AusGeochem: An Open Platform for Geochemical Data Preservation, Dissemination and Synthesis

To promote a more efficient and transparent geochemistry data ecosystem, a consortium of Australian university research laboratories called the AuScope Geochemistry Network assembled to build a collaborative platform for the express purpose of preserving, disseminating and collating geochronology an...

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Main Authors: Boone, S.C., Dalton, H., Prent, Alexander, Kohlmann, F., Theile, M., Gréau, Y., Florin, G., Noble, W., Hodgekiss, S.A., Ware, Bryant, Phillips, D., Kohn, B., O’Reilly, S., Gleadow, A., McInnes, Brent, Rawling, T.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2022
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91738
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author Boone, S.C.
Dalton, H.
Prent, Alexander
Kohlmann, F.
Theile, M.
Gréau, Y.
Florin, G.
Noble, W.
Hodgekiss, S.A.
Ware, Bryant
Phillips, D.
Kohn, B.
O’Reilly, S.
Gleadow, A.
McInnes, Brent
Rawling, T.
author_facet Boone, S.C.
Dalton, H.
Prent, Alexander
Kohlmann, F.
Theile, M.
Gréau, Y.
Florin, G.
Noble, W.
Hodgekiss, S.A.
Ware, Bryant
Phillips, D.
Kohn, B.
O’Reilly, S.
Gleadow, A.
McInnes, Brent
Rawling, T.
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description To promote a more efficient and transparent geochemistry data ecosystem, a consortium of Australian university research laboratories called the AuScope Geochemistry Network assembled to build a collaborative platform for the express purpose of preserving, disseminating and collating geochronology and isotopic data. In partnership with geoscience-data-solutions company Lithodat Pty Ltd, the open, cloud-based AusGeochem platform (https://ausgeochem.auscope.org.au) was developed to simultaneously serve as a geosample registry, a geochemical data repository and a data analysis tool. Informed by method-specific groups of geochemistry experts and established international data reporting practices, community-agreed database schemas were developed for rock and mineral geosample metadata and secondary ion mass spectrometry U-Pb analysis, with additional models for laser ablation-inductively coupled-mass spectrometry U-Pb and Lu-Hf, Ar-Ar, fission-track and (U-Th-Sm)/He under development. Collectively, the AusGeochem platform provides the geochemistry community with a new, dynamic resource to help facilitate FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data management, streamline data dissemination and advanced quantitative investigations of Earth system processes. By systematically archiving detailed geochemical (meta-)data in structured schemas, intractably large datasets comprising thousands of analyses produced by numerous laboratories can be readily interrogated in novel and powerful ways. These include rapid derivation of inter-data relationships, facilitating on-the-fly data compilation, analysis and visualisation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-917382023-05-30T08:00:48Z AusGeochem: An Open Platform for Geochemical Data Preservation, Dissemination and Synthesis Boone, S.C. Dalton, H. Prent, Alexander Kohlmann, F. Theile, M. Gréau, Y. Florin, G. Noble, W. Hodgekiss, S.A. Ware, Bryant Phillips, D. Kohn, B. O’Reilly, S. Gleadow, A. McInnes, Brent Rawling, T. To promote a more efficient and transparent geochemistry data ecosystem, a consortium of Australian university research laboratories called the AuScope Geochemistry Network assembled to build a collaborative platform for the express purpose of preserving, disseminating and collating geochronology and isotopic data. In partnership with geoscience-data-solutions company Lithodat Pty Ltd, the open, cloud-based AusGeochem platform (https://ausgeochem.auscope.org.au) was developed to simultaneously serve as a geosample registry, a geochemical data repository and a data analysis tool. Informed by method-specific groups of geochemistry experts and established international data reporting practices, community-agreed database schemas were developed for rock and mineral geosample metadata and secondary ion mass spectrometry U-Pb analysis, with additional models for laser ablation-inductively coupled-mass spectrometry U-Pb and Lu-Hf, Ar-Ar, fission-track and (U-Th-Sm)/He under development. Collectively, the AusGeochem platform provides the geochemistry community with a new, dynamic resource to help facilitate FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data management, streamline data dissemination and advanced quantitative investigations of Earth system processes. By systematically archiving detailed geochemical (meta-)data in structured schemas, intractably large datasets comprising thousands of analyses produced by numerous laboratories can be readily interrogated in novel and powerful ways. These include rapid derivation of inter-data relationships, facilitating on-the-fly data compilation, analysis and visualisation. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91738 10.1111/ggr.12419 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Boone, S.C.
Dalton, H.
Prent, Alexander
Kohlmann, F.
Theile, M.
Gréau, Y.
Florin, G.
Noble, W.
Hodgekiss, S.A.
Ware, Bryant
Phillips, D.
Kohn, B.
O’Reilly, S.
Gleadow, A.
McInnes, Brent
Rawling, T.
AusGeochem: An Open Platform for Geochemical Data Preservation, Dissemination and Synthesis
title AusGeochem: An Open Platform for Geochemical Data Preservation, Dissemination and Synthesis
title_full AusGeochem: An Open Platform for Geochemical Data Preservation, Dissemination and Synthesis
title_fullStr AusGeochem: An Open Platform for Geochemical Data Preservation, Dissemination and Synthesis
title_full_unstemmed AusGeochem: An Open Platform for Geochemical Data Preservation, Dissemination and Synthesis
title_short AusGeochem: An Open Platform for Geochemical Data Preservation, Dissemination and Synthesis
title_sort ausgeochem: an open platform for geochemical data preservation, dissemination and synthesis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91738