PmagPy is a comprehensive set of tools for analyzing paleomagnetic data. It facilitates interpretation of demagnetization data, Thellier-type experimental data and data from other types of rock magnetic experiments. PmagPy can be used to create a wide variety of useful plots and conduct statistical tests. It is designed to work with the MagIC database (https://earthref.org/MagIC), allowing manipulation of downloaded data sets as well as preparation of new contributions for uploading to the MagIC database. Functions within PmagPy can be imported and used in Jupyter notebooks enabling fully documented and nicely illustrated data analysis.
Users of PmagPy should cite the open access article:
Tauxe, L., R. Shaar, L. Jonestrask, N. L. Swanson-Hysell, R. Minnett, A. A. P. Koppers, C. G. Constable, N. Jarboe, K. Gaastra, and L. Fairchild (2016), PmagPy: Software package for paleomagnetic data analysis and a bridge to the Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC) Database, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 17, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GC006307.
PmagPy is comprised of:
GUI programs for getting data into MagIC database format (pmag_gui), analyzing demagnetization data (demag_gui) and analyzing paleointensity data (thellier_gui). These GUIs are available as part of the python package pmagpy-cli. Alternatively, these GUIs are availible for download as executable programs outside of this repository.
Command line programs for all sorts of paleomagnetic data analysis and wrangling (contained within the programs folder of the repository and pip installed as pmagpy-cli).
The pmagpy function modules for paleomagnetic data analysis (pmagpy.pmag) and plotting (pmagpy.pmagplotlib) as well as a function module that further enables paleomagnetic data analysis within interactive computing environments such as the Jupyter notebook (pmagpy.ipmag). The functions within these modules are at the heart of the GUI and command line programs. With pmagpy installed (described below), these modules are can be imported (e.g. from pmagpy import ipmag).
Example data files that are used in the examples provided in the PmagPy cookbook
Use of all these features is described in the Cookbook and the underlying science behind the data and code can be explored in the book Essentials of Paleomagnetism: Third Web Edition. Example Jupyter notebooks using PmagPy can be found in this repository
There are several different ways to install PmagPy. Complete documentation for PmagPy installation and use is available in the PmagPy cookbook.
You can try a preview of PmagPy here:
Please be patient, the preview will take a few minutes to launch.
If you do not need the full PmagPy functionality, and you only want to use Pmag GUI, MagIC GUI, Thellier GUI, and Demag GUI, there a standalone download for which Python does not need to be installed. Once downloaded, the GUIs should run when you double click on their icon, but they will take time to start up (anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds) please be patient.
You’ll find the latest stable release here: Mac PmagPy Executable Application
You’ll find the latest stable release here: Windows PmagPy Executable Application
This binary has only been tested on a Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) distribution and might experience problems on other distributions.
You’ll find the latest stable release here: Linux PmagPy Executable Application
To get the full use of PmagPy functionality, you will first have to have a Python installation with some standard scientific modules. You can follow instructions to do so here. Once you have Python installed:
Find and open your command line (for help finding your command prompt, see the documentation)
Update pip: type on the command line: pip install --upgrade pip
Install or update pmagpy: use the command: pip install --upgrade pmagpy
Install or update pmagpy-cli, use the command: pip install --upgrade pmagpy-cli
To uninstall, use the commands: pip uninstall pmagpy and pip uninstall pmagpy-cli
If you run into trouble, use pip to uninstall both pmagpy and pmagpy-cli, then try again to install first pmagpy and then pmagpy-cli
If you want access to the master branch rather than the latest release, see the developer install instructions.
The code base for the PmagPy project has been built up over many years by Lisa Tauxe (Distinguished Professor of Geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) supported by grants from the National Science Foundation. Substantial contributions to the project have been made by Nick Swanson-Hysell (Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley), Ron Shaar (Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Lori Jonestrask and Kevin Gaastra as well as others.
If you want to get involved with the project - whether that means reporting a bug, requesting a feature, or adding significant code - please check out the project's Contribution guidelines.
This code and the PmagPy cookbook (http://earthref.org/PmagPy/cookbook) are companions to the the book Essentials of Paleomagnetism: Third Web Edition (http://earthref.org/MagIC/books/Tauxe/Essentials/) written by Lisa Tauxe with contributions from Subir K. Banerjee, Robert F. Butler and Rob van der Voo. The printed version of the book came out in January, 2010 from University of California Press (http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520260313).
This code can be freely used, modified, and shared. It is licensed under a 3-clause BSD license. See license.txt for details.
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Analysis tools for paleo/rock magnetic data
We found that pmagpy demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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