INQUA-COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF THE HOLOCENE
SUB-COMMISSION ON DATA-HANDLING METHODS
This is a mirror site of the INQUA File Boutique administrated by K. D. Bennett at Queen's University, Belfast.
At the XIIth INQUA meeting in Ottawa, 1987, Dr. Brigitta Ammann, President-elect of the Holocene Commission, established a working group on data
handling. The aims of the group are (1) To assemble a mailing list of colleagues who are interested both in receiving and contributing to a flow of useful
information on developments in computer and other technology that help us to handle, exchange, analyze and otherwise deal with our data more effectively. (2)
We attempt to tap as broad a group of sub-disciplines as possible, to include both physical and biological data categories. (3) We act by producing a simple
newsletter once or twice per year that provides a mechanism of communication among all with an interest, including up-to-date bibliographies on literature on
data handling, quantitative methods, etc., as well as an inventory of colleagues with particular expertise and willingness to provide information, programs, etc.
(4) We will attempt to keep abreast of new modes of communication, so that we can take advantages of the Internet. At the XIV INQUA meeting in Berlin,
1995, the Working Group was transformed to a Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods. J. C. Ritchie served as coordinator of the Newsletter from June
1988 until January 1990; L. J. Maher served as coordinator from July, 1990 until January 1997. K. D. Bennett became coordinator of a new wholly electronic
form of the newsletter in February 1997. The Sub-Commission's Advisory Panel consists of John Birks, Rick Battarbee, Owen K. Davis, and Louis J. Maher.
These and many others have contributed to the Data-Handling Methods Newsletter over the years, both as Working Group and Sub-Commission.
Self-Extracting Files in the INQUA File Boutique
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA FROM NORWAY:
H. J. B. BIRKS, HAZEL JUGGINS and MAGNE SAETERSDALAN 1990. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NUMERICAL METHODS IN
QUATERNARY POLLEN ANALYSIS 1985-1989: Botanical Institute, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway.
(References 1 to 660: ASCII text files: BOT1INTR.TXT (13,325 bytes) and BOTBIB1.TXT (121,456 bytes))
H. J. B. BIRKS and HEATHER A. AUSTIN 1992. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NUMERICAL METHODS IN QUATERNARY POLLEN
ANALYSIS 1990-1991: Botanical Institute, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway. (References 661 to 910: ASCII text file:
BOTBIB2.TXT (55,808 bytes))
BTA.EXE (30,630 bytes) -- Binary To ASCII utility by Eric C. Grimm. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on
Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 8:9-11, July 1992. This is an executable program that can encode binary files to ASCII so that they can be sent by regular
e-mail. The receiver also needs a copy of BTA.EXE to decode the ASCII version back to the original binary file.
CNT-WISZ.EXE (23,536 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped version of Richard Telford's Excel macro that concatenates a series of POLCOUNT files (see
POLCNTPK.EXE below) into a Wisconsin format *.RAW file so that it can easily be imported into Eric Grimm's TILIA. See INQUA-Commission for the
Holocene Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 15:18-19, January 1997.
CONVERTZ.EXE (57,013) -- Self-extracting Zipped version of program CONVERT.EXE (v. 2.3) by L. J. Maher. CONVERT runs under DOS (or in a DOS
Window) and helps convert units from one measurement system to another; i.e. from miles per hour to meters per minute. See INQUA-Commission for the
Study of the Holocene, Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 14:27, July 1996.
CORESEGZ.EXE (22,713 bytes) -- The program CORESEG.BAS is discussed by John T. Andrews in the INQUA-Commission for the Holocene, Working
Group on Data-Handling Methods, Newsletter 10:8-11, July, 1993. It was originally made to run under QuickBasic for the Apple Computer. This version has
been altered slightly to work with QuickBasic for DOS and for QBASIC that is found in DOS 5.0, etc.
DEP-AGEZ.EXE (93,201 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped version of program DEP-AGE.EXE by L. J. Maher. It is designed to facilitate the conversion of core
depths (centimeters) into estimates of their equivalent age in C-14 years (linear segments, cubic splines, exponential functions, power functions, and best-fit
polynomials. Version 4.0 is current. See INQUA-Commission of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods 7:13, January 1992.
EMAIL.TXT (10,100 bytes) -- E-mail addresses of many of the Newsletters's readers. This list will be kept current if notices of e-mail changes are sent to: Keith Bennett.
