The PaleoReefs Database (pared)
A comprehensive relational database on pre-Quaternary Phanerozoic reefs. The database contains coded and standardized information on position/paleoposition, age, reef type, dimensions, environmental setting, paleontological and petrographical features, and reservoir quality of Phanerozoic reefs.
Available variables
occs - Public Reef occurrences
The dataset downloaded from here.
Access the public reef occurrences variable (“occs”) of the “pared” dataset with a fetch() function:
reefs <- fetch("pared", "occs")
Additional arguments
The argument dir represents the path to temporary directory.
The argument verbose (logical) determines should feedback be output to the console?
bedrock <- fetch(dat = "pared", var = "occs", dir, verbose=FALSE)
Resolution
none
Archive size
pared_occs_20191118:2.07 MB
pared_occs_20200217:2.07 MB
Version
20191118
20200217
Licence
Not specified
Reference
Kiessling, W., & Flügel, E. (2002). Paleoreefs - A Database on Phanerozoic Reefs. In Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Vol. Phanerozoic Reef Patterns (pp. 77-92).