PaleoPlot: A tool for the analysis, integration and manipulation of time-series paleorecords

Abstract

In order to monitor and make predictions, palaeoceanographers need to manipulate, integrate and analyse paleo time-series that are obtained from a number of independent techniques and instruments which, moreover, are usually produced by different researches and/or laboratories. The result is a collection of datasets with unequal age precision. This situation worsens since, at present, there is not an assembly of integrated tools that permits the palaeontologists to perform a study without having to use applications of different natures (spreadsheets, image editors, time-series analysers, etc.) which are of general purpose and, usually, expensive and platformdependent. Hence, the goal of this project was to develop a platform-independent full featured tool that could simplify the palaeocenographers work, being used during the whole process: from the beginning, merging and correlating different datasets, continuing with interactive analyses, to the end, plotting the results. PaleoPlot is a general tool which could be used for any kind of time series, although it is optimised for the use in the stratigraphy area. Finally, it must be said that PaleoPlot is currently been used as an educational tool on palaeontology courses at the University of Salamanca.

Visual Analytics of Paleoceanographic Conditions

“…), and are also produced by a number of different researchers and/or laboratories. This work is done with the aid of proper tools such as PaleoPlot [19] and AnalySeries [12].…”

Using data mining and visualization techniques for the reconstruction of ocean paleodynamics

“…In order to do that it was necessary the assembly [1] Thanks to data mining through a variety of data analysis tools we can discover pattern relationships, exceptional values and missing values in data that may be used to make predictions. These discoveries are easy to perceive when shown graphically, although we are restricted to showing many dimensions (or variables) on a two-dimensional computer screen or paper.…”

Hesperia: a multidisciplinary group-oriented information system for paleoclimatology

“…Currently, all the HESPERIA features are provided using server-side technologies. In the future some advanced tools for interactive analysis and visualization already developed by our group [5][6] will be included in the system as client-side tools.…”