The AASP Data Committee

  - was created in 1988 to promote the exchange of palynological data and programs via electronic media. Initially, they were distributed on 5¼" diskettes, then 3½" diskettes, and now by anonymous FTP. The committee currently distributes 23 Palydisks that reflect the breadth of the science of palynology -- from archeological palynology to Paleozoic acritarachs.

Each Palydisks contains information that has been donated by AASP members and other palynologists. They are original material -- typically associated with publications in the AASP Journal Palynology. The Palydisks are distributed in zipped executable format (.exe) that can be used only on DOS and Windows computers. Download the file into an empty directory then click-on or RUN the .exe file. The Palydisks are placed in the "public domain" available for exchange, but with the understanding that explicit acknowledgement of the original author and AASP will be given by the user.

The AASP Data Committee solicits original works to be placed in the public domaine as Palydisks. Please contact Owen Davis for further information.

To download Palydisks click on the " PALYDISK # " at the end of each title. To learn more about each Palydisks press the [?]


AASP DATA COMMITTEE, PALYDISKS

  1. Davis, O.K., S.T. Hall, J. Schoenwetter, and G.J. West, 1988. An ASCII file bibliography of Southwestern Quaternary Palynology. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 1 text Excel zip

  2. Elsik, W.C., 1989. An ASCII file bibliography of living and fossil fungi: annotated fungal references. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 2 zip

  3. Elsik, W.C., 1989. An ASCII file Bibliography of Gulf Coast palynology. AASP [?]
    Data Committee, PALYDISK 3 zip

  4. Fredlund, G.G., 1989. PD5.EXE: pollen diagrams on an EGA monitor. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 4

  5. Davis, O.K., 1989. PONLSPSH.EXE: A spread sheet for pollen data. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 5 zip

  6. Fensome, R.A., 1989. AASPPALY.DBF: A dBase file of AASP members, 876 records, 378 characters in 17 fields. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 6 zip

  7. Holloway, Richard G., 1989. COPROLIT.DBF, MORPH.DBF, and STATS.DBF: Three dBase bibliographic files of Quaternary pollen literature concerning coprolite analysis, pollen morphology, and numerical methods. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 7 zip

  8. Holloway, Richard G., 1989. ABOT.DBF, NE.DBF, and NW.DBF: Three dBase bibliographic files of Quaternary pollen literature concerning archeological botany, northeastern U.S.A., and northwestern U.S.A. references. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 8 zip

  9. Holloway, Richard G., 1989. SE.DBF: A dBase bibliographic file of Quaternary pollen literature concerning southeastern U.S.A. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 9 zip

  10. Kovach, W.L., 1990. MEGASPOR.DBF and MEGAREF.DBF: dBase files of range data and citations from "Catalog of Mesozoic and Tertiary Megaspores," by D.J. Batten and W.L. Kovach. AASP Contribution Series. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 10 zip

  11. Kovach, W.L., 1990. MVSP.EXE: Multivariate Statistics for palynology. In self-expanding compressed format. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 11 zip

  12. Davis, O.K., 1991. CAVE_WS.DBF: A dBase bibliographic file of caves in arid western U.S.A. containing Quaternary biotic remains. Data of Davis, 1991, Palaeo. Palaeo. Palaeo. 76:331-348. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 12 zip

  13. Davis, O.K., 1992. INSOLATN.EXE: Program to calculate Earth's incoming solar radiation (Kj/m2/day) for any latitude, time interval, and age. Program of A.L. Berger, 1978, Univ. Cath. Louvain Contrib 18. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 13 zip

  14. Broxap, R. 1994. A bibliography of Tertiary Palynology with particular emphasis Eocene palynomorphs of the London Clay. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 14 zip

  15. Davis, O.K., 1995. WUSSURF.DBF: a dBase file of 1367 surface samples from arid Western U.S.A. [?] AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 15 zip

  16. Davis, O.K., 1995. Indices and tables of contents for AASP publications: GEOSCIENCE AND MAN vols 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15, and PALYNOLOGY vols. 1-19. [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 16 zip

  17. Ravn, R.L. 1998. TAXON: a DOS hypertext database of 30,000 species of palynomorphs with references and annotations. [revised 1999] [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 17 zip file     [Warning 6 Megabytes!]

  18. Rochon, A., de Vernal, A., Turon, J.-L, Mattheissen, J., and Head, J.J. 1999. Distribution of Recent Dinoflagellate Cysts in Surface Sediments from the North Atlantic Ocean and Adjacent Seas in Relation to Sea-surface Parameters. Data Files and Tables from AASP Foundation Contibutions Series 35. AASP Data Committee, [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 18 zip

  19. Lentin, J.L. 2000. ANGIOASK.EXE and DINOASK.EXE Graphical Keys for Palynomorph Identification. [?] AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 19 zip     [Warning 2.7 Megabytes!]

  20. Rull, V. 2003. Botanical affinities and deduced environmental requirements of the taxa selected for numerical analysis. Appendix for, "Contributions of Quantitative Ecological Methods to the Interpretation of Stratigraphically Homogeneous pre-Quaternary Sections: A Palynological Example from the Oligocene of Venezuela." [?] (Palynology volume 27, 2003, p. 75-98).
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 20 MS Word file

  21. Rull, V. 2003. Synoptic pollen descriptions and complete bibliography. Appendix for, "An illustrated key for the identification of pollen from Pantepui and the Gran Sabana (eastern Venezuelan Guayana)." (Palynology volume 27, 2003, p. 99-134). [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 21 MS Word file

  22. Helenes, J. and Cabrera, D. 2003. Abundances and diversities of palynomorphs in wells one, two and three. Excel data tables to accompany, "Oligocene-Miocene palynomorph assemblages from eastern Venezuela." (Palynology volume 27, 2003, p. 5-26). [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 22 MS Excel file

  23. Pardo-Trujillo, A., Jaramillo, C.A., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E. 2003. Appendix 1. palynomorphs in the Uribe section. Appendix 2. palynomorphs in the Sogamoso core. Appendices for "Paleogene palynostratigraphy of the eastern Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia (Palynology volume 27, 2003)." [?]
    AASP Data Committee, PALYDISK 23 MS Excel file

  24. Jaramillo, C.A., Bayona, C., Pardo-Trujillo, A., Rueda, M., Harrington, G.J. and Mora, G. 2007. Appendices to accompany, "The Palynology Of The Cerrejón Formation (Upper Paleocene) Of Northern Colombia."
    Appendix 3. Palynological range chart for Core WRV04752 (Excel)
    Appendix 4. R code used in the analysis (rtf)
    Appendix 5. Palynological Range Chart for core WRV04774 (pdf)