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+Geomag Algorithms Documents Folder
+==================================
+
+Documents explaining geomag-algorithms
+
+[XYZ.md](https://github.com/usgs/geomag-algorithms/blob/master/docs/XYZ.md)
+------
+
+Describes Geomag XYZ algorithm
+
+[Metadata.md](https://github.com/usgs/geomag-algorithms/blob/master/docs/metadata.md)
+-----------
+
+Describes the metadata stored in the obspy.core.trace.stats class used for
+geomag data.