Palaeo-sea-level and palaeo-ice-sheet databases: problems, strategies, and perspectives

@article{Düsterhus2016,
  Title = {Palaeo-sea-level and palaeo-ice-sheet databases: problems, strategies, and perspectives},
  Author = {Düsterhus, André and Rovere, Alessio and Carlson, Anders E. and Horton, Benjamin P. and Klemann, Volker and Tarasov, Lev and Barlow, Natasha L. M. and Bradwell, Tom and Clark, Jorie and Dutton, Andrea and Gehrels, W. Roland and Hibbert, Fiona D. and Hijma, Marc P. and Khan, Nicole and Kopp, Robert E. and Sivan, Dorit and Törnqvist, Torbjörn E.},
  Editor = {},
  Journal = {Climate of the past},
  Year = {2016},
  Pages = {911-921},
  Volume = {12},
  Doi = {10.5194/cp-12-911-2016},
  Abstract = {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.},
}

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Düsterhus, André
AU  - Rovere, Alessio
AU  - Carlson, Anders E.
AU  - Horton, Benjamin P.
AU  - Klemann, Volker
AU  - Tarasov, Lev
AU  - Barlow, Natasha L. M.
AU  - Bradwell, Tom
AU  - Clark, Jorie
AU  - Dutton, Andrea
AU  - Gehrels, W. Roland
AU  - Hibbert, Fiona D.
AU  - Hijma, Marc P.
AU  - Khan, Nicole
AU  - Kopp, Robert E.
AU  - Sivan, Dorit
AU  - Törnqvist, Torbjörn E.
TI  - Palaeo-sea-level and palaeo-ice-sheet databases: problems, strategies, and perspectives
T2  - Climate of the past
PY  - 2016
SP  - 911-921
VL  - 12
DO  - 10.5194/cp-12-911-2016
AB  - 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.
ER  -