Read, write, and convert XLUM data

Support for the XLUM file format for exchange and long-term preservation of luminescence data. The package facilitates the import and export of XLUM files and the conversion from other ASCII and binary formats commonly used to store luminescence (dating) data.

Details

Support contact

• https://github.com/R-Lum/xlum/discussions

Bug reporting

• https://github.com/R-Lum/xlum/issues

Project source code repository

• https://github.com/R-Lum/xlum

Package maintainer

Sebastian Kreutzer, F2.1 Geophysical Parametrisation/Regionalisation, LIAG - Institute for Applied Geophysics (Germany)

Funding

• The initial development of xlum received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 844457 (project: CREDit)

• Since 03/2023: Sebastian Kreutzer as maintainer of the package receives funding from the DFG Heisenberg programme No 505822867

• The contribution by Marco Colombo was enabled through the DFG programme "REPLAY: REProducible Luminescence Data AnalYses" No 528704761

References

Kreutzer, S., Grehl, S., Höhne, M., Simmank, O., Dornich, K., Adamiec, G., Burow, C., Roberts, H. M., Duller, G. A. T., 2023. XLUM: an open data format for exchange and long-term preservation of luminescence data. Geochronology, 5, 271-284, doi:10.5194/gchron-5-271-2023

See also

Useful links:

• https://r-lum.github.io/xlum/

• Report bugs at https://github.com/R-Lum/xlum/issues

Author

Maintainer: Sebastian Kreutzer maintainer_luminescence@r-luminescence.org (ORCID)

Authors:

• Sebastian Kreutzer maintainer_luminescence@r-luminescence.org (ORCID)

• Marco Colombo (ORCID)

Other contributors:

• Christoph Burow (ORCID) [contributor]