Degree Name
MS (Master of Science)
Program
Geosciences
Date of Award
5-2024
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
T. Andrew Joyner
Committee Members
Joshua X. Samuels, Blaine W. Schubert
Abstract
Fossil localities across the state of Tennessee and the data related to those sites were compiled from Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 84, titled “Tennessee’s Prehistoric Vertebrates,” and stored in a Microsoft Access geodatabase housed by the Department of Collections at the East Tennessee State University Museum of Natural History located at the Gray Fossil Site. Included in the database are forms to enter new site localities, view information about those already entered, view and add data to a master faunal list for the state, view sites repository information and store and add documents that are key-word searchable from the main menu. This database was compiled to give researchers a straightforward and easy to use means of analyzing known information about paleontological sites across the state, with the potential to be expanded worldwide. Conservation of data is crucial and can be lost over time unless data preservation efforts are made.
Document Type
Thesis - embargo
Recommended Citation
Mclaurine, Sarah, "Establishing “The Fossil Record”: A Database of Vertebrate Paleontological Sites Across the State of Tennessee" (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 4386. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/4386
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.
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Data Science Commons, Other Earth Sciences Commons, Paleobiology Commons, Paleontology Commons