The Digital Integrated Stratigraphy Project (DISP)

Munnecke A, Cramer BD, Boon DP, Kharwat R, Aiken CL, Schofield DI (2012)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2012

Journal

Bulletin of Geosciences Czech Geological Survey

Book Volume: 87

Pages Range: 705-712

Journal Issue: 4

URI: http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/contents/art1318

DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1318

Open Access Link: http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/fulltext/1318_Munnecke.pdf

Abstract

The Digital Integrated Stratigraphy Project (DISP) aims to eliminate the stratigraphical ambiguity associated with sam-ple position within a stratigraphical section. For example, it is often impractical or impossible to compare one author's measured section and data precisely against another author's geographically identical measured section and data due to discrepancies in the measured thicknesses of units, variations in the assignments of litho- and chronostratigraphical terms, and/or the precise line of measured sections between authors. The DISP will provide a solution to this problem by producing a precise 3-D digital rendering of the exposure using Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) LiDAR, Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), overlain digital photography, and GIS software to pro-duce a cm to mm-scale accurate digital version of a given exposure. Once available online as a permanent web-based digital resource for stratigraphy, researchers will be able to access the program and digital models of scanned exposures where they will have the means to log their sample positions directly onto the digital exposure while in the field, thus allow-ing unambiguous stratigraphical reference for future comparison. The Digital Integrated Stratigraphy Project represents the next generation of stratigraphical standard and can serve as the protocol for the future of high-resolution Palaeozoic Earth history research.

Authors with CRIS profile

Axel Munnecke Professur für Paläontologie (Schwerpunkt Faziesanalyse)

Involved external institutions

British Geological Survey GB United Kingdom (GB) University of Iowa US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

Munnecke, A., Cramer, B.D., Boon, D.P., Kharwat, R., Aiken, C.L., & Schofield, D.I. (2012). The Digital Integrated Stratigraphy Project (DISP). Bulletin of Geosciences, 87(4), 705-712. https://dx.doi.org/10.3140/bull.geosci.1318

MLA:

Munnecke, Axel, et al. "The Digital Integrated Stratigraphy Project (DISP)." Bulletin of Geosciences 87.4 (2012): 705-712.

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