Workshop Support: Establishing Data Reporting Requirements and Data Archiving for U-Series Dating

该奖项将支持为期两天的研讨会，以建立数据报告要求和程序的U系列测年方法。 这项工作是地球化学和地球时间项目之间的合作，并得到了英国地质调查局（BGS）的赞助。 研讨会将于2010年6月21日和22日在英国诺丁汉的BGS举行。 主要的技术挑战是确定必要的报告要求，包括具体的数据和元数据项目。 还将确定可选要求。 此外，我们将探索软件方法，通过数据简化包使用XML通信或Web表单交互提交数据到地球年代数据库EarthChem.The U系列测年方法依赖于各种中间，但仍然放射性的子产品铀衰变达到稳定配置的时间。 起初，子元素不存在于平衡浓度？这是在几十万年的时间里建立起来的。 该方法对于确定近代火山和海洋沉积物的年龄非常有效，特别是对于不到50万年的样品。 讲习班的目的是使成果报告完整和透明。 通过这种方式，可以在平等的基础上比较来自不同实验室和/或使用不同程序和设备的样品。 此外，研讨会应建立一种方法，使这些数据能够被报告并最终被各种用户发现，包括研究人员、学生和其他感兴趣的个人。 通过这种方式，可以更好地了解火山爆发、海平面和气候变化等事件以及无数其他近期地质现象，并将其与相关数据结合起来。

This award will support a two-day workshop to establish data reporting requirements and procedures for the U-series dating method. The effort is between the EarthChem and EARTHTIME projects, and has some sponsorship from the British Geological Survey (BGS). The workshop will be held on June 21 and 22, 2010, at the BGS in Nottingham, UK. The main technical challenges are to establish required reporting requirements including specific data and metadata items. Optional requirements will also be identified. In addition, we will explore software approaches via data reduction packages using XML communication or web form interaction to submit data to the Geochron database at EarthChem.The U-series dating method relies on the time it takes the various intermediate but still radioactive daughter products of Uranium decay to reach a stable configuration. At first, the daughter elements are not present in equilibrium concentration ? this is established over a period of a few hundred thousand years. The method is very powerful for establishing ages of recent volcanic and marine deposits, particularly on samples less than around half a million years old. The workshop is to make the reporting of results complete and transparent. In this way, samples from different labs and/or using different procedures and equipment can be compared on an equal basis. In addition, the workshop should establish a way for these data to be reported and ultimately discovered by a wide variety of users, including researchers, students, and other interested individuals. In this way, events such as volcanic eruptions, sea level and climate changes, and a myriad of other recent geological phenomenon can be better understood and integrated with related data.