GeoStrat is a community digital information system that provides a unique and dynamic working environment for geoscience researchers within a secure working space for individual users and projects. It includes mechanisms for the input, searching, output and synthesis of these data, and open access to public data. The GeoStrat database is designed to include all relevant data and metadata types for stratigraphic-based data derived from stratigraphic sections, drillholes, field, and laboratory studies, including: Physical Stratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, Sequence & Cyclostratigraphy, Lithology, Biofacies, Lithofacies, Petrology/Petrography, Geochemistry, Geochronology, Paleontology, Taxonomy, and much more.
This Is Your System
It is important to emphasize that this is your geoinformatics system. It is a service to the community to enhance the research and education process. GeoStrat is designed to become a part of your daily research working environment. Use it to capture your legacy data. Need new data types? Have a tool you want to make available? Need help with data or image loading? This means we need your feedback on how to make improvements; we are here to help - please feel free to contact us at any time! Where are the data? GeoStrat has spent its resources on developing a comprehensive data system, and we have not been able to put a significant amount of data into the database. This reflects a decision to use available resources to accomplish the difficult task of building a user-focused system first and then, in collaboration with the community, load it with data.
Our hope is that GeoStrat becomes a part of your daily work flow for new data - but that does not address the issue of all of our legacy data. To address that, we have set up a mechanism that allows you to deposit any electronic data you have. We will then integrate those data into the system, working with you as necessary to resolve various issues. As is normal when using the GeoStrat system, you would be the "owner" of those data, you will have exclusive access to them until you publish them (in a published paper or other public release). Once integrated, you will be responsible for quality checking the data before sharing with other GeoStrat users.
Download our brochure for more information: GeoStrat Brochure