Repository details
Geochron
Name of repository
Geochron
Repository URL
Description
Geochron is a global database that hosts geochronologic and thermochronologic information from detrital minerals. Information included with each sample consists of a table with the essential isotopic information and ages, a table with basic geologic metadata (e.g., location, collector, publication, etc.), a Pb/U Concordia diagram, and a relative age probability diagram. This information can be accessed and viewed with any web browser, and depending on the level of access desired, can be designated as either private or public. Loading information into Geochron requires the use of U-Pb_Redux, a Java-based program that also provides enhanced capabilities for data reduction, plotting, and analysis.
Instructions are provided for three different levels of interaction with Geochron:
1. Accessing samples that are already in the Geochron database.
2. Preparation of information for new samples, and then transfer to Arizona LaserChron Center personnel for uploading to Geochron.
3. Preparation of information and uploading to Geochron using U-Pb_Redux.
Contact(s)
- administrative: jasonash@ku.edu
- administrative: jdwalker@ku.edu
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
Institutions (4)
Additional name(s)
- EarthChem
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- IEDA
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- NSF
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- Arizona LaserChron Center
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (3)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
closed
Type of access to data
restricted
Data licenses (1)
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload license (1)
Data upload license name
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- unknown
Enhanced Publication
no
Quality management
yes
Application programming interfaces (1)
Type
REST
Url
documentation
Remarks
Remarks
Geochron is a project of EarthChem and EARTHTIME. Database development is a collaborative effort of EarthChem (Doug Walker, University of Kansas), CIRDLES (Jim Bowring, College of Charleston), EARTHTIME (Sam Bowring, MIT), and the Arizona LaserChron Center (George Gehrels, University of Arizona). Funding for this initiative is provided by the National Science Foundation (EAR-0929746) and the ExxonMobil
Corporation.
There is a collaboration with the "Working-Group for Geochronology by LA-ICPMS" to provide sets of zircon standards that LA-ICPMS and SIMS labs can use for technique development and interlab calibration tests
Entry date
2015-03-24
Last update
2025-01-27
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