CHARTS

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Data tab: From this dialog you may select a well, depth range, vertical scale and taxonomic discipline to plot.

If you wish to change the default well push the ellipsis (...) command button to the right of the Well field. The standard Well Search dialog appears. Enter text strings in the Well Search Parameters fields and push Search. Select a well name from the list which appears and push OK to make it the current well.

To select the depth range for the panel edit the Top depth and Base depth text fields.

Select a vertical scale from the drop down list attached to the Scale field or enter the scale directly in the Scale field.

Use the option buttons to select the discipline you wish to plot (Micropalaeontology, Nannopalaeontology, Palynology or Macropalaeontology). Although you cannot mix taxa from different diciplines in the same panel you may select different disciplines for adjacent panels.

Some organisations have a customised version of StrataBugs which has the additional facility to display the ID's of analysts responsible for entering individual samples next to each sample depth. This also enables the work of individual analysts to be excluded from a display.



Select either the All or Selected option button.

To display all of the samples on a chart without identifying individual analysts (default) select the All option button.

To display the initials of analysts alongside sample depths select the Selected option button and push the adjacent ellipsis (...) button. The Select Analyst(s) dialog displays a list on analyst ID's for the current well.



Select one or more analysts from the list to display on the chart only the samples recorded by the selected analysts. If you select all the names on the list all the samples will be displayed with analyst ID's.

Select the Use colours checkbox on to display analysts' initials in different colours.

Push the OK command button to return the main Taxon Distribution Panel.

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Grouping tab: Taxa may be grouped and ordered in a number of ways on a chart.



Use the option buttons to select the grouping for a Discipline, a Category, a Group or Group Set.

The Grouping group of options is divided into Single panel and Multiple panel options. A single panel option will result in all the selected data being plotted in a single panel whereas the multiple panels option results in data being plotted in a number of different panels which can be created at one go. There are some options which are incompatible with selections made on other tabs in this dialog, but you will be warned about these when you attempt to save your selection.

Single panel options

If you select Discipline, all the taxa for the currently selected discipline in the current well will be displayed.

If you select Category, you must choose the category name from the drop down list attached to the Name field. If you select to plot "All Categories", a panel will be created for each of the categories occurring in the selected well/discipline, using the designated category colours. If a Category contains both individual taxa and Sub-categories, to avoid duplication of taxa when the Category is displayed you must ensure that the Include sub-category taxa checkbox is checked off.

Once you have created a set of panels in this way, they may be modified individually.

• Note: Only Histograms can be used in conjunction with Single panel Category selected on the Grouping tab. This produces a stacked histogram of relative Category %.

If you select Group, you must choose a group name from the drop down list attached to the Name field.

• Note: Using this option in conjunction with the Panel total option on the Style tab will produce a "Closure" or stacked curve diagram.

If you select Set from the single panel group of options, you must choose a set name from the drop down list attached to the Name field. A set of panels will be created for each group in the set. Note that the colour representing each group will default to the colour set in

File | Preferences | Category and Group Colours..., but the panels may be edited subsequently to change the colours as required.

Multiple panel options

If you select All Categories, each category of taxa in the selected dataset will be plotted in a separate panel. Note that the colour representing each group will default to the colour set in File | Preferences | Category and Group Colours... , but the panels may be edited subsequently to change the colours as required.

If you select Set from the multiple panels group of options you must choose a set name from the drop down list attached to the Name field. A single panel will be created containing the traces of all of the groups in the selected set. The best results will be obtained if you select the Point sawtooth style (see below). Note that the colour representing each group will default to the colour set in File | Preferences | Category and Group Colours... .

In all cases you may customise the panel header by editing the text in the Plotted Name field.

For each panel selected you may choose a display colour. Push the ellipsis (...) command button adjacent to the Colour field and select a colour from the colour pallette which appears. The current colour is referenced in the Colour field.

• Note: The default display colours for individual categories is set using the Colour editor (see Colour preferences... ).

You can display taxa coloured according to their group membership and apply the colour scheme to any panel. Hence you may display taxa arranged by Category and coloured by Group. To do this you must first assign a colour to a a group and the group must belong to a set. Select the appropriate set by pressing the ellipsis button (...) to the right of the Colour group set field and select one from the list. Then press b>OK.

