get_scale_data {deeptime}

Get geological timescale data

Description

This function takes a name of a geological timescale and returns data for the timescale. Valid names include those of built-in data.frames (periods(), epochs(), stages(), eons(), or eras()), partial matches of those names (e.g., "per" or "stage"), and exact matches to those hosted by Macrostrat (see full list here: https://macrostrat.org/api/defs/timescales?all).

Usage

get_scale_data(name)

Arguments

name

The name of the desired timescale.

Value

A data.frame with the following columns:

name

the names of the time intervals.

max_age

the oldest boundaries of the time intervals, in millions of years.

min_age

the youngest boundaries of the time intervals, in millions of years.

abbr

either traditional abbreviations of the names of the time intervals (if they exist) or custom abbreviations created with R.

color

hex color codes associated with the time intervals (if applicable).