The R package xlum interfaces with the XLUM data format for exchange
and long-term preservation of luminescence data.
- Windows: Rtools (provided by CRAN)
- macOS: Xcode (provided by Apple)
- Linux: gcc often comes pre-installed in most distributions.
To install the stable version from CRAN, simply run the following from an R console:
install.packages("xlum")To install the latest development builds directly from GitHub, run
if (!require("pak"))
install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("R-Lum/xlum")The package comes without any guarantee!
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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The initial development of xlum received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 844457 (project: CREDit).
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Since 03/2023: Sebastian Kreutzer as maintainer of the package receives funding from the DFG Heisenberg programme No 505822867.
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The contribution by Marco Colombo was enabled through the DFG programme “REPLAY: REProducible Luminescence Data AnalYses” No 528704761.
- Kreutzer, S., Grehl, S., Höhne, M., Simmank, O., Dornich, K., Adamiec, G., Burow, C., Roberts, H. M., Duller, G. A. T., 2023. XLUM: an open data format for exchange and long-term preservation of luminescence data. Geochronology, 5, 271-284.