Metamorphic Petrology
Metamorphic Petrology
Metamorphic petrology is the study of the changes (metamorphosis) in rocks that are due to heat and pressure. We are in the process of building a database (MetPetDB) that will store and make available public data sets on metamorphic petrology. The data sets will contain information on metamorphic samples and subsamples, chemical analyses and images of samples, subsamples and other analyses. Furthermore, the database will contain information linking the data to existing publications, people and institutions. This data will be uploaded by the users of the system through an upload facility. The database will make it possible to search and browse the available data and run different daa analysis tools on top of data.
Related Information:
Bouchra Bouqata, Adam Marcus, Frank Spear, and Boleslaw Szymanski, ``A day in the life of a metamorphic petrologist'', in Proceedings of the Semantic Web and Databases Workshop, 2006. [swdb2006.pdf][swdb_Presentation.pdf]
Our system in development ( Metpetdb ).
Wednesday, August 1, 2007