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To: lbowlds @ GSAHOST
Date: 24-Aug-95 10:01:22
Reply-to: GEONET-L @ CSN{GEONET-L@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU} (GEONET-L Geoscience Librarians & Information Specialists)
From: HEISER @ CSN{HEISER@cluster.ucs.indiana.edu} (Lois Heiser * Geology Library * 812-855-7170 *)
Subject: "Geological Data Management"
From: PO1::"Mike@mikegsph.demon.co.uk" 24-AUG-1995 09:55:06.08
To: GEONET-L@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu
Subj: Re: Geological Data Management
The Geological Society in the UK has just published this book which may be of
interest to subscribers of this list.
Geological Data Management
Edited by J.R.A. Giles(British Geological Survey,UK)
Geological Society Special Publication No. 97
List price £55/US$91
The variety, form and volume of data available to geologists have increased
significantly over the past few decades. It has become essential to use
databases to turn this avalanche of data into useable information. A significant
number of databases that are created do not repay the cost and effort of their
creation. With this in mind this book reviews the principle and practice of the
creation, management and use of geological databases, from the point of view of
geological database designers, managers and users. The aim of this book is to
increase the proportion of successful geological database projects by
encouraging careful thought about the processes that are involved in the design
and management of a database.
Contents:
Geological Data Management
Giles, J. R. A. The what, why, when, how, where and who of geological
data management
Database design
Rasmussen, K. An overview of database analysis and design for geological
systems
Chew, K. J. Data modelling a general purpose petroleum geological database
Coats, J. S. & Harris, J. R. Database design in geochemistry: BGS experience
Giles, J. R A. & Bain, K. A. The nature of data on a geological map
Saunders, M. R., Shields, J. A. & Taylor, M. R. Improving the value of
geological data: a standarized data model for industry
Lhotak, M. & Boulter, M. C. Towards the creation of an international
database of palaeontology
Toll, D. G. & Oliver, A. J. Structuring soil and rock descriptions for storage
in geotechnical databases
Mallender, S. The use of text databases in the management of exploration data
Data management
Lowe, D. J. The geological data manager: an expanding role to fill a rapidly
growing need
Duller, P. R. The quality assurance of geological data
Henley, S. Project databases: standards and security
Lowry, R. K. & Cramer, R. N. Database applications supporting community
research projects in NERC marine sciences
Lowry, R. K. & Loch, S. Transfer and SERPLO: powerful data quality control
tools developed by the British Oceanographic Data Centre
Bowie, R. C. Data management in the National Geological Records Centre
Miller, R. G. & Gardner, J. S. Geoscience data value, cost and management
in the oil industry
Case studies
Doorgakant, P. Groundwater level archive for England and Wales
Power, S., Scott, M., Robinson, G. & Statham, I. Database design and data
management on the Swansea-Llanelli Earth Science Mapping Project
McKenzie, A. A. A hydrogeological database for Honduras
Allen, S. G. CD-ROM and its application to the petroleum industry
Further details Tel: 44 1225 445046 Fax: 44 1225 442836
Geological Society Publishing House
Unit 7, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath BA1 3JN UK
--
Mike
email: mike@mikegsph.demon.co.uk
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