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https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-323-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-323-2022
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02 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 02 Jun 2022

sandbox – creating and analysing synthetic sediment sections with R

Michael Dietze, Sebastian Kreutzer, Margret C. Fuchs, and Sascha Meszner

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The R package sandbox is a collection of functions that allow the creation, sampling and...
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