A. Hoxey, Michael Taylor, J. D. Walker, Diane Kamola
{"title":"Google Earth Engine Web Applications for Investigating and Teaching Fundamental Geoscience Concepts","authors":"A. Hoxey, Michael Taylor, J. D. Walker, Diane Kamola","doi":"10.1130/gsatg588a.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg588a.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"2 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141266208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retraversing the Highs and Lows of Cenozoic Sea Levels","authors":"Bilal Haq, James Ogg","doi":"10.1130/gsatgg593a.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatgg593a.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"130 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140757182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paul Schroeder, W. Elliott, Yuanzhi Tang, Lee Lemke
{"title":"Facilitating the Critical Mineral Future: Valorization of Kaolin Mining Waste Through Partnerships","authors":"Paul Schroeder, W. Elliott, Yuanzhi Tang, Lee Lemke","doi":"10.1130/gsatg599gw.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg599gw.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"59 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140786529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach, Kyla Marczewski, Gavin Bullock
{"title":"Beast Quake (Taylor’s Version): Analysis of Seismic Signals Recorded during Two Taylor Swift Concerts in Seattle, July 2023","authors":"Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach, Kyla Marczewski, Gavin Bullock","doi":"10.1130/gsatg589a.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg589a.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"97 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140271496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stratigraphic correlation underpins all understanding of Earth’s history, yet few geoscientists have access to, or expertise in, numerical codes that can generate reproducible, optimal (in a least-squares framework) alignments between two stratigraphic time-series data sets. Here we introduce Align, a user-friendly computer app that makes accessible a published dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm that, in a minute or less, catalogs a library of alignments between two time-series data sets by systematically exploring assumptions about the temporal overlap and relative sedimentation rates between the two stratigraphic sections. The Align app, written in the free, open-source R programming language, utilizes a graphical user interface (e.g., drop-down menus for data upload and sliding bars for parameter exploration) such that no coding is required. In addition to generating alignment libraries, a user can employ Align to visualize, explore, and cull each alignment library according to thresholds on Pearson’s correlation coefficient and/or temporal overlap. Here we demonstrate Align with time-series records of carbonate stable carbon isotope composition, though Align can, in principle, align any two quantitative stratigraphic time-series data sets.
地层相关性是了解地球历史的基础,然而很少有地球科学家能够使用或掌握数字代码的专业知识,这些代码能够在两个地层时间序列数据集之间生成可重复的最佳(最小二乘框架)排列。在这里,我们介绍 Align,这是一个用户友好型计算机应用程序,它可以使用已发布的动态时间扭曲(DTW)算法,通过系统地探索两个地层剖面之间的时间重叠和相对沉积速率假设,在一分钟或更短的时间内为两个时间序列数据集之间的排列库编目。Align 应用程序由免费开源的 R 编程语言编写,采用图形用户界面(如用于数据上传的下拉菜单和用于参数探索的滑动条),因此无需编码。除了生成配对库之外,用户还可以利用 Align 根据皮尔逊相关系数和/或时间重叠的阈值对每个配对库进行可视化、探索和筛选。在这里,我们用碳酸盐岩稳定碳同位素组成的时间序列记录来演示 Align,尽管 Align 原则上可以对任何两个定量地层时间序列数据集进行配准。
{"title":"Align: A User-Friendly App for Numerical Stratigraphic Correlation","authors":"Cedric Hagen, Jessica Creveling, Peter Huybers","doi":"10.1130/gsatg575a.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg575a.1","url":null,"abstract":"Stratigraphic correlation underpins all understanding of Earth’s history, yet few geoscientists have access to, or expertise in, numerical codes that can generate reproducible, optimal (in a least-squares framework) alignments between two stratigraphic time-series data sets. Here we introduce Align, a user-friendly computer app that makes accessible a published dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm that, in a minute or less, catalogs a library of alignments between two time-series data sets by systematically exploring assumptions about the temporal overlap and relative sedimentation rates between the two stratigraphic sections. The Align app, written in the free, open-source R programming language, utilizes a graphical user interface (e.g., drop-down menus for data upload and sliding bars for parameter exploration) such that no coding is required. In addition to generating alignment libraries, a user can employ Align to visualize, explore, and cull each alignment library according to thresholds on Pearson’s correlation coefficient and/or temporal overlap. Here we demonstrate Align with time-series records of carbonate stable carbon isotope composition, though Align can, in principle, align any two quantitative stratigraphic time-series data sets.","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139686209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feeling Relieved: Creating a Positive Bathroom Field Culture in the Geosciences","authors":"Mo Snyder, Merilie Reynolds","doi":"10.1130/gsatg574gw.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg574gw.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"37 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139882807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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