GP21A-3644:
A New Interface for the Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC) Paleo and Rock Magnetic Database
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Nicholas Jarboe1, Rupert Minnett2, Anthony A P Koppers3, Lisa Tauxe1, Catherine Constable1, Ron Shaar1 and Lori Jonestrask1, (1)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Cogense, Inc., Key Largo, FL, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Abstract:
The Magnetic Information Consortium (MagIC) database (http://earthref.org/MagIC/) continues to improve the ease of uploading data, the creation of complex searches, data visualization, and data downloads for the paleomagnetic, geomagnetic, and rock magnetic communities. Data uploading has been simplified and no longer requires the use of the Excel SmartBook interface. Instead, properly formatted MagIC text files can be dragged-and-dropped onto an HTML 5 web interface. Data can be uploaded one table at a time to facilitate ease of uploading and data error checking is done online on the whole dataset at once instead of incrementally in an Excel Console. Searching the database has improved with the addition of more sophisticated search parameters and with the ability to use them in complex combinations. Searches may also be saved as permanent URLs for easy reference or for use as a citation in a publication. Data visualization plots (ARAI, equal area, demagnetization, Zijderveld, etc.) are presented with the data when appropriate to aid the user in understanding the dataset. Data from the MagIC database may be downloaded from individual contributions or from online searches for offline use and analysis in the tab delimited MagIC text file format. With input from the paleomagnetic, geomagnetic, and rock magnetic communities, the MagIC database will continue to improve as a data warehouse and resource.