To filter out specific groups of taxa from the display, first create a Group containing all the taxa you wish to exclude (see Taxonomic Database | Groups) and enter the name of this group in the Filter group field. To do this push the ellipsis (...) button and select a group from the list. In the example above selecting the filter group " Plantonic forams" will remove all planktonic forams from the display leaving all the other taxa in the Category "Foraminifera". You can put whichever taxa you like in a filter group and have as many filter groups as you require.

If there is a filter group selected and you want to remove it select the blank entry at the top of the list.

Using the option buttons select to plot Individual taxa, a Panel total or a taxon Diversity. Each of these three options can be displayed in separate panels on the same chart if required.

• Note: Using the Panel total option in conjunction with the Group option on the Grouping tab will produce a "Closure" or stacked curve diagram.

Using the Calculation option buttons select one of the four ways to calculate taxon abundances:

• Note: If Diversity for a Set has been selected then only Absolute abundance can be selected.

Absolute abundance. This is self explanatory and displays actual numerical values for each taxon in the panel.

% within panel. This option will calculate each taxon as a percentage of all the taxa displayed in the panel irrespective of whether they belong to a discipline, category or group.

% of group set. Selecting this option will display each taxon calculated as a percentage of a group set irrespective of whether the taxa in the group set are displayed. To select the Group Set push the ellipsis (...) to the right of this option and select a Group Set from the list. If a suitable Group set is not listed you may create one ( Taxon database | Group | Sets... | Add...). The selected Group Set is displayed in the field below this option button. If you select this option without also selecting a Group Set, an error message will appear and you will not be able to continue.

% of discipline. This option enables each taxon to be displayed in a panel as a percentage of a discipline, minus a single selected Category if required. To select the Category to exclude from the calculations push the ellipsis (...) button to the right of this option. Select a Category from the list and push OK. The selected Category is displayed in the field below this option. You would normally use this procedure to a panel displaying a Category or a Group. For example if you have a palynology data set from which you wish to exclude the dinocysts for the calculation of the pollen sum select this option and choose the Dinocysts category to be filtered. If you filter the data set by, for example selecting to display only reworked taxa (see under Taxa tab) percentages are calculated on the panel contents before filtering.

Using the Plot Type option buttons select to plot the data as Histograms (thick), Histograms (thin), Spindles, Filled sawtooth curves, Point sawtooth curves, Semi-quantitative (or ranked) abundances Numbers only, Presence/Absence, Stratigraphic range or Coiling direction (see below). De-select the Symbols checkbox if you want semiquantitative abundances to appear as mnemonics instead of symbols

Note: Only Histograms can be used in conjunction with Single panel Category selected on the Grouping tab. This produces a stacked histogram of relative Category %.

• Hint: To improve the appearance of sawtooth diagrams with large a sample gaps you can truncate the curve when it crosses a gap between adjacent samples.

• Hint: For displays with super-abundant taxa, you may wish to edit the Absolute or % abundance cutoff value (default =10) to restrict the maximum count displayed for any taxon.

  Column widths can be adjusted by editing the Column Width field (default = 30mm). If the plot style selected is Individual taxa, this will affect the width of every column in the panel.

• Hint:Spindles works best when there are a number of closely spaced samples. This works well with the equal-spaced sample option (see Chart Properties).

• Note: If you select an option other than semi-quantitative for semi-quantitative data no taxa will be displayed unless the Derive counts from semiquantitative abundances option is checked on the Options tab (see later).

Coiling direction There is in addition a special option for plotting ratios of coiling direction of foraminifera. Before you can use this feature you must do the following:

• In the Taxon Database application add a group containing a pair of taxa with SUBSPECIES which contain the text strings SIN or DEX. The case is not important, nor is the position within the subspecies name. Any other taxa in the group but not identified in this way will be ignored in a coiling panel plot.

• If you want to plot more than one ratio together then create a group set, and put your coiling groups into it. You may need to create more than one set, to ensure that taxa which coil in the same way for the same reason are plotted in the same panel!

• In the Charts application select Panel | Insert | Biostratigraphy.

• Select a single panel Group or Set in the Taxon distribution panel | Grouping tab when setting up the biostratigraphy panel in charts.

• Select Coiling direction in the Taxon distribution panel | Style tab . The panel properties will be automatically set to "%within panel", and "group total".

