Data Submission Guidelines
Metadata
We aim to make data submission easy for contributors. The basic metadata we request includes:
- Names of scientists to whom the data should be credited
- References in which the data were published
- Related field program information
- Data type and device details
- Funding agency and award numbers.
Data Types
The Marine-Geo Digital Library handles a wide range of
geoscience
data types
including geophysical data, bathymetry, side-scan sonar, imagery, maps, seismic reflection, gridded compilations,
earthquake catalogs, and other derived data products.
If you wish to contribute a data type that is not currently listed, please
contact us.
File Types
MGDS can accomodate a variety of file types, many of which are self-describing.
Please provide units where appropriate.
If you wish to contribute a file type that is not
currently handled by MGDS,
please
contact us.
