The dragon (Deep time Redox Analysis of the Geobiology Ontology Network) package provides a Shiny Application for generating, exploring, and analyzing bipartite mineral-chemistry networks over deep time on Earth using information from the Mineral Evolution Database, with a specific application of investigating biologically-relevant evolution of element redox states and availability over time. dragon uses igraph and visNetwork library (a terribly handy R wrapper for vis.js) to construct user-friendly interactive networks.
The associated publication is available here and can be cited as:
Spielman, Stephanie J. and Moore, Eli K. 2020. “dragon: A New Tool for Exploring Redox Evolution Preserved in the Mineral Record.” Frontiers in Earth Science. doi:10.3389/feart.2020.585087.
Or, in LaTeX:
@article{ ,
author = {Spielman, Stephanie J. and Moore, Eli K.},
title = {dragon: A New Tool for Exploring Redox Evolution Preserved in the Mineral Record},
journal = {Frontiers in Earth Science},
volume = {8},
pages = {414},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.3389/feart.2020.585087}
}
For instructions on obtaining and using dragon, please see the vignette.
Current link to server of current release of dragon: https://sjspielman.shinyapps.io/dragon
Current link to server of development version of dragon: https://sjspielman.shinyapps.io/dragon-dev