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| The sheer volume of data generated by biostratigraphers is extensive. Either generated academically or commercially, the data are stored digitally within numerous software platforms ranging from the simple spreadsheet to complex bespoke databases which include tools for well- or section- management, correlation, chart production and data analysis. There are also extensive web-based facilities which contain useful information on fossil classification and distribution (see list of sources at the end of this manual). | The sheer volume of data generated by biostratigraphers is extensive. Either generated academically or commercially, the data are stored digitally within numerous software platforms ranging from the simple spreadsheet to complex bespoke databases which include tools for well- or section- management, correlation, chart production and data analysis. There are also extensive web-based facilities which contain useful information on fossil classification and distribution (see list of sources at the end of this manual). |
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| | //The digital storage of biostratigraphical data only “got going” in the late 1980’s. The key database software, StrataBugs, came out of BP in the 1990’s. It is used by almost all Biostrat consultancies and many E&P companies that have biostratigraphers. RagWare & BugWare are primarily used by US based biostratigraphy consultancies. Biostratigraphical data interpretation software used in the industry stem from the Technical Alliance for Computation Stratigraphy (TACS) project run at EGI, Utah by Tony Gary.// |
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| Academics (in the loose sense) tend to be interested in the classification and evolutionary history of a particular set or subset of organisms and their biology/paleobiology and ecology. Commercial workers tend to be more interested in the stratigraphic limits of individual species or genera and their paleoenvironmental significance because of the value of this kind of data to exploration & production issues. The two are not mutually exclusive but there can be apparent disagreements – especially among industrial workers – on taking a strict “academic” approach over a “pragmatic” one. Consequently, different tools have evolved for different purposes but both can be very useful. | Academics (in the loose sense) tend to be interested in the classification and evolutionary history of a particular set or subset of organisms and their biology/paleobiology and ecology. Commercial workers tend to be more interested in the stratigraphic limits of individual species or genera and their paleoenvironmental significance because of the value of this kind of data to exploration & production issues. The two are not mutually exclusive but there can be apparent disagreements – especially among industrial workers – on taking a strict “academic” approach over a “pragmatic” one. Consequently, different tools have evolved for different purposes but both can be very useful. |