• Push OK to insert the coiling panel(s) in the chart in the normal way.

Options tab: This dialog provides a number of additional design options.

Use the option buttons to sort the taxa in each panel in order of Highest occurrence or Lowest occurrence, or in Alphabetic order. You can select to sort these occurrences within the depth window displayed or as they occur in the entire section by checking the Within depth range checkbox on or off.

Use the checkboxes to select a Sampling column and to position it on the Left and/or Right of the current panel and to select whether Sample types are shown as Text or as Symbols. The depth values are rounded to whole numbers for cuttings, to one decimal place for sidewall cores and to two decimal places for conventional cores.

To display sample labels instead of sample elevations for outcrop samples (see Samples) deselect the Symbolic sample types option.

If you have entered samples with dual (ie top and base) depths you may show the sample depth range in the Sampling column by selecting the Show base depth checkbox on.

Select the Mark barren samples checkbox if you want to identify barren samples in the Sampling column.

If you wish to exclude biostratigraphic data for a particular sample from the display type check off the appropriate checkboxes (Cuttings, Sidewall cores or Core).

Use the other checkboxes to select the following options:

Adjust clashing sample positions. This option adjusts the vertical scale over intervals where samples are crowded so that sample depths and data do not overprint.

To remove the horizontal dashed line depth scale from a taxon occurrence panel deselect the Show grid checkbox.

Derive counts from semiquantitative (ranked) abundances. Using the lowest numeric equivalent of each rank a semiquantitative dataset may be recalculated and displayed as quantitative data.

Show ?, Caved, Reworked flags. This option will enable you to display the symbols for these occurrence qualifiers adjacent to the abundance/counts symbol.

Show abundance values. This option will display taxon abundances as numbers superimposed on the selected symbols. If you wish to forcr the numbers to appear outside the area of the filled graph you should also select the Always plot numbers outside sawtooth/histogram option below.

Sawtooth enhanced x10. This option creates an additional exaggerated sawtooth curve for low values of each taxon in the panel. This is useful for viewing variations in numbers of taxa where abundances are generally low.

Use sample colour. If you want to display taxa from different sample types in different colours on a chart select this option. The colours can be set in File | Preferences | Misc colours... .

Normalise counts to standard sample weight. This option enables you to display counts normalised for different sample weights. For this option to function you need to have entered samples weights in the Weight field of the Samples | Sample | Sample details dialog.

If you have only analysed part of a sample and extropolated the results to estimate the count for the entire sample and you have entered the split factor in the Samples | Sample details, you may select the Use split factor for taxon abundance calculation checkbox to display the calculated counts.

Taxa tab: This dialog enables you to select the way taxonomic names are displayed.

A series of check boxes allow you to select the way in which the taxa are displayed.

Selecting Name as recorded displays name that each taxon was originally recorded under in the samples of the current well.

Preferred names are assigned in in the Taxonomic Database application Synonymy... option. Selecting Preferred name will display the preferred name (if there is one) for the recorded taxon.

If taxa are recorded in a dataset as both Preferred names and junior synonyms these can be merged for the purposes of display on a chart from the Chart Properties dialog.

If you have more than one synonym scheme which have taxa in common you can display the preferred names from both schemes. For instance if you have one synonym scheme which links a preferred name of a spore taxon with one or more junior synonyms and a second scheme in which the preferred spore name from the first scheme is the junior synonym of a preferred botanical name you can display the preferred name from the second scheme. To do this select the Preferred name (scheme 2) in addition. The scheme which is selected must first be set in Chart Properties.

Of course, in addition you may display the Name as recorded and the Preferred name (from the first scheme).

You may select to display the Taxon category for each taxon, its Author (if recorded) and Code (if there is one).

To print an alphabetic key to the taxa in a panel select the Alphabetic key to name checkbox.

If you need to increase or decrease the font size specifically of the taxon names displayed on the chart you may change the default (3.0mm) in the Font field. However, you advised to do this as a last resort as it may have undesirable effects on your display.

You may also deselect In situ, Reworked or Caved taxa from your display. If reworked or caved are selected for display alone the RW or C flags are cancelled if previously selected on the Options tab.

Another check box enables you to select to Display taxa which are out of the panel depth range. You may wish to do this if you want to plot two charts representing different "depth windows" in a section, but want to keep the taxon names in the same order so that they can be lined up with each other.

