eras {era}

Standard era definitions

Description

Definitions of common eras and time scales.

eras() lists all available era definitions. eras(label) looks up a specific era by its unique, abbreviated name (e.g. "cal BP").

Usage

eras(label = NA)

Arguments

label

(Optional) Abbreviated names(s) of eras to look up.

Details

Looking up eras by label uses partial matching.

Value

A table of era definitions. This can be passed to era() to construct an era object.

See Also

Other era definition functions: era

Examples

# List all available eras
eras()

# Look up a specific era by label
eras("cal BP")

# With partial matching
eras("cal")