This page contains excerpts from the book "Paleomagnetic Principles and Practice" by Lisa Tauxe, published by Kluwer.
After each chapter in the book, there are a number of practical examples for paleomagnetic problems using real data. The programs referred to in the examples are part of a package of programs called pmag1.0. These are available by anonymous ftp or on a disk in the back of the book.
The programs are designed to operate in a
UNIX (or LINUX) environment so we will start with a brief discussion of how
to get along in UNIX in general. There are many excellent books on UNIX and
the reader is referred to them for a detailed discussion. What follows are
the barest essentials for being able to use the programs in this book.