A further check box enables you to select to Display taxonomic names in italics if preferred.

You can highlight selected taxon names in a panel on a chart in red. The highlighted taxa may be "marker" species, environmental indices, etc.. To do this first create a group containing the taxa you want to highlight then select the group by pushing the ellipsis (...) button adjacent to the Highlight group field and selecting it from the list. Push OK and the group name is displayed in the Highlight group field. All the taxa in the group will have their names highlighted in red if they are present in the selection for the current panel.

If there is a Highlight group selected and you want to remove it select the blank entry at the top of the list.

When you have made your selection for each of the tabbed dialogs, push OK to save the chart design or push Cancel to exit without saving.

Charts | Panel | Insert | Biostratigraphy striplog...

Select Panel | Insert | Biostratigraphy striplog... from the Charts main menu bar. The Biostratigraphy striplog dialog appears.

If you wish to change the default well push the ellipsis (...) command button to the right of the Well field. The standard Well Search dialog appears. Enter text strings in the Well Search Parameters fields and push Search. Select a well name from the list which appears and push OK to make it the current well.

The default Panel title will be Palaeontological Observations, but you can edit this if you wish by typing over the existing text.

To select the depth range for the panel edit the Top depth and Base depth text fields.

Select a vertical scale from the drop down list attached to the Scale field or enter the scale directly in the Scale field.

Use the option buttons to select the discipline you wish to plot (Micropalaeontology, Nannopalaeontology, Palynology or Macropalaeontology). Although you cannot mix taxa from different diciplines in the same panel you may select different disciplines for adjacent panels.

Some organisations have a customised version of StrataBugs which has the additional facility to display the ID's of analysts responsible for entering individual samples next to each sample depth. This also enables the work of individual analysts to be excluded from a display.

Select either the All or Selected option button.

To display all of the samples on a chart without identifying individual analysts (default) select the All option button.

To display the initials of analysts alongside sample depths select the Selected option button and push the adjacent ellipsis (...) button. The Select Analyst(s) dialog displays a list on analyst ID's for the current well.

Select one or more analysts from the list to display on the chart only the samples recorded by the selected analysts. If you select all the names on the list all the samples will be displayed with analyst ID's.

Select the Use colours checkbox on to display analysts' initials in different colours.

Push the OK command button to return the Biostratigraphy striplog panel.

There are a number of options which control the contents and appearance of the Biostratigraphy striplog.

The default Column width is set to 160mm but you may change this if you wish.

You may select the sample types on which the display is based by selecting/deselecting the three checkboxes for Cutting + others, Sidewall Cores and Cores. (In this context others means Outcrop samples)

There are options to select the colours for Markers and Reworked taxa. If you wish to change the default colours you may do so by pushing the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the relevant field and chossing another colour from the colour pallette.

If there is not enough space given the size of the column and the amount of text, some text may be omitted from the display. If you wish the excess text toplot as footnotes you should select on the Plot footnotes checkbox.

You can reduce the amount of text by selecting the Use taxon abbreviations checkbox. The abbreviations used in this context are user-defined in the Taxon database.

If you prefer italics for taxon names you should select the Use italics checkbox.

Selecting the Sort by Markers then FDO checkbox enables you to sort the order in which the markers appear on the chart.

If you wish to plot only the selected markers you should select the Plot Markers only checkbox. In this case sample labels will not be plotted.

Abundances can be displayed As recorded or switched (using the equivalents in the selected abundance scheme) to Quantitative or Semi-quantitative display by selecting one of the Abundance Display options.

When you have completed your design, push OK to insert the Biostratigraphy striplog panel into the chart.

Charts | Panel | Insert | Samples...

From this dialog you may first select a well, panel title, depth range, vertical scale and taxonomic discipline to plot.

If you wish to change the default well push the ellipsis (...) command button to the right of the Well field. The standard Well Search dialog appears. Enter text strings in the Well Search Parameters fields and push Search. Select a well name from the list which appears and push OK to make it the current well.

To change the panel title to be displayed on the chart delete the default title (Samples) and enter your preferred title.

To select the depth range for the panel edit the Top depth and Base depth text fields.

Select a vertical scale from the drop down list attached to the Scale field or enter the scale directly in the Scale field.

