checkXaxis (pyleoclim.utils.lipdutils.checkXaxis)

pyleoclim.utils.lipdutils.checkXaxis(timeseries, x_axis=None)[source]

Check that a x-axis is present for the timeseries

Parameters

  • timeseries (dict) – a timeseries

  • x_axis (string) – the x-axis representation, either depth, age or year

Returns

  • x (array) – the values for the x-axis representation

  • label (string) – returns either “age”, “year”, or “depth”