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Define timescales

Source: R/def_timescales.R
def_timescales.Rd

A function to retrieve all timescale definitions from the Macrostrat database. Function is called without user-specified arguments.

Usage

def_timescales()

Value

A data.frame containing the following columns:

  • timescale_id: The unique identification number of the timescale.

  • timescale: The name of the timescale.

  • n_intervals: The number of intervals within the timescale.

  • max_age: The maximum age coverage of the timescale in millions of years before present.

  • min_age: The minimum age coverage of the timescale in millions of years before present.

  • ref_id: The unique identification number of the associated reference.

Developer(s)

Lewis A. Jones

Reviewer(s)

Christopher D. Dean

See also

Timescales and time intervals: def_intervals()

Examples

# \donttest{
 # Retrieve all timescale definitions
 ex1 <- def_timescales()
# }