Use the checkboxes to select the discipline you wish to plot (Micropalaeontology, Nannopalaeontology, Palynology or Macropalaeontology).

There is an additional Plot key checkbox where you can select to plot a key listing the selected disciplines in the panel header.

To change the column width (default = 30mm) edit the Column width field.

If you want to plot the sample depths for each sample select the Plot depth checkbox.

If you have entered a correction factor for cored intervals in the Wells application and selected to shift the samples in this interval in the Preferences of the Charts application, selecting the Plot unshifted depth checkbox in this dialog will display the depth prior to shifting in brackets alongside all samples.

If you have entered samples with dual (ie top and base) depths you may show the sample depth range in the Samples panel by selecting the Show top-base range checkbox.

If samples are closely spaced you may wish to select the Adjust clashing sample positions option. This will "dog-leg" the sample depths, labels and data so that they do not overplot on the chart.

Select the Use sample colours checkbox to display different types of samples in different colours. These colours are set in Charts | File | Preferences | Misc colours...

• Note: You must ensure that you have chosen the same option to adjust the sample positions in the biostrtaigraphy panels otherwise the data and the sample depths may not line up correctly.

For outcrop sections, to display sample labels (see Samples) instead of sample elevations select Plot label.

You may select either the Symbols or Text option for the way samples are displayed.

An example of the type of display is shown below.

When you have completed your selection push OK to draw the Samples panel on the chart.

Charts | Panel | Insert | IGD...

There is a separate menu item for each type of IGD.

Charts | Panel | Insert | IGD | Lithostratigraphy...

Select Panel | Insert | IGD | Lithostratigraphy... The Lithostratigraphic Panel dialog appears.

If you wish to change the default well push the ellipsis (...) command button to the right of the Well field. The standard StrataBugs Well Search dialog appears. Enter text strings in the Well Search Parameters fields and push Search. Select a well name from the list which appears and push OK to make it the current well.

The default panel title is displayed in the Panel title field. If you wish to change it you may do so by typing directly into the field.

To select the depth range for the panel edit the Top Depth and Base Depth text fields.

Select a vertical scale from the drop down list attached to the Scale field.

If you wish to display a version of IGD other than the default select a version by pushing the ellipsis (...) to the right of the Version field and selecting a version name from the list. Then push OK.

To change the column width (default = 15mm) edit the Column width field.

There is a maximum of four columns available for lithostratigraphic display - Group, Formation, Member and Bed. Use the checkboxes to select the columns you want to display. If there are no data you can display blank columns and edit them later.

Use the next checkbox to Plot depths/ages on boundaries.Depths will be replaced by ages if plotted on an age scale and there are dated samples in the section.

Select the Plot abbreviations from scheme checkbox if you want the names of IGD units to be abbreviated as in the Unit Properties dialog in the IGD application.

If you want to display the text vertically in the IGD intervals select the Vertical text alignment preferred checkbox.

To colour fill IGD units on the chart select the Plot background colours from scheme checkbox.

Note: For this feature to work you must previously have selected IGD unit colours for the selected scheme in the IGD | Schemes | Units | Add/Edit of the IGD application.

When you have completed your selection push OK to generate the Lithostratigraphy panel or push Cancel to exit without saving.

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Charts | Panel | Insert | IGD | Lithology...

This feature enables you to select a panel with a single column displaying interpreted lithologies and grain size profile.

Select Panel | Insert | IGD | Lithology... The Interpreted Lithology Panel dialog appears.

If you wish to change the default well push the ellipsis (...) command button to the right of the Well field. The standard StrataBugs Well Search dialog appears. Enter text strings in the Well Search Parameters fields and push Search. Select a well name from the list which appears and push OK to make it the current well.

The default panel title is displayed in the Panel title field. If you wish to change it you may do so by typing directly into the field.

To select the depth range for the panel, edit the Top Depth and Base Depth text fields.

Select a vertical scale from the drop down list attached to the Scale field.

To change the panel width (default = 30mm) edit the Panel width field.

Check on the Display lithologies as text checkbox if you want to display graphic lithologies as text instead of patterns.

If you want to display the main lithologies ensure that the Display main lithology checkbox is selected.

To select/deselect certain elements of the Lithology display. If you want to display accessories, qualifiers and stringers ensure that the Display accessories/qualifiers/stringers checkbox is selected.

