TimeScale Creator Datapacks

You can append the following regional datapacks to the extensive internal dataset within TimeScale Creator. These have been developed in cooperation (and funding) from the listed institutions; and will be progressively enhanced during 2010-2011.

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	1. British Isles regional formations (text file, 1.2 Mb, Dec2008; provided in coordination with British Geological Survey, BGS). Approximately two dozen sub-regions, with each formation linked to the BGS lexicon. In addition, download UK_lithostrat_contents_Dec08.pdf (PDF, 72 kb) with a complete listing of the major columns with their main references.
	2. Australian biostratigraphy and basin lithostratigraphy with image sets ( Zip’d folder, 7.5Mb, with text file of 500 columns (9500 data lines), plus image sets of 125 tectonic reconstructions and facies maps; Dec2009; provided in coordination with Geoscience Australia). Unzip the folder “Australia_strat_wReconstructions”; then from the File-Datapack command in TS-Creator, open this folder to load the data of “Australia_biostrat_and_basins_Dec09.txt”, which will call images automatically. Regional biostratigraphy with complete references. Lithologic columns for all Phanerozoic and Precambrian basins with detailed versions for the offshore hydrocarbon-rich basins (including oil-gas levels with reference wells). Each lithology formation has pop-ups that include URL-links to the GA lexicon, and the header for each Phanerozoic basin has links to location maps. In addition, download Aust_Bio_Lith_datapack_contents_Dec09.pdf (PDF, 172 kb) with a complete listing of the major columns with their main references. Please contact Daniel Mantle (*daniel.mantle@ga.gov.au*) for the special Public "GA-TS_Creator" JAVA version (ca. 20 Mb) that has this Australian dataset and their extensive reconstruction images pre-installed with the full global suite. GA is planning to enhance this suite with additional Carnarvon basin details in Feb, 2010.
	3. New Zealand biostratigraphy with reconstructions (Zip’d folder, 0.7Mb, with text file of 200 columns (18,000 data lines), plus Cenozoic reconstruction images; Dec 2009;; provided in coordination with New Zealand’s GNS Science, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences). Unzip the folder “NewZealand_biostr_and_reconst_Dec09.zip”; then from the File-Datapack command in TS-Creator, open this folder to load the data of “NewZealand_biostr_and_reconst_Dec09.txt”, which will call images automatically. Charts for all major fossil groups of New Zealand. Many of the pollen-spores are linked to the GNS database. Extensive sets of Taranaki Basin and other NZ transects (as listed on the contents PDF) are coming when GNS has completed their internal review for accuracy. In addition, download NZ_Bio_Lith_datapack_contents_Dec09.pdf (PDF, 100 kb) with a complete listing of the major columns with their main references.
	4. India regional formations (Phanerozoic) (text file, 0.6 Mb, of 80 main columns (3000 data lines) Jan2010; based on Chart compiled by D.S.N. Raju (2007) which has references for each column. Lithologic descriptions have been enhanced using additional publications and the oil-basin stratigraphy website of the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons. In addition, download India_Lith_datapack_contents.pdf (PDF, 50kb) with a complete listing of the major columns with their main references.
	5. Neogene benthic oxygen-18 composite (text file, 170 kb of 13,000 lines, 4 columns]. Benthic Oxygen-18 composite and Marine isotope stages (MIS) of past 25 myr, provided by Isabella Raffi et al. (as published in Quat. Sci. Rev., 25: 3113-317, 2006). Download Legend_to_colors_of_curves.pdf (PDF, 60kb) with a complete listing of the major columns with their main references. NOTE: This file is high-resolution, and viewing with at least 10 cm/myr is needed to see the detailed MIS labels.
	6. Past 10,000 years – Greenland ice core and preliminary “human culture” compilation (text file, 0.1 Mb, Dec2008; provided courtesy of Grace Conyers, Purdue University). In addition, download Past_10000_years_contents_Dec08.pdf (PDF, 60kb) with a complete listing of the major columns with their main references. NOTE: This datapack must be inserted using the “*Replace Data with Datapack*” command; the scale in kyr is not compatible with the internal dataset in myr.
	7. Astronomical Solutions for Earth Paleoclimates for past 3 myr (text file, 0.2 Mb) and past 100 myr (text file, 1 Mb, Jan2009) based on calculations provided by Jacques Laskar (www.imcce.fr/Equipes/ASD/insola/earth/earth.html). These curves of eccentricity, obliquity and precession indicate the variations in solar radiation; of which Pleistocene ice ages are the most dramatic results.
	8. Penns_outcrop_negative.txt; and Mid-Carb_GSSP.tsc. Two files to demonstrate how to use TimeScale Creator to make graphics of outcrops (meter-scale). First, use the “*Replace Data with Datapack” option under FILE menu. Second, LOAD the Mid-Carb_GSSP*.tsc from the SETTINGS menu (bottom buttons). Then Generate, to see a portion of the global boundary stratotype in Arrow Canyon, Nevada with lithologies, ranges of major taxa, etc. (based on initial publication in Episodes, 1999)
Lithology Patterns Australian Swatches.pdf Australian Swatches.ai Australian Swatches.svg TimeScale Creator Patterns.pdf
NOTE: When a datapack is appended to (or used to replace) the internal dataset in TimeScale Creator, then the “Save SVG” or “Save PDF” functions are disabled. Only the TimeScale Creator PRO has this functionality, among other features. See the PRO page for further information; plus other datapacks for regions. We hope to be adding regional datapacks for other regions (Germany, Austria, Russia, Middle East, India, USA-Canada, etc.) in coordination with appropriate specialists. The TimeScale Creator database and development team encourages you to help enhance and develop new datapacks. Contributors are acknowledged within each datapack or the main internal suite for aiding in compiling columns.