Stratographic Years Slot Calculator Example, Age of Earth
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Introduction
gold Here is an eTCL script on Stratographic Years. I have modified a slot calculator in eTCL to handle calculations for stratographic years. There are a number of issues that have risen with the accuracy of the age of the earth.
There are a number of issues that have risen with the accuracy of the age of the earth. Here is an example of how the stratographic calculator or similar calculations have been used. In Texas, a small Permian fossil in an oil drill core was found about 10 centimeters above a volcanic bed. Load 10 cm as the distance and type "Permian" for selected period. The deposition of carbonate limestone and clay etc is estimated for the Permian period in North America, so the North American locale (1) should be used. The Permian deposition might be thinner or thicker in other parts of the world or non-existent locally. Using locale 2 for the world maximum depositions including Permian etc would give some error bounds on the calculations. The greater amount of deposition in your locale and nearer the maximum world rate gives more accurate year estimates in theory. The rate of deposition suggests 10.03 cm * 3.4631E-5 myrs/cm *E+6 equals 347.348 Million Years between the fossil and the volcanic bed. There is a substantial error possibility in this type of calculation, since deposition is not currently uniform over the globe, or indeed, not uniform over the vast geologic ages. For the stratography calculator, the testcases represent a diverse lot spanning the globe and several hundred million years of history.
In planning any software, it is advisable to gather a number of testcases to check the results of the program. For the stratography, these cases represent a diverse lot spanning the globe and several million years of history.
Pseudocode Section
pseudocode: enter period,speed,width
pseudocode: (width in cm +-2mm)* 50000 years per cm
pseudocode: answer is years, used xxx years per cm , +- error
Permian 254 to 235 myrs
n.a. maximum deposit 274320 cm
(254-235)myrs/274320 cm = 6.926E-5 myrs/cm
10 cm * 6.926E-5 myrs/cm= 69.26E-5 myrs
or 69.26E-5 myrs *E+6 = 692.6 years
world maximum deposit 548640 cm
(254-235)myrs/ 548640 cm = 3.4631E-5 myrs/cm
10 cm * 3.4631E-5 myrs/cm= 34.631E-5 myrs or
34.631E-5 myrs * E+6 = 346.3 years
figuring error of +-0.03 cm
10.03 cm * 3.4631E-5 myrs/cm *E+6 = 347.348
9.97 cm * 3.4631E-5 myrs/cm *E+6 = 345.28
(1.-347.348/345.28) *100 = 0.6 per cent error---
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Appendix Code
appendix TCL programs and scripts
*FIRST VERSION
# code from TCL WIKI Slot_Calculator_Demo
# 8Aug2010, gold
# written on Windows XP on eTCL
# working under TCL version 8.5.6 and eTCL 1.0.1
# gold on TCL WIKI , 8aug2010
frame .frame -relief flat -bg aquamarine4
pack .frame -side top -fill y -anchor center
set names {{} {width cm:} period: {locale:} {myr/cm speed:} {width*myr/cm:} {answer years:} possible:}
foreach i {1 2 3 4 5 6 } {
label .frame.label$i -text [lindex $names $i] -anchor e
entry .frame.entry$i -width 35 -textvariable side$i
grid .frame.label$i .frame.entry$i -sticky ew -pady 2 -padx 1
}
proc about {} {
set msg "Calculator for stratographic years.
