Unifying Chronostratigraphic Databases Workshop

【摘要】整理年代地层数据库研讨会：克里斯托弗·基恩和史蒂文·斯坦利美国地质研究所提议召开一次研讨会，把一些研究年代地层数据库的小组聚集在一起。讲习班的主要目标是为一个科学实体联盟建立框架，该联盟将进行持续努力，不断重新校准时间尺度，同时通过地质时间的协调数据系统重新评估其与各种地质数据和气温模式的关系。通过研讨会，参与者将确定目前正在进行的每一项年代地层研究的性质、相似性和面临的问题。一个校准良好、应用得当的地质时间尺度对我们了解地球的演化至关重要，包括岩石和化石的年龄、地球历史上重大事件的时间以及自然过程的速率。讲习班将审查处理地质时间的协调数据系统的一系列最终用户的需要。通过建立主要终端用户需求和各组织面临的问题清单，可以有效地构建地质时间协调数据系统的有效方案。

ABSTRACTUnifying Chronostratigraphic Databases WorkshopChristopher Keane and Steven StanleyEAR-0224582The American Geological Institute proposes to convene a workshop to bring together a number of the groups working on chronostratigraphic databases. The primary goal of the workshop is to establish the framework for a consortium of scientific entities that will undertake a sustained effort to continually recalibrate the time scale, while simultaneously reassessing its relationship to a wide variety of geologic data and temp[oral patterns through a coordinated data system of geologic time. Through the workshop, participants will identify the nature, similarities, and issues facing each chronostratigraphic effort currently underway. A well calibrated, properly applied geologic time scale is essential to our understanding the evolution of the Earth, including the ages of rocks and fossils, timing of major events in earth history, and rates of natural processes. The workshop will examine the needs of a range of end-users of a coordinated data system dealing with geologic time. By establishing a list of primary end-user needs as well as issues facing each organization, an effective plan for building a coordinated data system of geologic time can be effectively constructed.