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Geochronology samples from the Honda Group in Colombia
Description
A dataset containing geochronology data from several samples along the stratigraphic column of the Honda and Huila groups in the Tatacoa Desert area. The dataset was compiled from the Table 3.2 in Flynn et al. (1997).
Usage
data(laventa)
Format
A data frame with 87 rows and 7 variables:
- age
Estimated age (in Ma) from a given rock sample
- one_sigma
Standard deviation of the age estimate
- sample
Sample code as in Table 3.2
- unit
Stratigraphic unit in either the Honda Group or the Huila Group
- elevation
Position in the stratigraphic column, in meters
- mineral
The mineral used for dating the sample
- comments
Comments from footnotes in the original table
References
Flynn, J.J., Guerrero, J. & Swisher III, C.C. (1997) Geochronology of the Honda Group. In: R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, R. L. Cifelli, and J. J. Flynn (Eds), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics: the Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 44–60.