Geoscience Australia ISOTOPE Database

The ISOTOPE database stores compiled age and isotopic data from a range of published and unpublished (GA and non-GA) sources. This internal database is only publicly accessible through the webservices given as links on this page.

This data compilation includes sample and bibliographic links. The data structure currently supports summary ages (e.g., U-Pb and Ar/Ar) through the INTERPRETED_AGES tables, as well as extended system-specific tables for Sm-Nd, Pb-Pb, Lu-Hf and O- isotopes. The data structure is designed to be extensible to adapt to evolving requirements for the storage of isotopic data. ISOTOPE and the data holdings were initially developed as part of the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program.

During development of ISOTOPE, some key considerations in compiling and storing diverse, multi-purpose isotopic datasets were developed:

1) Improved sample characterisation and bibliographic links. Often, the usefulness of an isotopic dataset is limited by the metadata available for the parent sample. Better harvesting of fundamental sample data (and better integration with related national datasets such as Australian Geological Provinces and the Australian Stratigraphic Units Database) simplifies the process of filtering an isotopic data compilation using spatial, geological and bibliographic criteria, as well as facilitating ‘audits’ targeting missing isotopic data.

2) Generalised, extensible structures for isotopic data. The need for system-specific tables for isotopic analyses does not preclude the development of generalised data-structures that reflect universal relationships. GA has modelled relational tables linking system-specific Sessions, Analyses, and interpreted data-Groups, which has proven adequate for all of the Isotopic Atlas layers developed thus far.

3) Dual delivery of ‘derived’ isotopic data. In some systems, it is critical to capture the published data (i.e. isotopic measurements and derived values, as presented by the original author) and generate an additional set of derived values from the same measurements, calculated using a single set of reference parameters (e.g. decay constant, depleted-mantle values, etc.) that permit ‘normalised’ portrayal of the data compilation-wide.

4) Flexibility in data delivery mode. In radiogenic isotope geochronology (e.g. U-Pb, Ar-Ar), careful compilation and attribution of ‘interpreted ages’ can meet the needs of much of the user-base, even without an explicit link to the constituent analyses. In contrast, isotope geochemistry (especially microbeam-based methods such as Lu-Hf via laser ablation) is usually focused on the individual measurements, without which interpreted ‘sample-averages’ have limited value. Data delivery should reflect key differences of this kind.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2020-02-07
Date (Publication)
2021-05-03T05:09:15
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/131588

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/https://doi.org/10.26186/131588

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Purpose

Authoritative age and isotope information across Australia

Status
Under development
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Spatial representation type

Spatial resolution

Level of detail

Variable and determined by the source information

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

Temporal extent

Time period
2017-01-01 2020-06-30

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Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Protocol

FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY

Name of the resource

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Description

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf

  • Isotope Geochemistry

  • Geochronology

{1}

  • HVC_144624

Project

  • EFTF - Exploring For The Future

Discipline

  • Radiometric dating

Discipline

  • U-Pb dating

Discipline

  • Sm-Nd isotopes

Discipline

  • Samarium - neodymium isotopes

Discipline

  • Lu-Hf isotopes

Discipline

  • Lutetium - hafnium isotopes

Discipline

  • Pb-Pb isotopes

Discipline

  • Common Lead

Theme

  • Model age

Discipline

  • Oxygen isotopes

Discipline

  • Uranium - lead dating

Project

  • Exploring for the Future

Project

  • EFTF

Discipline

  • geochronology

{1}

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

Edition

4.0

Website

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

Geochronology And Isotopes WFS

Citation identifier
134340

Citation identifier
1bf10479-ef2d-4631-98d2-730ede9c92c7

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/134340

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

Geochronology And Isotopes WMS

Citation identifier
134341

Citation identifier
8fd8a9e2-b5b0-4e7e-bd24-2e8aedac249d

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/134341

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

Geochronology And Isotopes WMTS

Citation identifier
145362

Citation identifier
4a1d2745-029a-4fea-a2e0-75a0374667c9

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/145362

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

Geochronology And Isotopes WCS

Citation identifier
145363

Citation identifier
a44fc4d4-5711-4d40-aacf-35c745f1281a

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/145363

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
OnLine resource

Geochronology And Isotopes WFS

Geochronology And Isotopes WFS

Distribution format

  • OGC:WFS

OnLine resource

Geochronology And Isotopes WMS

Geochronology And Isotopes WMS

Distribution format

  • OGC:WMS

OnLine resource

Geochronology And Isotopes WCS

Geochronology And Isotopes WCS

Distribution format

  • OGC:WCS

OnLine resource

Geochronology And Isotopes WMTS

Geochronology And Isotopes WMTS

Distribution format

  • OGC:WMTS

Resource lineage

Statement

Includes data compiled from GA's GEOCHRON database, from GA Records compiling U-Pb data (Anderson et al 2017, eCat 115184 and Jones et al 2018, eCat 123951), and will include the compiled data in Fraser et al: an Ar/Ar compilation for Northern Australia (in prep), the Champion, D.C., 2013. Neodymium depleted mantle model age map of Australia GA Record 2013/044, Huston lead isotope map Record (eCat 127263), and new data generated during the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/GDA94 / Geoscience Australia Lambert (EPSG:3112)

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/68b73250-56ae-4b2a-88f9-3957ede60e36

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Waltenberg, K.

 MEG Internal Contact
Resource provider

Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division

 External Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/131588

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/68b73250-56ae-4b2a-88f9-3957ede60e36

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au:80/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/68b73250-56ae-4b2a-88f9-3957ede60e36

Date info (Creation)
2019-09-26T01:07:54
Date info (Revision)
2019-09-26T01:07:54

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/131588

 
 

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Keywords

Common Lead EFTF EFTF - Exploring For The Future Exploring for the Future HVC_144624 Lu-Hf isotopes Lutetium - hafnium isotopes Model age Oxygen isotopes Pb-Pb isotopes Published_External Radiometric dating Samarium - neodymium isotopes Sm-Nd isotopes U-Pb dating Uranium - lead dating geochronology
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
Geochronology Isotope Geochemistry

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