AusGeochem is well under way
The Billefjorden Trough, Svalbard. Image source: Dr Samuel C Boone
The AGN and collaborators Lithodat are making significant progress towards the development of the AusGeochem, an open, FAIR-based platform for Australian-produced geochemistry data from around the globe. This platform is both a data repository and interface between the institutional, collaboration and public domains, facilitating laboratory data upload and dissemination.
Using AusGeochem, institutes and geoscientists will be able to upload, disseminate and publish their datasets (DOI’s) while maintaining data privacy control and to plot and synthesise their data within the context of a wealth of publicly funded geochemical data aggregated by the AGN.
The AGN are actively working with a number of Expert Advisory Groups (EAGs) to build data models for a range of geochemical techniques, including SHRIMP U-Pb, LA-ICP-MS U-Pb and Lu-Hf, Ar/Ar, fission track and (U-Th-Sm)/He. Comprising geochemical specialists from across Australia, the EAGs are providing invaluable advice regarding data reporting best practices, data quality assessment and visualisation tools to be incorporated into AusGeochem.
The AGN has also been teaming up with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) to integrate International Geo Sample Number (ISGN) minting capabilities into AusGeochem, allowing users to simultaneously mint their samples when uploading their data into the platform.
You can learn more about the AGN, AusGeochem and the novel science produced by Australian geochemistry laboratories by checking out the AGN’s new YouTube channel.