If you wish to include the facility to display a grain size profile alongside the graphic lithology in the Lithology panel select the Display grain size checkbox on.

Finally, there are two options which control the depths against which the Lithology is displayed. This can be either Wireline log depths or Core/Cuttings depths. Select the appropriate option button.

When you have completed your selection push OK to generate the Lithology panel or push Cancel to exit without saving.

Consult other pages to find out how to Add Interpreted Lithology data to a panel and how to Draw Grainsize Profile

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Charts | Panel | Insert | IGD | Chronostratigraphy...

This feature enables you to select a panel with columns displaying chronostratigraphic terms.

Select Panel | Insert | IGD | Chronostratigraphy... The Chronostratigraphic Panel dialog appears.

If you wish to change the default well push the ellipsis (...) command button to the right of the Well field. The standard StrataBugs Well Search dialog appears. Enter text strings in the Well Search Parameters fields and push Search. Select a well name from the list which appears and push OK to make it the current well.

The default panel title is displayed in the Panel title field. If you wish to change it you may do so by typing directly into the field.

To select the depth range for the panel, edit the Top Depth and Base Depth text fields.

To select a vertical scale select a scale from the drop down list attached to the Scale field.

If you wish to display a version of IGD other than the default select a version by pushing the ellipsis (...) to the right of the Version field and selecting a version name from the list. Then push OK.

To change the default column width (15mm) edit the Column width field.

There are two columns available for chronostratigraphic display - Period/Epoch and Age. Use the checkboxes to select the columns you want to display. If there are no data you can display a blank column and edit it later.

Select the next checkbox to Plot depths/ages on boundaries. Depths will be replaced by ages if plotted on an age scale and there are dated samples in the section.

Select the next checkbox if you want the names of IGD units to be abbreviated as in the Unit Properties dialog in the IGD application.

If you want to display the text vertically in the IGD intervals select the Vertical text alignment preferred checkbox.

To colour fill IGD units on the chart select the Plot background colours from scheme checkbox.

Note: For this feature to work you must previously have selected IGD unit colours for the selected scheme in the IGD | Schemes | Units | Add/Edit of the IGD application.

When you have completed your selection push OK to generate the Chronostratigraphy panel or push Cancel to exit without saving.

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Charts | Panel | Insert | IGD | Sequences...

This feature enables you to select a panel consisting of a two columns displaying sequences and system tracts.

Select Panel | Insert | IGD | Sequences.... The Sequence Panel dialog appears.

If you wish to change the default well push the ellipsis (...) command button to the right of the Well field. The standard StrataBugs Well Search dialog appears. Enter text strings in the Well Search Parameters fields and push Search. Select a well name from the list which appears and push OK to make it the current well.

The default panel title is displayed in the Panel title field. If you wish to change it you may do so by typing directly into the field.

To select the depth range for the panel, edit the Top Depth and Base Depth text fields.

Select a vertical scale from the drop down list attached to the Scale field.

If you wish to display a version of IGD other than the default select a version by pushing the ellipsis (...) to the right of the Version field and selecting a version name from the list. Then push OK.

Use the first checkbox to Plot depths/ages on boundaries of sequences and systems tracts (if selected - see later). Depths will be replaced by ages if plotted on an age scale and there are dated samples in the section.

To change the Sequence column width (default = 10mm) edit the Column width field.

Select the next checkbox if you want the names of IGD units to be abbreviated as in the Unit Properties dialog in the IGD application.

Select the next checkbox if you prefer the default alignment of the text in the Sequence column to be vertical.

To change the width of the Tract column (default = 25mm) edit the Column width field.

Select the next checkbox if you want to Plot systems tracts alongside the sequence units. Systems tract information is entered in the IGD application.

By default the systems tracts will be displayed by convention of sloping lines (to indicate transgressive and regressive phases) with colour fill (to indicate individual tracts). If you want the systems tracts to be displayed in colour select the Use colour option. If you want only the lines to be displayed select the Use lines option. To use neither the colour or lines select the Use neither option; this will leave only the horizontal lines demarking the systems tracts

Select the final checkbox if you want to Plot ages on boundaries of systems tracts. These will be derived from sample ages or interpolated from dated samples. Where there is an unconformity and a LOG sample, the age at the top of a sequence will plot as the "age below" the unconformity as defined in the Samples Table.

