Geoscience Information

1. Application of information handling to applied geology

   1. Data Banking in IEA Coal Research

      • Brian J. Moss

      Pages 141-159

   2. International Access to the Petroleum Abstracts Information System

      • Roy W. Graves, John A. Bailey

      Pages 160-176

   3. An Advanced Hydrogeological Data Storage and Retrieval System in Use in New South Wales

      • J. B. Joseph, R. J. Garrard, D. R. Woolley

      Pages 177-192

2. Documentation in specialized areas

   1. Applications, Availability and Acquisition of Earth Satellite Imagery for Geology

      • Nigel Press

      Pages 193-198

   2. Bibliographical Control of Geological Maps

      • Judith A. Diment, John R. Schroeder

      Pages 199-216

   3. The Link between “Data” and “Documentation”

      • Cornelius F. Burk Jr.

      Pages 217-225

   4. Earth Science and the Foreign Language Problem

      • D. N. Wood

      Pages 226-246

3. User viewpoints

   1. Geology Presented in Collections of Papers from the Published Literature

      • Frederick Betz Jr., A. Milo Dowden

      Pages 247-262

   2. Geoscience Information Sources and Services from the User’s Viewpoint

      • Julie Bichteler

      Pages 263-270

   3. Information Transfer to the Geoscientist Through the International Union of Geological Sciences

      • Rosalind Walcott

      Pages 271-276

   4. Status of Information Education for Geoscientists in the United States and Canada

      • Diane C. Parker

      Pages 277-283

   5. Some Practical Approaches to Geoscience Information Problems of Developing Countries

      • A. R. Berger, V. Ricaldi

      Pages 284-287

The International Conference on Geological Information represents the first major attempt to bring together geoscience information specialists from allover the world. The purpose of the conference was to assess the current state-of­ the-art in geoscience information from both the regional and functional point of view. It was hoped that the conference could take steps to bring about increased international cooperation and collaboration in the field of geological information. The papers ranged over the whole spec­ trum of documentation from primary publishing back to the user, including data. Perhaps a keyword for the conference might be "cooperation". The idea of, and need for, cooperation was stressed in almost every talk. The final panel session was devoted to a discussion on the formation of a proposed International Association for Geological Information. Despite the growing pressure on information managers, stimulated by increasing international activities in geology, the global perspective of plate tectonics and worldwide concern for the availability of non-renewable resources, there does not exist an international organisation specifi­ cally concerned with geological information. Delegates agreed that there was no need for a new professional society of individuals but that a federation or similar organisation might be desirable. In the final session it became apparent that if the geological information community is to make the best use of all the systems and developments available there is very clearly a need to know what exists in all these areas at present. An urgent task is to identify these systems.

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• energy
• formation
• geologic mapping
• geology
• geoscience
• history
• organization
• plate tectonics
• production
• research
• satellite
• tectonics
• economic geology

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