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A Web Integrated Micropaleontological Database System

Marie-Pierre J. Aubry1 and Monique Bonnemaison2
1Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
2Private Consutant, Ligny Le Ribault, France

TYPHOON is an innovative computerized micropaleontologic database system involving the illustration and description of taxa, including calcareous nannofossil, planktonic and benthic foraminifera, dinoflagellates, diatoms and radiolarians. The easy to use operating system provides details of stratigraphy, biogeography, and synonymy. TYPHOON is driven by a database manager of the innovative knowledge Representation generation. TYPHOON has been active and funded for two years by a consortium of oil companies. The TYPHOON project is administratively managed by the Micropaleontology Project (www.micropress.org).

The wealth of micropaleontologic data is considerable. This owes to the central position of Micropaleontology in Geological Sciences, in academia as well as in oil companies, geological surveys and museums. Since the mid eighties, specialized publications in various forms have attempted to synthesize micropaleontologic data. However, as the amount of such data increases with increased sophistication of analytical techniques and methodologies, printed monographs simultaneously grow more specialized and larger. It is only fair to recognize that the integration of micropaleontological data is only possible in computerized form. Also, only a computerized format allows the periodic updates that rapid technological and methodological improvements require. Few digital databases have been successful because of the enormous amount of work that a comprehensively built integrated database requires. TYPHOON is an ambitious project developed in several steps. Our first objective is to make TYPHOON a highly efficient resource for the taxonomy, stratigraphy, ecology, biogeography and phylogeny of all microfossils. Our ultimate objective is to give TYPHOON the power of on-line age determination and stratigraphic interpretation. The TYPHOON project is administratively managed by SEPM .

 

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90078©2008 AAPG Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas