Putting fossils on the map: Applying a geographical information system to heritage resources

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dc.citation.doi10.17159/ sajs.2015/20140371en_ZA
dc.citation.epage7en_ZA
dc.citation.issue11/12en_ZA
dc.citation.spage1en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan ver Walt, M.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, A.K.
dc.contributor.authorNetterberg, I.
dc.contributor.authorRubidge, B.S.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-12T08:02:16Z
dc.date.available2017-01-12T08:02:16Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.description.abstractA geographical information system (GIS) database was compiled of Permo-Triassic tetrapod fossils from the Karoo Supergoup in South African museum collections. This database is the first of its kind and has great time applicability for understanding tetrapod biodiversity change though time more than 200 million years ago. Because the museum catalogues all differed in recorded information and were not compliant with field capture requirements, this information had to be standardised to a format that could be utilised for archival and research application. Our paper focuses on the processes involved in building the GIS project, capturing metadata on fossil collections and formulating future best practices. The result is a multi-layered GIS database of the tetrapod fossil record of the Beaufort Group of South Africa for use as an accurate research tool in palaeo- and geoscience research with applications for ecology, ecosystems, stratigraphy and basin development.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianNCS2016en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan ver Walt, M. et al. 2015. Putting fossils on the map: Applying a geographical information system to heritage resources. South African Journal of Science 111(11/12): Article #2014-0371.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/21606
dc.journal.titleSouth African Journal of Scienceen_ZA
dc.journal.volume111en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAcademic of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).en_ZA
dc.rights© 2015. The Author(s). Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.en_ZA
dc.subjectSpatial dataen_ZA
dc.subjectPermo-triassicen_ZA
dc.subjectdatabaseen_ZA
dc.subjectKaroo Supergroupen_ZA
dc.titlePutting fossils on the map: Applying a geographical information system to heritage resourcesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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