Open AccessdetritalPy: A Python‐based toolset for visualizing and analysing detrital geo‐thermochronologic data
Author(s) -
Sharman Glenn R.,
Sharman Jonathan P.,
Sylvester Zoltan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the depositional record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.604
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2055-4877
DOI - 10.1002/dep2.45
Subject(s) - thermochronology , python (programming language) , geochronology , zircon , tectonics , geology , computer science , earth science , geochemistry , programming language , paleontology
Detrital geochronology and thermochronology have emerged as primary methods of reconstructing the tectonic and surficial evolution of the Earth over geological time. Technological improvements in the acquisition of detrital geo‐thermochronologic data have resulted in a rapid increase in the quantity of published data over the past two decades, particularly for the mineral zircon. However, existing tools for visualizing and analysing detrital geo‐thermochronologic data generally lack flexibility for working with large datasets, hampering efforts to utilize the large quantity of available data.