The Paleontological Stratigraphic Interval Construction and Analysis Tool

• Main Author: Reed, Joshua Allen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Iowa State University Digital Repository 2007
• Subjects: Geological and atmospheric sciences;Human computer interaction; Computer Sciences; Geology; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/15105; https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=16104&context=rtd

Core description diagrams are the primary record of the cylindrical rock samples that result from the scientific drilling process. Typically, these diagrams are drawn by hand in field books and then drafted up in a graphics program for publication. Very rarely are the actual data encoded in the diag...