplatePlot: Generate summary figure for TimeOptTemplate analy...

timeOptTemplateSim

Simulations for timeOptTemplate

tones

Calculate all possible difference and combinations tones

traceFreq

Frequency-domain minimal tuning: Use interactive graphical interface t...

tracePeak

A tool to interactively trace peak trajectories on plots

trackFreq

Frequency-domain minimal tuning: Use interactive graphical interface a...

trackPeak

A tool to interactively select points to track peak trajectories on pl...

trim

Remove outliers from stratigraphic series

trimAT

Remove outliers from stratigraphic series

trough

Identify minima of troughs in series, filter at desired threshold valu...

tune

Tune stratigraphic series

unbioturb

Bioturbation removal function following the approach of Liu et al (202...

writeCSV

Write CSV file

writeT

Write tab-delimited file

wtMean

Ar/Ar Geochronology: calculate weighted mean age, age uncertainty, and...

xplot

Generate cross-plot with kernel density estimates on axes

zoomIn

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

Routines for astrochronologic testing, astronomical time scale construction, and time series analysis <doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.11.015>. Also included are a range of statistical analysis and modeling routines that are relevant to time scale development and paleoclimate analysis.

  • Maintainer: Stephen Meyers
  • License: GPL-3
  • Last published: 2024-09-17