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

该合同将支持为期两天的研讨会，以建立u系列测年方法的数据报告要求和程序。这项工作是在EarthChem和EARTHTIME项目之间进行的，并得到了英国地质调查局（BGS）的一些赞助。该研讨会将于2010年6月21日至22日在英国诺丁汉的英国地质调查局举行。主要的技术挑战是建立必需的报告需求，包括特定的数据和元数据项。还将确定可选要求。此外，我们将探索通过使用XML通信或web表单交互的数据简化包向EarthChem的Geochron数据库提交数据的软件方法。u系列定年法依赖于铀的各种中间但仍具有放射性的子产物衰变达到稳定结构所需的时间。一开始，子元素不以平衡浓度存在？这是在几十万年的时间里建立起来的。这种方法对于确定最近的火山和海洋沉积物的年龄非常有效，特别是在不到50万年的样本上。讲习班的目的是使报告结果完整和透明。这样，来自不同实验室和/或使用不同程序和设备的样品可以在平等的基础上进行比较。此外，研讨会应该建立一种方法，使这些数据能够报告，并最终被各种各样的用户发现，包括研究人员、学生和其他感兴趣的个人。通过这种方式，火山爆发、海平面上升和气候变化等事件以及无数其他近期地质现象可以更好地理解，并与相关数据相结合。

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.