GEODESZ.EXE (22,096 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of GEODESIC.BAS Program by Louis J. Maher and John Schneider. It is designed to
provide distance and azimuth between any two points on the earth (defined by their latitude and longitude) which are separated by more than 16 km (10 mi).
See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 11:28-29, January 1994.
GPSZ.EXE (67,204 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of Global Positioning Programs and sample data files by Louis J. Maher. They are designed to
record and analyze global positioning data taken from the NMEA port of a Magellan GPS Trailblazer (TM) or Meridian GPS (TM). See INQUA-Commission
for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 11:23-28, January 1994.
LISTZ.EXE (28,704 bytes) -- Self-extracting copy of LIST.COM, a utility by V.D. Buerg, by far the most useful DOS utility I have ever found. This is
shareware version 7.3d. Typing 'List' gives you a directory tree. You can always press F1 to get a help screen. An even more powerful version can be purchased
from the author: Vernon D. Buerg, 139 White Oak Circle, Petaluma, CA 94952.
LOI-EZZ.EXE (269,800) - Self-extracting Zipped package of Loss-On-Ignition programs by Louis J. Maher for directing the operation of-- and recording data
from--electronic balances. The programs are designed to run on the Fisher/Denver XE Series Model 100A balance and several models of the Mettler Toledo
line. Because command sets change over time even in the same company, a number of BASIC source (and Executable) program files are included in
LOI-EZZ.EXE. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 18 and README.TXT
(57,500 bytes) for the version 2.0 files included in this package.
MAIL-ADD.TXT (27,000 bytes) -- Mailing list to which paper copies of the Newsletter were sent. Those needing paper copies in the future should contact Keith Bennett.
MAPPAD11.EXE (1,750,500 bytes) -- A self-extracting copy of MapPad, version 1.1, a Windows Notepad for Map-Based Information by John Keltner,
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, 325 Broadway E/GCx3, Boulder, Colorado 80303. This program was described in Newsletter
13:3-5, January 1995. When you download the self-extracting file, put it in a temporary directory (e.g. c:\tmpdir) on your hard drive, and type MAPPAD1Z; the
file will automatically unzip to a number of compressed files that must be installed by Windows. Start Windows, and from its Program Manager select FILE
and RUN and then type: c:\tempdir\setup.exe (substitute the drive's letter you chose if it differs from c:), and then follow the instructions. The program's 'Help'
section discusses the simple database structure, and allows you to use MapPad with your own data.
MAPPAD DATA FILES (*.mpd) to be added here when submitted by MapPad users.
PRAIRIEZ.EXE (30,572 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped version of PRAIRIES.MPD, a MapPad data file by Alwynne Beaudoin. The file contains information
for almost 200 sites with postglacial palaeoenvironmental records in the Canadian Prairie Provinces. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene,
Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 14:12-14, July 1996.
MODPOLZ.EXE (439,425 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped version of MODPOL.EXE, version 1.2, a program by Louis J. Maher that allows the comparison of fossil pollen data with selected modern pollen data from the M70 files of the North American Pollen Database. This program uses VGA graphics and runs on DOS computers (or in a DOS window under Windows). The program was discussed in INQUA-Commission for the Holocene, Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods, Newsletter 20, December, 2000.
MVSP21.EXE (310,081 bytes) -- MultiVariate Statistical Package by Warren L. Kovach . See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working
Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 4:1-3, July 1990; see also Newsletter 10:20-21, July 1993.
ASCII copies (without figures) of the INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, [Working Group | Sub-Commission] on Data-Handling Methods
Newsletters.
Table of Contents # 1-15 (16,790 bytes). --------------------------- Author Index # 1-15 (13,900 bytes).
NEWLTR-1.TXT (30,329 bytes), NEWLTR-2.TXT (27,460 bytes), NEWLTR-3.TXT (34,052 bytes), NEWLTR-4.TXT (36,951 bytes), NEWLTR-5.TXT
(31,221 bytes), NEWLTR-6.TXT (47,504 bytes), NEWLTR-7.TXT (69,895 bytes), NEWLTR-8.TXT (108,132 bytes), NEWLTR-9.TXT (106,770 bytes),
NEWLTR10.TXT (129,640 bytes), NEWLTR11.TXT (118,492 bytes), NEWLTR12.TXT (104,137 bytes), NEWLTR13.TXT (110,792 bytes),
NEWLTR14.TXT (140,000 bytes), NEWLTR15.TXT (76,927).
