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define stratigraphic column

Source: R/as_stratcol.R
as_stratcol.Rd

defines an S3 object stratcol representing a stratigraphic column. Does not check for the validity of the constructed object. For this, use is_stratcol

Usage

as_stratcol(thickness, facies, L_unit = NULL, base = 0)

Arguments

thickness

numeric vector, bed thicknesses

facies

vector, facies code of beds (numeric or character)

L_unit

length unit of bed thickness

base

position of lowest bed boundary

Value

an object of S3 class stratcol

See also

is_stratcol() to check for validity

Examples

n_beds = 10
# 10 beds with thickness between 0.1 and 1 m
thickness = runif(n_beds, 0.1, 1)
# alternations of sand and shale
fa = rep(c("sand", "shale"), 5)
# length unit
L_unit = "m"
base = 2   # start section at 2 m height
s = as_stratcol(thickness, fa, L_unit, base)