import_vents: Import the latest Interridge Vents Field data

View source: R/import_vents.R

import_ventsR Documentation

Import the latest Interridge Vents Field data

Description

Import the latest version of the csv file from the InterRidge Vents Database https://vents-data.interridge.org/ventfields_list_all, presently in Version 3.4. The function imports the latest version into data-raw. Column names are regularised by replacing spaces with underscores,removing brackets and a download_date column is added. The file is saved to data as ‘vents.rda’ and loaded into the global environment as ‘vents’.

Usage

import_vents()

Details

For license details see ‘interridge_citation.txt’ in data-raw.

Value

data.frame

References

Please cite the data as: "Beaulieu, S.E., 2015, InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields: prepared for InterRidge, Version 3.3. World Wide Web electronic publication. Version 3.X accessed 2017-09-04, http://vents-data.interridge.org"

Examples

## Not run: vents <- import_vents()

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