Advancing Precambrian palaeomagnetism with the PALEOMAGIA and PINT(QPI) databases

• Published in: Scientific data Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 170068
• Main Authors: Veikkolainen, Toni H., Biggin, Andrew J., Pesonen, Lauri J., Evans, David A., Jarboe, Nicholas A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23-05-2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/2151/214; 704/2151/412; Data Descriptor; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Science
• ISSN: 2052-4463; 2052-4463
• DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2017.68

State-of-the-art measurements of the direction and intensity of Earth’s ancient magnetic field have made important contributions to our understanding of the geology and palaeogeography of Precambrian Earth. The PALEOMAGIA and PINT(
QPI
) databases provide thorough public collections of important palaeomagnetic data of this kind. They comprise more than 4,100 observations in total and have been essential in supporting our international collaborative efforts to understand Earth's magnetic history on a timescale far longer than that of the present Phanerozoic Eon. Here, we provide an overview of the technical structure and applications of both databases, paying particular attention to recent improvements and discoveries.
Design Type(s)
data integration objective • observation design • database creation objective
Measurement Type(s)
magnetic field strength
Technology Type(s)
digital curation
Factor Type(s)
Sample Characteristic(s)
Earth
Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data
(ISA-Tab format)