Visualization of geochemical data for rocks and sediments in Google Earth: Development of a data converter application for geochemical and isotopic data sets in database systems

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Yamagishi, Yasuko ^a   Suzuki, Katsuhiko ^a   Tamura, Hajimu ^a   Yanaka, Hiroshi ^b   Tsuboi, Seiji ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

data converter; geochemical data; Google Earth; image overlay system; visualization; Web application

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MARKUP LANGUAGES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VISUALIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DATA CONVERTER; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GOOGLE EARTH; IMAGE OVERLAY SYSTEM; WEB APPLICATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; DATABASE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOFTWARE; VISUALIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 79953700018     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003490     Document Type: Article

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