DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-911-2016
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84964647451
论文题名: Palaeo-sea-level and palaeo-ice-sheet databases: Problems, strategies, and perspectives
作者: Düsterhus A. ; Rovere A. ; Carlson A.E. ; Horton B.P. ; Klemann V. ; Tarasov L. ; Barlow N.L.M. ; Bradwell T. ; Clark J. ; Dutton A. ; Roland Gehrels W. ; Hibbert F.D. ; Hijma M.P. ; Khan N. ; Kopp R.E. ; Sivan D. ; Törnqvist T.E.
刊名: Climate of the Past
ISSN: 18149324
出版年: 2016
卷: 12, 期: 4 起始页码: 911
结束页码: 921
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: accessibility
; communication
; data interpretation
; database
; Earth
; geological record
; ice sheet
; information
; information technology
; paleoceanography
; research work
; sea level
; uncertainty analysis
英文摘要: Sea-level and ice-sheet databases have driven numerous advances in understanding the Earth system. We describe the challenges and offer best strategies that can be adopted to build self-consistent and standardised databases of geological and geochemical information used to archive palaeo-sea-levels and palaeo-ice-sheets. There are three phases in the development of a database: (i) measurement, (ii) interpretation, and (iii) database creation. Measurement should include the objective description of the position and age of a sample, description of associated geological features, and quantification of uncertainties. Interpretation of the sample may have a subjective component, but it should always include uncertainties and alternative or contrasting interpretations, with any exclusion of existing interpretations requiring a full justification. During the creation of a database, an approach based on accessibility, transparency, trust, availability, continuity, completeness, and communication of content (ATTAC3) must be adopted. It is essential to consider the community that creates and benefits from a database. We conclude that funding agencies should not only consider the creation of original data in specific research-question-oriented projects, but also include the possibility of using part of the funding for IT-related and database creation tasks, which are essential to guarantee accessibility and maintenance of the collected data. © 2016 Author(s). Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/49030
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Düsterhus A.,Rovere A.,Carlson A.E.,et al. Palaeo-sea-level and palaeo-ice-sheet databases: Problems, strategies, and perspectives[J]. Climate of the Past,2016-01-01,12(4)