Workshop: Integration of Chronostratigraphic Databases for the 21st Century, November 8 - 10, 2001, Amherst, Massachusetts

Purdue University, West Lafayette IN

Investigators

Abstract

ABSTRACT INTEGRATION OF CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATABASES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY James G. Ogg and Paul J. Sikora EAR-0124356 This 3-day workshop will assemble quantitative stratigraphers and database specialists from diverse research teams. The goals are to coordinate database standards and compatibility; design strategies and tools for information retrieval and analysis of all types of global and regional stratigraphic data; and to discuss future directions for database integration and centralization of currently distributed depositories. The workshop will (1) propose standards for stratigraphic data storage, formatting, retrieval and conversions, (2) identify key needs for data acquisition, accessibility and manipulation tools, and (3) recommend a development strategy for the necessary integration of infrastructure for present and future growth of a distributed stratigraphic database system