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Standard MagIC Data Format -- PMAG_Specimens Table -- Version 2.3

F	Status	N	Database Field	Variable Name	Units	Required	Description
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R		1	Expedition Name	er_expedition_name	Text	Optional	Name for seagoing or land expedition Examples are: AVON02MV
R		2	Location Name	er_location_name	Text	Required	Name for location, dredge or drill site Examples are: San Francisco Volcanic Province, Dredge AMAT02-D12, Site 801
R		3	Formation Name	er_formation_name	Text	Optional	Name for formation Examples are: Bluebird Formation
R		4	Member Name	er_member_name	Text	Optional	Name for member Examples are: Glasshound Member
R		5	Site Name	er_site_name	Text	Required	Name for site Examples are: Bas123a
R		6	Sample Name	er_sample_name	Text	Required	Name for sample Examples are: Bas123a-01
R		7	Specimen Name	er_specimen_name	Text	Required	Name for specimen Examples are: Bas123a-01x
R		8	Fossil Name	er_fossil_name	Text	Recommended	Name for fossil Examples are: AMM43-03
R		9	Mineral Name	er_mineral_name	Text	Recommended	Name for mineral Examples are: San03-001
R	Inserted	10	Synthetic Material Name	er_synthetic_name	Text	Optional	Name for synthetic material Examples are: STD1546-A1
X		11	Experiment Name List	magic_experiment_names	Text	Optional	Colon-delimited list of experiments Examples are: KOPA-299-1, KOPA-299-2, KOPA-299-6
M		12	Measurement Step Minimum	measurement_step_min	Custom	Optional	Step included in calculation, Lower bound
M		13	Measurement Step Maximum	measurement_step_max	Custom	Optional	Step included in calculation, Higher bound
M		14	Measurement Step Unit	measurement_step_unit	Text	Optional	Step included in calculation, Unit
F		15	Specimen Magnetic Polarity	specimen_polarity	Flag	Recommended	Polarity is normal (n), reversed (r), transitional (t), excursion (e) or intermediate (i) Examples are: Default = n
F		16	Specimen NRM	specimen_nrm	Flag	Recommended	Origin of the NRM is primary (p) or secondary (s) Examples are: Default = p
F		17	Specimen Data Corrected	specimen_correction	Flag	Required	Indicating if an uncorrected (u) or corrected (c) estimate with regard to possible anisotropy and cooling rate corrections Examples are: Default = u
F		18	Specimen Direction Type	specimen_direction_type	Flag	Recommended	Direction determined from a line (l) or plane (p) Examples are: Default = l
		19	Specimen Component Number	specimen_comp_nmb	Integer	Recommended	Magnetic component number
		20	Specimen Component N	specimen_comp_n	Integer	Recommended	Total number of magnetic components in specimen
		21	Specimen Component Name	specimen_comp_name	Text	Recommended	Specimen component name Examples are: Characteristic, VRM, Overprint, A, B, C
		22	Specimen Inferred Age	specimen_inferred_age	Custom	Recommended	Specimen inferred age
		23	Specimen Inferred Age Sigma	specimen_inferred_age_sigma	Custom	Recommended	Specimen inferred age, Uncertainty Examples are: Uncertainty = 1xSD
		24	Specimen Inferred Age Low	specimen_inferred_age_low	Custom	Recommended	Specimen inferred age, Low range
		25	Specimen Inferred Age High	specimen_inferred_age_high	Custom	Recommended	Specimen inferred age, High range
E		26	Specimen Inferred Age Unit	specimen_inferred_age_unit	Text	Recommended	Specimen inferred age, Age unit Examples are: Ma, Ka, Ga, Years BP, Years AD (+/-), Years Cal BP, Years Cal AD (+/-)
		27	Specimen Inclination	specimen_inc	Number in Degrees	Recommended	Directions in coordinates specified by tilt correction, Inclination Examples are: Decimal degrees between -90 and 90
		28	Specimen Declination	specimen_dec	Number in Degrees	Recommended	Directions in coordinates specified by tilt correction, Declination Examples are: Decimal degrees between 0 and 360
		29	Specimen MAD	specimen_mad	Number in Degrees	Recommended	Maximum angle of deviation of the best fit direction or plane
		30	Specimen Alpha 95%	specimen_alpha95	Number in Degrees	Recommended	Fisher circle Examples are: Confidence Level = 95%
		31	Specimen N	specimen_n	Integer	Recommended	Number of measurements included in directional calculations
		32	Specimen Tilt Correction	specimen_tilt_correction	Number in %	Recommended	Percentage tilt correction applied to the data Examples are: Correction between geographic (0%) and stratigraphic (100%); unoriented (-1%); partially oriented to horizontal only (-2%)
		33	Specimen Paleo Intensity	specimen_int	Number in T	Recommended	Average field strength
		34	Specimen Paleo Intensity Sigma	specimen_int_sigma	Number in T	Recommended	Average field strength, Uncertainty Examples are: Uncertainty = 1xSD
		35	Specimen Paleo Intensity Sigma %	specimen_int_sigma_perc	Number in %	Recommended	Average field strength, Uncertainty in percent Examples are: Uncertainty = 1xSD
		36	Specimen Paleo Intensity Relative	specimen_int_rel	Dimensionless	Recommended	Relative field strength
