PHANEROZOIC EARTH AND LIFE: THE PALEOINTEGRATION PROJECT

Allister Rees - Department of Geosciences, University of ArizonaJohn Alroy - Paleobiology Database, NCEAS, University of CaliforniaChris Scotese - Paleomap Project, University of Texas at ArlingtonAshraf Memon - San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of CaliforniaDavid Rowley - Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of ChicagoJudy Parrish - Department of Geological Sciences, University of IdahoDave Weishampel - Cell Biology & Anatomy, The Johns Hopkins University Emil Platon - Energy and Geoscience Institute, University of UtahMaureen O'Leary - Department of Anatomical Sciences, SUNY Stony BrookMark Chandler - Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia UniversityWolfgang Kiessling - Humboldt-University of Berlin

Graphic Correlation Database

PGAPPGAP

Graphic Correlation Database

PGAPPGAP

Graphic Correlation Database

PGAPPGAP

How?Why?

3-tier architecture:

Front - user interface (computer terminal, user-friendly search terms and tools)

Back - databases (schema, ontology coding - age, geography, content)

Middleware - translates user-selected parameters for database searches - keeps track of user selections (workflow), so a modified search doesn’t mean “starting over” - routes user requests to different software components (e.g. data query, spatial data conversion), bringing results from multiple databases and tools together on one screen

How?

THE PALEOINTEGRATION PROJECT IN GEONhttp://www.geongrid.org/

JURASSIC ‘HOTHOUSE WORLD’

Late JurassicVolgian (150 Ma)

Why?

Late JurassicVolgian (150 Ma)

JURASSIC – ANTARCTICA

LATE JURASSIC PLANT DIVERSITY

Paleobiology Database (PBDB)Paleomap Project

LATE JURASSIC COALS AND EVAPORITES

Paleogeographic Atlas Project (PGAP)Oil Source Rocks Dataset (OSR)Paleomap Project

LATE JURASSIC DINOSAURS

Dinosauria Dataset (DINO)Paleomap Project

TENDAGURU

MORRISON

Integration of various data, datasets and databases

Download search results, analyze and interpret data

Fossil collection and publication

Publish new results and interpretations?

Late Jurassic Climates, Vegetation, and Dinosaur Distributions

Integration of various data, datasets and databases

Download search results, analyze and interpret data

Fossil collection and publication

Publish new results and interpretations?

Early Jurassic Climates, Vegetation, and Dinosaur Distributions

Rapid and seamless data retrieval, enabling users to focus on geoscience questions:

- Paleoclimate interpretations

- Biotic responses to global change

PALEOINTEGRATION PROJECT - SUMMARY

Rapid and seamless data retrieval, enabling users to focus on geoscience questions:

- Paleoclimate interpretations

- Biotic responses to global change

Advancing geologic data and tools integration to match climate model developments:

- Climate model evaluations- Hothouse World retrodictions and predictions

PALEOINTEGRATION PROJECT - SUMMARY