The user specifies the files to be read using "OPEN... --> STRATIGRAPHY FILE" under the FILE menu. Once located, the user identifies which type of stratigraphic data the file represents - this color-codes each of the five stratigraphic data types. When read, the data are plotted as range bars to the left of the core data. The user may click on the symbol of the stratigraphic label next to the range bar and the information about that datum will appear in the dialog box at the bottom of the main window.
--------STRATIGRAPHY DATA FORMAT---------- The files can be developed on simple spreadsheet programs (such as Excel or Kaleidograph) and then exported as tab-delimited files and then transfer to the Sun workarea.File format (Tab-delimited, all on one line): Datum_name label TopAge BotAge Leg Site Hole Core Type Sect. Int1 mbsf Leg Site Hole Core Type Sect. Int1 mbsf
EXAMPLE: B_P._finalis P1 1.40 1.40 154 926 A 7 H 4 70.00 56.70 154 926 A 7 H 5 70.00 58.20 T_G._fistulosis P2 1.70 1.70 154 926 A 7 H 3 70.00 55.20 154 926 A 7 H 4 70.00 56.70 T_G._aperatura P3 1.90 1.90 154 926 A 7 H 6 70.00 56.70 154 926 A 7 H 7 30.00 60.80
Where: Datum_name: Up to 30 character-long string of the datum identifier. NOTE: There must be no spaces in this field, please use an underbar "_" or a Hyphen "-" instead of spaces, otherwise the file will not load properly.
Label: The user-defined abbreviation for the Datum_name which is suitably
short for text display adjacent to the core data in the Composite and
Splice panels of the main Splicer window.
updated 30 April, 1996
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