An evolving database for Quaternary aminostratigraphy

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Author(s)Wehmiller, John F.
Author(s)Pellerito, Vincent
Date Accessioned2025-11-04T22:25:54Z
Date Available2025-11-04T22:25:54Z
Publication Date2015-03-27
Description2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). This article was originally published in GeoResJ. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.grj.2015.02.009
AbstractAmino acid racemization (AAR) dating methods have been used since the mid-1960s. Since that time, information technologies have evolved as AAR laboratories have worked to appropriately catalog sample collections and analyses. The University of Delaware AAR Database (UDAARDB) is a database of AAR and other geochronological data from coastal Quaternary sites in North and South America that has been in development for over 25 years. In that time, database and software platforms have changed and a concerted effort has been made to digitize legacy data for preservation and to make these data available for future use. To ensure data preservation, all or part of UDAARDB is redundantly hosted at three institutions as data files and maps. Furthermore, the flexible nature of accessing the data (i.e., as online maps and common format data files) helps to maintain a public presence and, therefore, assists in their preservation.
SponsorAAR research and the development of UDAARDB at the University of Delaware has been supported by the United States Geological Survey and the National Science Foundation– United States. These funding sources had no influence on the study design or data collection and interpretation. We are grateful to Ben Mearns (Univ. Delaware) for continuing advice regarding on-line map design, William Simpson for assistance in archiving files in the University of Delaware Institutional Repository, and to Kelvin Ramsey, William Schenck, and Stefanie Baxter (Delaware Geological Survey) for web site support. Roger Portell, Paul Karrow, Dick Mitterer, Rick Oches, and Dan Belknap contributed information for the compilation of Florida AAR data, and the efforts of many students at the University of Delaware and colleagues elsewhere who generated the information now included in UDAARDB are deeply appreciated.
Citation"Wehmiller, John F., and Vincent Pellerito. “An Evolving Database for Quaternary Aminostratigraphy.” Rescuing Legacy Data for Future Science 6 (June 2015): 115–23.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.grj.2015.02.009 "
ISSN2214-2428
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/36712
Languageen_US
PublisherGeoResJ
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
KeywordsData rescue
KeywordsQuaternary
KeywordsCoastal
KeywordsGeochronology
KeywordsRacemization
KeywordsData management
TitleAn evolving database for Quaternary aminostratigraphy
TypeArticle
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