tidypaleo: Visualizing Paleoenvironmental Archives Using ggplot2
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Title
tidypaleo: Visualizing Paleoenvironmental Archives Using ggplot2
Subject
: plotting software, stratigraphic diagrams, R, ggplot2.
Description
This paper presents the tidypaleo package for R, which enables high-quality reproducible visualizations of time-stratigraphic multivariate data that is common to several
disciplines of the natural sciences. Rather than introduce new plotting functions, the
tidypaleo package defines several orthogonal components of the ggplot2 package that,
when combined, enable most types of stratigraphic diagrams to be created. We do so by
conceptualizing multi-parameter data as a series of measurements (rows) with attributes
(columns), enabling the use of the ggplot2 facet mechanism to display multi-parameter
data. The orthogonal components include (1) scales that represent relative abundance
and concentration values, (2) geometries that are commonly used in paleoenvironmental
diagrams created elsewhere, (3) facets that correctly assign scales and sizes to panels representing multiple parameters, and (4) theme elements that enable tidypaleo to create
elegant graphics. Collectively, this approach demonstrates the efficacy of a minimal ggplot2 wrapper to create domain-specific plots.
disciplines of the natural sciences. Rather than introduce new plotting functions, the
tidypaleo package defines several orthogonal components of the ggplot2 package that,
when combined, enable most types of stratigraphic diagrams to be created. We do so by
conceptualizing multi-parameter data as a series of measurements (rows) with attributes
(columns), enabling the use of the ggplot2 facet mechanism to display multi-parameter
data. The orthogonal components include (1) scales that represent relative abundance
and concentration values, (2) geometries that are commonly used in paleoenvironmental
diagrams created elsewhere, (3) facets that correctly assign scales and sizes to panels representing multiple parameters, and (4) theme elements that enable tidypaleo to create
elegant graphics. Collectively, this approach demonstrates the efficacy of a minimal ggplot2 wrapper to create domain-specific plots.
Creator
Ian S. Spooner
Source
https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v101i07
Publisher
Acadia University
Date
January 2022
Contributor
Fajar bagus w
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Files
Collection
Citation
Ian S. Spooner, “tidypaleo: Visualizing Paleoenvironmental Archives Using ggplot2,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 21, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/8241.