readVarveShapefile: Read varve thicknesses from shape file
In nickmckay/varveR: Development package for varve counting, modeling and analysis

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Pulls varve thicknesses and error codes from a shapefile counted in GIS

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readVarveShapefile(filename, codeCol = c("conf", "VarveID"),
  markerCol = c("Marker", "Markers"), tiePointCol = c("TiePoint"),
  varveTop = "top", scaleToThickness = NA)

`filename`	the path to a shape file
`codeCol`	name of the column of varve confidence ratings. Can be a single and or multiple strings in a vector. Default = c("conf","VarveID")
`markerCol`	name of the column of marker layer names. Can be a single and or multiple strings in a vector. Default = c("Marker","Markers")
`varveTop`	where is the top of the varve sequence on the shape file. Options are "top","bottom","left","right". Default = "top".
`scaleToThickness`	Value to scale the sum of the measurements. NA retains the scale in the .shp file.