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The what, why, when, how, where and who of geological data management
1995
Geological Society Special Publication
The variety, form and volume of data available to geologists have increased significantly over the past few decades. It has become essential to use databases (either analogue or digital) to turn this avalanche of data into usable information. A significant percentage of databases that are created do not repay the cost and effort of their creation and can therefore be considered to be failures. The probability of creating a successful database can be increased by careful consideration of a few
doi:10.1144/gsl.sp.1995.097.01.01
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