P227MANZ.EXE (216,175 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped Hypertext version of the PSIMPOLL MANUAL by Keith D. Bennett. See INQUA-Commission
for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 7:6-7, January 1992, Newsletter 8:11-12, July 1992, and Newsletter
11:4-6, January 1994. From DOS, place this file in a separate directory of your hard disk and type its name. Then from your WWW browser, select File | Open
File... , browse and click on the file psimpoll.htm. Add this to your list of bookmarks, and you will have fast access to a copy of a hypertext manual similar to the one
available at K.D. Bennett's Web Site at Uppsala University. This manual covers psimpoll v. 2.27 and pscomb v. 1.01. You may wish to check Keith
Bennett's WWW site at Uppsala University to ascertain the latest versions of these two programs.
PALYHELP.EXE (191,279 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of PALYHELP, a set of L.J. Maher's programs dealing with calculating statistics of sample counts: COMBINE, CONCENTR, MOSTEST, NULCONC,AND PAIRS. Refer to the section on PALYHELP.EXE in README.TXT(57,500 bytes) for instructions and comments.
PALYPLT.EXE (148,042 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of PALYPLOT, Craig A. Chumbley's programs for producing a printed pollen diagram. The
program produces a batch file that can be imported into Generic CADD Level 3 (or Generic CADD 5, or Generic CADD 6). See INQUA-Commission for the
Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 5:2-4, January, 1991. Refer to the section on PALYPLT.EXE in README.TXT
(57,500 bytes) for instructions to install PALYPLOT on your hard drive.
PCSLT17Z.EXE (205,192 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of Version 1.7 of Malcolm Clark's program PCSLOT17.EXE for optimal slotting of two
sequences, subject to possible stratigraphic constraints. An important feature of Version 1.7 is the ability to locate the elements of one core relative to the other,
so in principle it is now possible to derive the depth scale of one core (B) in terms of known depths in core A. The main new feature of Version 1.7 is the option
of running under batch mode. This is particularly useful when you want to run PCSLOT repeatedly, for example doing the same analysis on many different sets
of data, or doing repeated analyses on the same data. In batch mode, you make a simple change to the control file, and supply the name of that file when
invoking PCSLOT. The program then runs automatically without prompting for file names or other interactive options. For more information, read the
READ.ME file. See: Clark, Malcolm. 1992. Sequence comparisons and sequence-slotting. INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group
on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 8:3-6, July 1992; Clark, Malcolm. 1993. Assessment of sequence-slotting. INQUA-Commission for the Study of the
Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 9:5-10, January 1993; Clark, Malcolm. 1993. A new version of PCSLOT.
INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 10:21-22, July 1993; and Clark, Malcolm. 1996.
Extensions to slotting program PCSLOT. INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter
14:22-23.
PLOTSZ.EXE (263,461 bytes) -- PLOT2.EXE, PLOTOVER.EXE, and PLOTLIM.EXE: Pollen-Diagram Plotting Programs by L. J. Maher. These programs
use VGA graphics and run on DOS computers. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 15:6-9, January 1997.
PALYNOLOGY PROGRAMS of Louis J. Maher. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods
Newsletters 4 [July 1990], 5 [January 1991], and 7 [January 1992]. POL-EGA.EXE (779,277 bytes) Version for IBM PC with EGA Graphics
POL-HERC.EXE (741,746 bytes) Version for IBM PC with Hercules Graphics
POL-VGA.EXE (790,504 bytes) Version for IBM PC with VGA Graphics
POL-VGAM.EXE (749,664 bytes) Version for IBM PC with monochrome VGA Graphics
See README.TXT (57,500 bytes) for the files included in these packages.
POLCNTFF.EXE (109,994 bytes) -- Program by Louis J. Maher turns IBM PC into a bank of 256 counters for Pollen, Microfossils, etc. using two hexadecimal
characters ranging from 00 to FF. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 11: 6-7,
January 1994. Version 2.3 has provision for automatic timed save of data while counting.
POLCNTPK.EXE (106,201 bytes) -- Program by Louis J. Maher turns IBM PC into a bank of 100 counters for Pollen, Microfossils, etc. See
INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 8:24-27, July 1992. Version 1.3 has provision for
automatic timed save of data while counting. [** See also CNT-WISZ.EXE by Richard Telford **]
POLFIL17.EXE (77,400 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped file containing Louis J. Maher's POLFILE.EXE, ver. 1.17 for creating and editing 'Wisconsin' format files. The program is also included with POL-EGA.EXE, POL-HERC.EXEM, POL-VGA.EXE, and POL-VGAM.EXE, but is placed here where it can be obtained separately. (See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletters 4:7-10, July 1990. Ver.
