Purpose

The GEODESC application tool set is designed for geological core describers and micropaleontologists participating in scientific drilling expedition projects managed by the JOIDES Resolution Science Operator (JRSO).The tool set functionalities are designed to optimize the workflow on the JRSO managed expedition projects, and it can therefore not easily be used outside the JRSO computing infrastructure. For example, the JRSO LIMS database holds the sample registry and runs the depth calculation routines, and the GEODESC applications use those resources. However, catalog resources as well as templates and final data products are accessible in tab-delimited text form and can as such be applied, analyzed and processed outside the GEODESC tool set. 

Overview

Figure 1: Schematic overview of GEODESC users, user applications, and database 'backbone'.