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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.

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 module 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

Much more complete documentation for PmagPy installation and use is available in the PmagPy cookbook

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.

To get started, download the zip file and put the resulting folder on your desktop. Inside the PmagPy-Standalone folder you will have one folder each for Pmag GUI and MagIC GUI. Open the appropriate folder and double click the icon (depending on your security settings, you may have to right click the icon and then select “ok” the first time you open it). You’ll find the latest stable release here: Mac PmagPy Executable Application

Get started by downloading the zip file (see links below) and putting the resulting folder wherever you wish. You’ll need to “extract all” files. Inside the PmagPy-Standalone folder you will find icons for Pmag GUI and MagIC GUI. 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 can simply clone the standalone repository or download and unzip. The GUIs should run when you double click the executable, but will take time to start up (anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds) please be patient. 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.