1.17 allows user to 'page-up' or 'page-down' through taxa lists rather than simply using arrow keys. An up-dated package put here during August 2000.
POLISH.EXE (206,061 bytes) -- PAL, the Palynology Database. See Ralska-Jasiewiczowa and Walanus in INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene,
Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 5:1-2, January 1991.
POLSTAZ.EXE (468,967 bytes), POLSRC.EXE (115,497 bytes) -- Interactive time series analysis, modelling and display package written by David Green.
POLSTA was written originally for pollen data, but is useful for ANY time series data (e.g. tree rings), especially with large numbers of series. Special features
include sequence splitting, algebra, modelling, plotting, re-scaling, chronologies. Runs on any IBM compatible PC, needs a co-processor for graphics.
Maximum 200 series of 1000 observations each. The package includes a user manual and the program provides on-line help. See README.TXT (57,500
bytes) for more information about the files included in this package. For further information contact David G. Green. Reference: Green, D.G. (1983). Interactive pollen time series analysis. Pollen et Spores 25, 531-540.
PSIMPDOC.EXE (211,601 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped PSIMPOLL DOCumentationMANUAL by Keith D. Bennett. The 92-page manual covers psimpoll
v. 2.31 and pscomb v. 1.02 (August 7, 1997). The documentation is a PostScript file (psimpoll.ps), and must be sent to a PostScript printer. (The easiest way to
do this is to use the DOS command PRINT, as in `PRINT PSIMPOLL.PS', and then give a route, if prompted.)
PSIMPDOS.EXE (215,037 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of PSIMPOLL PROGRAMS for DOS by Keith D. Bennett. PSIMPOLL.EXE reads data
files to produce PostScript for printing a pollen diagram. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods
Newsletter 7:6-7, January 1992, Newsletter 8:11-12, July 1992 and Newsletter 11:4-6, January 1994. USE THIS FOR DOS MACHINES. ** pscomb.exe 10.3.99; psimpoll.exe 18.5.99; psimpoll.COL **
PSIMPW31.EXE (462,384 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of PSIMPOLL PROGRAMS for Windows 3.1 by Keith D. Bennett. PSIMPOLL.EXE reads data
files to produce PostScript for printing a pollen diagram. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods
Newsletter 7:6-7, January 1992, Newsletter 8:11-12, July 1992 and Newsletter 11:4-6, January 1994. USE THIS FOR WINDOWS 3.1 MACHINES FOR INCREASED MEMORY. ** pscomb.exe 10.3.99; psimpoll.exe 18.5.99; psimpoll.COL **
PSIMPW95.EXE (237,775 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of PSIMPOLL PROGRAMS for Windows 95/NT by Keith D. Bennett. PSIMPOLL.EXE reads data
files to produce PostScript for printing a pollen diagram. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods
Newsletter 7:6-7, January 1992, Newsletter 8:11-12, July 1992 and Newsletter 11:4-6, January 1994. USE THIS FOR WINDOWS 95/NT MACHINES FOR INCREASED MEMORY. ** pscomb.exe 10.3.99; psimpoll.exe 18.5.99; psimpoll.COL **
PSIMPOLMAC.SIT (267,372 bytes) -- Self-Unstuffing Stuffed package of PSIMPOLL Programs for MACINTOSH by Keith D. Bennett.
(PSIMPOLMAC.HQX (289,792 bytes) is the same package with BinHex encoding.) PSIMPOLL reads data files to produce PostScript for printing a pollen
diagram. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 11:4-6, January 1994. ** Psimpoll
v.2.27; pscomb v.1.02**
PSION3Z.EXE (87,473 bytes) -- POLLTAX3, PSGPS, and LLTOGR Programs for the Psion Series 3c palmtop, or hand-held, computer by Keith Bennett. See
INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 15:9-11, January 1997.
RACKS.EXE (164,445 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of Random Access Computer Key Programs by John D. McAndrews, Zicheng Yu, and Lou
Maher. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 11:10-14, January 1994. Includes
description, North American Pollen Key, Mineral & Rock Key, Airplane Key, Hardwood Key, and several Generic Keys--all with editors.
RAREFACT.EXE (125,575 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of RAREPOLL, RAREFORM, and RARECEP - J.M. Line and H.J.B.Birks) This package
contains the programs RAREPOLL, RAREFORM, and RARECEP described and used in H.J.B. Birks & J.M. Line (1992) The use of rarefaction analysis for
estimating palynological richness from Quaternary pollen-analytical data. The Holocene, 2:1-10.
