Using the ASCII version of the global paleomagnetic database

Abstract

In August 1991, through the World Data Center A in Boulder, Colo., the first version of the Global Paleomagnetic Database (GPMDB) developed by Lock and McElhinny [1991] was released for general use. Two versions of the GPMDB were developed, the first for the ORACLE Database Management System and the second in ASCII form. A program that allows remote users to search the “ABASE” version of GPMDB via Internet, selecting data on the basis of geographical coordinates of sampling sites and magnetization ages, was recently presented in Eos [Harbert, 1993].

An Expanding Earth - A reply to two recent denial papers

“…These conformities ( Fig. 1) are supported by successful cartographic experiments (Scalera 2018) that match all the similarities on an Earth of about 55% of the current radius, with important support of paleopole data from the GPMDB catalogue (Lock & McElhinny 1991;Florindo et al 1994;Pisarevsky 2005). In PS2 these results are overlooked or devalued, perhaps intentionally showing only incorrect representations that would be more readily rejected by average readers.…”

Palaeomagnetic database: the effect of quality filtering for geodynamic studies

“…Vandenberg et al 1978;Channell et al 1978Channell et al , 1980; H o r n e r & Lowrie 1981;Tauxe et al 1983;Besse et al 1984;Mattei et al 1992;Sagnotti 1992;Sagnotti et al 1994; other papers in this volume). Many authors have also published critical reviews of the existing data (e.g., Vandenberg & Zijderveld 1982;Lowrie 1986;Van der Voo 1993;Channell, this volume).…”

“…For both of these purposes, software has been developed by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica (Florindo et al 1994), based on the ACCESS version of the GPMDB. This software uses 20 criteria in space, time and quality, enabling immediate evaluation of the pole distributions by means of a mapping program.…”