		37	Specimen Paleo Intensity Relative Sigma	specimen_int_rel_sigma	Dimensionless	Recommended	Relative field strength, Uncertainty Examples are: Uncertainty = 1xSD
		38	Specimen Paleo Intensity Relative Sigma %	specimen_int_rel_sigma_perc	Number in %	Recommended	Relative field strength, Uncertainty in percent Examples are: Uncertainty = 1xSD
		39	Specimen Paleo Intensity MAD	specimen_int_mad	Number in Degrees	Recommended	Maximum angle of deviation of the best fit line
		40	Specimen Paleo Intensity N	specimen_int_n	Integer	Recommended	Number of measurements included in intensity calculations
		41	Specimen Weighting Factor	specimen_w	Dimensionless	Optional	Weighting factor
		42	Specimen Q	specimen_q	Dimensionless	Optional	COE's quality factors, Overall quality
		43	Specimen f	specimen_f	Dimensionless	Optional	COE's quality factors, Amount of NRM in component
		44	Specimen f VDS	specimen_fvds	Dimensionless	Optional	COE's quality factors, Vector difference sum of NRM components
		45	Specimen b	specimen_b	Dimensionless	Optional	COE's quality factors, Slope of Arai diagram
		46	Specimen b Sigma	specimen_b_sigma	Dimensionless	Optional	COE's quality factors, Error on slope fit Examples are: Uncertainty = 1xSD
		47	Specimen Sigma over b	specimen_b_beta	Dimensionless	Optional	COE's quality factors, Relative error over slope Examples are: Uncertainty = 1xSD
		48	Specimen g	specimen_g	Dimensionless	Optional	COE's quality factors, The GAP factor
		49	Specimen DANG	specimen_dang	Number in Degrees	Optional	Deviation angle of direction of component with respect to origin
		50	Specimen Maximum MD	specimen_md	Number in %	Optional	Maximum difference between first and second zero field steps
		51	Specimen Maximum pTRM	specimen_ptrm	Number in %	Optional	Classical pTRM check
		52	Specimen Difference Ratio pTRM Checks	specimen_drat	Number in %	Optional	Difference in first and second pTRM measurements Examples are: Normalized by hypotenuse
		53	Specimen Difference Ratio Sum	specimen_drats	Number in %	Optional	Sum of difference in first and second pTRM measurements Examples are: Normalized by pTRM
		54	Specimen Maximum RSC	specimen_rsc	Number in %	Optional	Maximum relative susceptibility change
	Inserted	55	Specimen Z	specimen_z	Dimensionless	Optional	Degree zigzag behavior in a paleointensity experiment Examples are: Real number between -1 and 100
		56	Specimen Viscosity Index	specimen_viscosity_index	Number in %	Optional	Viscosity index
		57	Specimen Lab Field DC	specimen_lab_field_dc	Number in T	Optional	Applied DC field in laboratory Examples are: No field equals 0 and ambient field equals -1
		58	Specimen Lab Field AC	specimen_lab_field_ac	Number in T	Optional	Applied maximum or peak AC field in laboratory Examples are: No field equals 0 and ambient field equals -1
		59	Specimen Magnetization Moment	specimen_magn_moment	Number in Am2	Optional	Measured magnetic moment
		60	Specimen Magnetization Volume	specimen_magn_volume	Number in A/m	Optional	Measured intensity of magnetization, Volume normalized
		61	Specimen Magnetization Mass	specimen_magn_mass	Number in Am2/kg	Optional	Measured intensity of magnetization, Mass normalized
		62	Specimen Number pTRM Checks	specimen_int_ptrm_n	Dimensionless	Optional	Number of pTRM checks used in experiment
		63	Specimen Correction Cooling Rate	specimen_int_corr_cooling_rate	Dimensionless	Optional	Cooling rate correction factor for intensity
		64	Specimen Correction Anisotropy	specimen_int_corr_anisotropy	Dimensionless	Optional	Anisotropy correction factor for intensity
		65	Specimen Description	specimen_description	Text	Optional	Detailed description
		66	Compilation Names	compilation_names	Text	Optional	Colon-delimited list of compilation or databases where data are used Examples are: GEOMAGIA, CALS7, ARCHEO00
		67	Compilation ID Numbers	compilation_ids	Text	Optional	Colon-delimited list of ID numbers from compilations or databases Examples are: 1435, 23, 2329
R		68	Criteria Codes	pmag_criteria_codes	Text	Recommended	Colon-delimited list of criteria codes Examples are: MY-MAD, MY-APLHA95
R		69	Rotation Codes	pmag_rotation_codes	Text	Optional	Colon-delimited list of rotation codes Examples are: MY-TILT1, MY-TILT2, MY-TRANS1
R		70	Method Codes	magic_method_codes	Text	Required	Colon-delimited list of method codes Examples are: DE-DC0, FT-F1, LP-DCDMAG
R		71	Instrument Codes	magic_instrument_codes	Text	Required	Colon-delimited list of instrument codes Examples are: SIO-Bubba, IRM-OldBlue
R		72	Analyst Names	er_analyst_mail_names	Text	Required	Colon-delimited list of names for analysts Examples are: Jim R.D. Hart, Alexis Heard, Bob McIntire
R		73	Citation Names	er_citation_names	Text	Required	Colon-delimited list of citations Examples are: Smith et al. 2003, Hart & Heard 1967, This study
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