- 责任者：Fan Junxuan (State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy ; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Nanjing 210008 ; China) ; Hou Xudong
- 刊名：Journal of Stratigraphy
- 出版年：2013
- 卷期：37(4)
- 关键词：地层学 ; stratigraphy ; 数据库 ; data bases
- 页码：p.400-409
- 图表：9 illus., 12 refs.
- 分类号：1200
- issnNo：ISSN0253-4959
- isbnNo：CN32-1187/P
After seven years＇ development, the Geobiodiversity Database （GBDB） has become the biggest stratigraphic database in the world and the official database of the International Commission on Stratigraphy （ICS） in 2012. As of March, 2013, a total of over 6 ,000 sections, 40,000 collections and200,000 fossil occurrences from the world has been digitized and compiled into the GBDB platform. Chrono-, bio- and litho-stratigraphic data are incorporated in the present database structure. Many visualization and analytical tools have been developed to make the database more useful as a scientific and educational tool, such as geographic visualization, stratigraphic visualization, panoramic view of outcrop, quantitative stratigraphic correlation, and 2D and 3D distribution of strata of any unique geologic body.