from TCL WIKI,
written on eTCL "
tk_messageBox -title "About" -message $msg
}
proc periodic {lister} {
global side1 side2 side3
global side4 side5 side6
set const .5
set item $side2
set cambrian [expr { 600-400 } ]
set ordovician [expr { 412-372 } ]
set silurian [expr { 372-338 } ]
set devonian [expr { 338-300 } ]
set carbon [expr { 300-254 } ]
set permian [expr { 254-235 } ]
set triassic [expr { 235-205 } ]
set jurassic [expr { 205-161 } ]
set cretaceous [expr { 161-110 } ]
set paleoscene [expr { 110-98 } ]
set eocene [expr { 98-68 } ]
set oligocene [expr { 68-42 } ]
set miocene [expr { 42-21 } ]
set pliocene [expr { 21-6 } ]
set pleistocene [expr { 6-.00001 } ]
set modern [expr { 6-.00001 } ]
set one [expr { 200-150 } ]
set two [expr { 300-250 } ]
if { $item == "cambrian" } { set const [expr { ($cambrian/33700.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "ordovician" } { set const [expr { ($ordovician/23100.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "silurian" } {set const [expr { ($silurian/6400.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "devonian" } { set const [expr { ($devonian/12700.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "carboniferous" } { set const [expr { ($carbon/23800.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "permian" } { set const [expr { ($permian/9000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "triassic" } { set const [expr { ($triassic/15000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "jurassic" } { set const [expr { ($jurassic/22200.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "cretaceous" } { set const [expr { ($cretaceous/23800.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "paleoscene" } { set const [expr { ($paleocene/9000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "eocene" } { set const [expr { ($eocene/15000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "oligocene" } { set const [expr { ($oligocene/22200.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "miocene" } { set const [expr { ($miocene/9000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "pliocene" } { set const [expr { ($pliocene/15000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "modern" } { set const [expr { ($modern/22200.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "1" } { set const [expr { ($modern/25000)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "2" } { set const [expr { ($modern/25000)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $side3 >= "2" } {
if { $item == "cambrian" } { set const [expr { ($cambrian/40000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "ordovician" } { set const [expr { ($ordovician/40000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "silurian" } {set const [expr { ($silurian/20000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "devonian" } { set const [expr { ($devonian/37000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "carboniferous" } { set const [expr { ($carbon/40000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "permian" } { set const [expr { ($permian/18000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "triassic" } { set const [expr { ($triassic/25000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "jurassic" } { set const [expr { ($jurassic/22000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "cretaceous" } { set const [expr { ($cretacious/64000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "paleoscene" } { set const [expr { ($paleocene/9000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "eocene" } { set const [expr { ($eocene/23000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "oligocene" } { set const [expr { ($oligocene/15000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "miocene" } { set const [expr { ($miocene/21000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "pliocene" } { set const [expr { ($pliocene/18000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "pleistocene" } { set const [expr { ($jurassic/4000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "modern" } { set const [expr { ($jurassic/4000.)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "1" } { set const [expr { (10000./25000)*(1./30.48) } ] }
if { $item == "2" } { set const [expr { (10000./25000)*(1./30.48) } ] }
}
return $const}
proc strat5 { xx1 } {
global side1 side2 side3
global side4 side5 side6
set ss side1
set tt [ periodic {$side2} ]
set side5 [ expr { $tt*1.} ]
set side4 [ expr { $side1*$tt*1.} ]
set side6 [ expr { $side1*$tt*1E6} ]
}
proc calculate { } {
global answer2
global side1 side2 side3 side4 side5 side6
set answer2 [ strat5 $side1 ]
set side6 $answer2
}
proc fillup {aa bb cc dd ee ff } {
.frame.entry1 insert 0 "$aa"
.frame.entry2 insert 0 "$bb"
.frame.entry3 insert 0 "$cc"
.frame.entry4 insert 0 "$dd"
.frame.entry5 insert 0 "$ee"
.frame.entry6 insert 0 "$ff "
}
proc clearx {} {
foreach i {1 2 3 4 5 6 } {
.frame.entry$i delete 0 end
}
}
proc reportx {} {
console show;
puts " "
}
frame .buttons -bg aquamarine4
::ttk::button .calculator -text "Solve" -command { calculate }
::ttk::button .test2 -text "Testcase1" -command { clearx;fillup 2. 1. 1. 12. 50. 116 }
::ttk::button .test3 -text "Testcase2" -command { clearx;fillup 10. "jurassic" 1. 12. 15. 1133 }
::ttk::button .test4 -text "Testcase3" -command { clearx;fillup 5. "permian" 2. 15. 25. 1250}
::ttk::button .clearallx -text clear -command {clearx }
::ttk::button .about -text about -command about
::ttk::button .cons -text report -command { reportx }
::ttk::button .exit -text exit -command {exit}
pack .calculator -in .buttons -side top -padx 10 -pady 5
pack .clearallx .cons .about .exit .test4 .test3 .test2 -side bottom -in .buttons
grid .frame .buttons -sticky ns -pady {0 10}
. configure -background aquamarine4 -highlightcolor brown -relief raised -border 30
wm title . "Stratographic Years Calculator"
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