To colour fill IGD units on the chart select the Plot background colours from scheme checkbox.

Note: For this feature to work you must previously have selected IGD unit colours for the selected scheme in the IGD | Schemes | Units | Add/Edit of the IGD application.

When you have completed your selection push OK to generate the Sequences panel or push Cancel to exit without saving.

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Charts | Panel | Insert | IGD | Biozones...

This dialog enables you to select a panel with columns displaying biozones.

Select Panel | Insert | IGD | Biozones.... The Biozone Panel dialog appears.

If you wish to change the default well push the ellipsis (...) command button to the right of the Well field. The standard StrataBugs Well Search dialog appears. Enter text strings in the Well Search Parameters fields and push Search. Select a well name from the list which appears and push OK to make it the current well.

Up to four different biozone panels (one for each discipline) may be displayed. Select a discipline from the drop down list attached to the Discipline field.

To select the depth range for the panel, edit the Top Depth and Base Depth text fields.

Select a vertical scale from the drop down list attached to the Scale field.

If you wish to display a version of IGD other than the default select a version by pushing the ellipsis (...) to the right of the Version field and selecting a version name from the list. Then push OK.

Where there are mulitiple versions of biozones you may wish to append the version name to the biozone panel title. To do this select the Append version name to title checkbox.

To change the column width (default = 15mm) edit the Column width field.

There is a maximum of four columns available for each panel in the biozone display (Scheme, Superzone, Zone and Subzone). Use the checkboxes to select the columns you want to display. If there are no data you can display a blank column and edit it later.

Use the remaining checkbox to Plot depths/ages on boundaries. Depths will be replaced by ages if plotted on an age scale and there are dated samples in the section.

To display the analyst ID for the sample which defines a biozonal unit select the Plot analyst checkbox.

Select the next checkbox if you want the names of IGD units to be abbreviated as in the Unit Properties dialog in the IGD application.

If you want to display the text vertically in the IGD intervals select the Vertical text alignment preferred checkbox.

To colour fill IGD units on the chart select the Plot background colours from scheme checkbox.

Note: For this feature to work you must previously have selected IGD unit colours for the selected scheme in the IGD | Schemes | Units | Add/Edit of the IGD application.

When you have completed your selection push OK to generate a Biozone panel or push Cancel to exit without saving.

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Charts | Panel | Insert | IGD | Palaeoenvironments...

This dialog enables you to select a panel with columns displaying Palaeoenvironments.

Select Panel | Insert | IGD | Palaeoenvironments.... The Palaeoenvironments Panel dialog appears.

If you wish to change the default well push the ellipsis (...) command button to the right of the Well field. The standard StrataBugs Well Search dialog appears. Enter text strings in the Well Search Parameters fields and push Search.

Select a well name from the list which appears and push OK to make it the current well.

The default panel title is displayed in the Panel title field. If you wish to change it you may do so by typing directly into the field.

To select the depth range for the panel, edit the Top Depth and Base Depth text fields.

Select a vertical scale from the drop down list attached to the Scale field or enter the scale directly.

To change the version of the palaeoenviroment IGD used in the panel, push the ellipsis (...) to the right of the Version field to bring up the Select Version dialogue. Select the appropriate version from the list and push OK.

To change the column width (default = 5mm) edit the Column width field.

You must now select the palaeoenvironmental scheme which you want to display. Select one from the drop down menu attached to the Scheme field.

There is a maximum of 15 columns available for each panel in the Palaeoenvironments display. By default all the columns in the scheme (including blank columns) with data will be displayed. To display only columns with data select the Plot used columns only checkbox. If there are no data you can display a blank panel and edit it later.

If you want to display your palaeoenvironmental intepretations in a single column select the Single column only checkbox. This will only work properly if the data do not span more then one column. If the data span more than one column only the colour of the most proximal unit will display.

If you wish to import a bathymetry curve from IPS you may do so by first selecting the Plot IPS bathymetry curve from file checkbox and then selecting the file using the ellipsis (...) button. Select the appropriate option for the Depth units in file.

When you have completed your selection push OK to generate a Palaeoenvironments panel or push Cancel to exit without saving.

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Charts | Panel | Insert | Comments...

This dialog enables comments about samples to be added for each discipline.

To add a comments column to a chart select Panel | Insert | Comments.... The Comments Panel dialog appears.