README.TXT (57,500 bytes) -- A file that includes more information about each package than is included on this home page.
SITSCANZ.EXE (83,203 bytes) -- Sitescan is a program originally made for locating pollen sites in Scandinavia. It actually covers a much larger area (50 to 72
N Lat and from 6 W to 32 E). The SITESCAN.TXT file can be edited and changed by the user so that it can show any site one wishes within this geographic
area. SITESCAN.BAS AND SITESCAN.EXE work with an IBM PC with a VGA screen. An EGA screen version is available; check with L.J. Maher:
maher@geology.wisc.edu. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 12:21-23, July
1994. (NOTE: The things this program could do are better handled by John Keltner's MapPad, which is described above.)
SLOTDEEP program of L. J. Maher. This program is an extension of SLOTSEE for slotting two pollen diagrams together. It contains the same Gordon
algorithm as SLOTSEE and calculates the same results in the automatic mode. However SLOTDEEP retains information about the sample stratigraphy and
plots the pollen samples at their correct depth rather than simply in serial order--hence the title SLOTDEEP. The matrix of dissimilarity coefficients also retains
the samples' depth separation. The user has the option of using the dissimilarity matrix to correlate the two diagrams manually. The first pollen site loaded is
considered the SUBORDINATE site about which less is known; the better known PRINCIPAL site is loaded second. The cursor cross-hair can be placed on the
matrix where the best match is perceived, and a copy of the cross-hair anchored at that position. When two or more points of correlation are established, a line
can be fit to the matrix--either by cubic splines or by linear segments. The resulting sequence can be viewed as the two pollen diagrams slotted together to judge
the success of the correlation. The user has the option of saving the result to disk; the two diagrams' depth sequences are plotted side by side with the
subordinate site's samples plotted in the depth units of the principal site but also with their original depths as labels. The user also has the option of making a
work copy of the subordinate site's file wherein the samples' depths are converted to their equivalents in the principal site. See INQUA-Commission for the
Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 9:21-26, January 1993. The program requires color graphics and is supplied in
versions for either the EGA (v. 1.5) or VGA (v. 1.9) graphic screen. (The EGA version is named SLOTDEPE to differentiate it from the VGA version;
SLOTDEPE can be renamed SLOTDEEP when it is extracted. THE EGA version 1.5 is no longer routinely being up-graded.) The self-extracting zipped files
contain several sample demonstration files. Maher discussed SLOTDEEP at the 8th International Palynological Congress held in Aix-en-Provence in September
1992.
Choose SLTDEPVG.EXE (219,169 bytes) (v. 1.9) for VGA Graphics (SLTDEPEG.EXE (204,045 bytes) (v. 1.5 for EGA Graphics is obsolete.)
NOTE: SLTDEPVG.EXE (Version 1.9) is a super-set of SLOTSEE.EXE. It uses SLOTSEE's matrix map for automatic slotting, but SLOTDEEP's exploded
matrix (MANHATAN METRIC, SQUARED CHORD, 1-RS) for manual slotting. This is SLOTSEE and SLOTDEEP in one package. Version 1.9 also has an option to show profiles through the DC matrix. See
INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 18 and README.TXT (57,500 bytes) for the
files included in this package.
SPOON-EZZ.EXE (173,700 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of SPOON-EZ.BAS Program by Louis J. Maher. It is designed to control a RS-232-C
equipped electronic balance by an IBM compatible computer, specifically to determine sediment-sample volume, wet weight, dry weight, and water content of
samples taken from a sediment core with a calibrated spoon. SPOON-EZ.BAS works with QBASIC (found in DOS >= 5.0) or QuickBASIC. It was originally
used with a Denver Instrument XE Series Model 100A (sold by Fisher Scientific), but its code can be adapted easily to other electronic balances that have
bi-directional RS-232-C ports. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 10:27-30, July
1993. In July 1998, BASIC source and executable versions were added for various Mettler Toledo electronic balances. See README.TXT (57,500 bytes) for
the files included in this package.
SYNSLIDZ.EXE (109,165 bytes) -- Self-extracting zipped package of SYNSLIDE Program by Louis J. Maher. You can use the program to generate synthetic
pollen slides that are useful in exhibiting to students the principles and problems of counting objects on a microscope slide. See INQUA-Commission for the
Study of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 13:28-31, January 1995. Programs are included for calculating confidence limits
of inside- and outside-the-sum counts, and for solving chi-square tests that are based on Mosimann (1965).
