merge_RLum: General merge function for RLum-class objects

In Luminescence: Comprehensive Luminescence Dating Data Analysis

General merge function for RLum-class objects

Description

The function provides a generalised access point for merging specific RLum objects. Depending on the input object, the corresponding merge function will be selected. Allowed arguments can be found in the documentation of each merge function. Empty list elements (NULL) are automatically removed from the input list.

object		corresponding merge function
RLum.Data.Curve	->	merge_RLum.Data.Curve
RLum.Data.Spectrum	->	merge_RLum.Data.Spectrum
RLum.Analysis	->	merge_RLum.Analysis
RLum.Results	->	merge_RLum.Results

Usage

merge_RLum(object, ...)

Arguments

object	list of RLum (required): list of S4 object of class RLum.
...	further arguments that one might want to pass to the specific merge function

Value

Returns an RLum.Analysis object of class if any of the inputs is of that class. Otherwise, it returns an object of the same type as the input.

Function version

0.1.4

How to cite

Kreutzer, S., 2026. merge_RLum(): General merge function for RLum-class objects. Function version 0.1.4. In: Kreutzer, S., Burow, C., Dietze, M., Fuchs, M.C., Schmidt, C., Fischer, M., Friedrich, J., Mercier, N., Philippe, A., Riedesel, S., Autzen, M., Mittelstrass, D., Gray, H.J., Galharret, J., Colombo, M., Steinbuch, L., de Boer, A., Bluszcz, A., 2026. Luminescence: Comprehensive Luminescence Dating Data Analysis. R package version 1.3.1. https://r-lum.github.io/Luminescence/

Note

So far merging of RLum.Data.Image objects is not supported.

Author(s)

Sebastian Kreutzer, F2.1 Geophysical Parametrisation/Regionalisation, LIAG - Institute for Applied Geophysics (Germany) , RLum Developer Team

See Also

RLum.Data.Curve, RLum.Data.Spectrum, RLum.Analysis, RLum.Results

Examples

##Example based using data and from the calc_CentralDose() function

##load example data
data(ExampleData.DeValues, envir = environment())

##apply the central dose model 1st time
temp1 <- calc_CentralDose(ExampleData.DeValues$CA1)

##apply the central dose model 2nd time
temp2 <- calc_CentralDose(ExampleData.DeValues$CA1)

##merge the results and store them in a new object
temp.merged <- get_RLum(merge_RLum(object = list(temp1, temp2)))

Luminescence documentation built on Sept. 18, 2026, 9:07 a.m.