Hi all,
Sorry for cross-postings, but I'm presenting a comparison of radiometric
ages from a sizable database and would like some advice as to how to build
a decent chart or table. What I'm going for is this (please excuse the
ASCII-art but I didn't want to send an attachment):
Age / Domain 1 / Domain 2 / Domain 3 /
-----------------------------------------------------------
2500 / ++++++++ / / ………….../
/ I +++ +++ / / ……I……./
/ 5 +++ 9++/ ---I-------- / …..I..3……/
/ I +++ I ++/ ---6-------- / …...2..I……/
2600 / / ---I--------- / …...I………/
/ / ------------ /
/ / / /
Where the +++++, -------, and .............. are background patterns
representing different events such as felsic plutonism, sedimentation,
etc.; the numbers represent the precise age of individual upper intercepts
or concordant analyses and the Is are supposed to represent error-bars. The
numbers themselves refer to the reference from which they were obtained.
I've tried with variable success to plot these in excel using the "stock
quotes" option and then putting in the backgrounds in CorelDraw. There must
be a better way. As I mentioned earlier, this is a sizable database, so
plotting by hand would be very time-consuming. But as they say here in
Finland,
"Shall we do it quickly, or shall we use the computer?"
Any tips on how to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul
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