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Save Stratigraphy file:

Splicer allows users to save the depth-shifted biostratigraphic and paleomagnetic stratigraphy data which were read in initially during a Splicer session. The input files are in a standard tab-delimited format which can be exported from spreadsheet programs such as Excel (see "Stratigraphy Data --> Input" Help pages).

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 depth-shifted stratigraphic data can be saved in a STRATIGRAPHY TABLE output file, which records the original stratigraphic depth ranges in the original (mbsf) and composite (mcd) depths.

STRATIGRAPHY TABLE 
File format (Tab-delimited, all on one line):
Datum_name		label	TopAge	BotAge	Leg 	Site	Hole	Core	Type	
Sect.	Int1	mbsf	Offset	mcd		Leg 	Site	Hole	Core	Type	
Sect.	Int1	mbsf	Offset	mcd

EXAMPLE: B_P._finalis P1 1.40 1.40 154 926 A 7 H 4 70.00 56.70 2.68 59.38 154 926 A 7 H 5 70.00 58.20 2.68 60.88 T_G._fistulosis P2 1.70 1.70 154 926 A 7 H 3 70.00 55.20 2.68 57.88 154 926 A 7 H 4 70.00 56.70 2.68 59.38 T_G._aperatura P3 1.90 1.90 154 926 A 7 H 6 70.00 56.70 2.68 59.38 154 926 A 7 H 7 30.00 60.80 2.68 63.48 B_G._truncatulinoides P4 2.00 2.00 154 926 A 7 H 6 70.00 59.70 2.68 62.38 154 926 A 7 H 7 30.00 60.80 2.68 63.48

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. TopAge: Upper age limit (in Kyr or Myr) for the datum. If upper=lower, enter the same value in both fields. BotAge: Lower age limit (in Kyr or Myr) for the datum. If upper=lower, enter the same value in both fields. --

Updated 30 April, 1996
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