T50RAW.EXE (644,039 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of RAW POLLEN COUNTS FROM 293 FOSSIL POLLEN SITES IN THE NORTH
AMERICAN POLLEN DATABASE. The site files contain the same information as the ASCII summary tables of the 'Top 50 Taxa' which the National
Geophysical Data Center distributes in its pollen file called FOS_T50.ZIP. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene Working Group on
Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 9:10-12, January 1993. I have converted these files to the 'Wisconsin *.RAW Format' which allows them to be imported
directly into Eric C. Grimm's TILIA. They can be read directly by my POLFILE.EXE and converted to *.DAT files for use with PLOTSITE, SLOTSEE,
SLOTDEEP, or they can be output in a format that can be read by Warren L. Kovach's MultiVariate Statistical Package: MVSP. The 293 ASCII files in
FOS_T50.ZIP begin with a header, followed by a list of the taxa and their raw counts. In the conversion of the *.T50 files to *.RAW files, the list of taxa is
moved after the pollen numbers; only the full taxon names are used (except that a few which are VERY long are abbreviated), and the original *.T50 file
headers are appended at the end. Most of the files have age estimates for each level. I have reproduced these as 'Est.Age(BP)', and also added a category
'Est.Age(BP)Decades)'. When *.DAT files are made with POLFILE.EXE, substituting 'Est.Age(BP)Decades)' for 'Depth(cm)' will allow PLOTSITE.EXE's
depth ticks to indicate time in 1000's of years BP.
The conversion resulted in a reduced storage requirement. The original uncompressed *.T50 files total 4,018,548 bytes whereas the *.RAW files total 1,505,608
bytes. T50RAW.EXE is a self-extracting file. Typing its name will cause it to unzip all its files. You can retrieve the files selectively. For example typing '
T50RAW e*.raw p*.raw ' will extract all the files with extension 'RAW' that begin with 'E' and 'P'.
TABSTATZ.EXE (85,067 bytes) -- A self-extracting file that contains TABSTATS, a program by L. J. Maher for calibrating a new batch of spore-marker-grain tablets
by comparing them with a batch for which mean and standard deviation is known. See INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Subcommission on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 19, February 2000.
TILMENUZ.EXE (77,126 bytes) -- A self-extracting file providing a PostScript file that prints six pages of Tilia and Tilia.Graph menu structure. The file
contains the following: READ.ME, TILMENU.PS, and TRIAG6-9.TXT (Excerpts from 'Dr. Triage's answers to questions about Tilia and Tilia.Graph from vol.
6 - 9 of the Newsletter.
TRANZIP.EXE (253,476 bytes) -- Self-extracting Zipped package of TRAN AND ZONE Programs by Steve Juggins. See INQUA-Commission for the Study
of the Holocene, Working Group on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 6:4-6, July 1992.
TST2NOMZ.EXE (49,676 bytes) -- A program by Louis J. Maher to determine the joint-probability density that is shared by two normal distributions. See
INQUA-Commission for the Study of the Holocene, Sub-Commission on Data-Handling Methods Newsletter 15:16-18, January 1997.
WI2PSABZ.EXE (58,225 bytes) -- WI2PSABZ.EXE (WISconsin-2-PSimpoll Absolute), v. 1.7. A self-extracting file by Louis J. Maher that contains files for
converting 'WISCONSIN' FORMAT *.RAW files so that they can be read by Keith Bennett's psimpoll plotting program in order to produce four diagrams:
percentage, concentration/g, concentration/cm3, and influx. (Those who need only a means to generate a simple percentage diagram should choose
WIS2PSIZ.EXE, below.) (See also PSIMPDOC.EXE, PSIMPDOS.EXE and PSIMPOLMAC.SIT in this file.)
WIS2PSIZ.EXE (60,397 bytes) -- is a self-extracting file that contains the following files for converting 'WISCONSIN' FORMAT *.RAW files so that they can
be read by Keith Bennett's psimpoll plotting program in order to produce a standard percentage pollen diagram: WIS2PSIM.EXE, WIS2PSIM.BAS, example
programs KIRCH17.RAW and KIRCP, and a READ.ME file. This is version 1.6 which allows the user to choose whether the Pollen Sum is printed as numbers
or as bars of a histogram. (See also PSIMPDOC.EXE, PSIMPDOS.EXE and PSIMPOLMAC.SIT earlier in this document.)
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