Columns
Table | Type | Column | Type | Size | Nullable | Auto | Default | Comments |
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analyte_determination | Table | abundance | numeric | 17 | √ | null | Measured result | |
affiliation | Table | address | varchar | 255 | √ | null | Street address of the person | |
affiliation | Table | affiliation_id | serial | 10 | √ | nextval('affiliation_affiliation_id_seq'::regclass) | PK. Unique ID for each affiliation. Generated by database. | |
geol_age | Table | age_id | serial | 10 | √ | nextval('geol_age_age_id_seq'::regclass) | PK. Unique identifier for the reported age. Generated by database | |
geol_context | Table | age_id | int4 | 10 | √ | null | FK. ID for the geological age. Links to the geol_age table. | |
geol_age | Table | age_modifier | varchar | 10 | √ | null | Upper, middle,lower - where not part of the official ICS name. | |
geol_age | Table | age_notes | varchar | 4000 | √ | null | Notes about how the age was determined. | |
alternate_num | Table | alternate_num | varchar | 50 | null | PK/FK. Alternate sample number/name. Part of a composite primary key in this table along with sample_id. Note that alternate_num is not always unique | ||
dic_ana_method | Table | ana_method_code | varchar | 20 | null | Code for analytical method e.g. XRF, ICP:MS etc. Based in part on the list used by EarthChem | ||
dic_ana_method | Table | ana_method_desc | varchar | 255 | √ | null | Detailed description of the method | |
dic_ana_method | Table | ana_method_id | serial | 10 | √ | nextval('dic_analysis_method_method_id_seq'::regclass) | PK. Unique ID. Generated by the database. | |
analysis | Table | ana_method_id | int4 | 10 | √ | null | FK. ID for each analytical method used e.g. ICP:MS. Links to the dic_ana_method table. | |
dic_ana_method | Table | ana_method_translation | varchar | 100 | null | General description of the method | ||
analyte_determination_limits | Table | analysis_id | int4 | 10 | null | FK. ID for each analysis record. Links to analysis table. | ||
analysis | Table | analysis_id | serial | 10 | √ | nextval('analysis_analysis_id_seq'::regclass) | PK. Unique ID for each analysis record for each batch. Generated by database. | |
analysis | Table | analysis_notes | varchar | 4000 | √ | null | Detailed description of the analysis. Often cut-and-paste from the methods section for published data. | |
analyte_determination_limits | Table | analyte_code | varchar | 200 | null | |||
dic_analyte | Table | analyte_code | varchar | 100 | null | PK. Unique identifier for each geochemical analyte. Chemical symbol or accepted code e.g. FeT, Fe-carb, 34S-CAS etc. | ||
dic_analyte | Table | analyte_desc | varchar | 255 | √ | null | Longer description of the analyte e.g. Carbonate-associated iron (e.g. iron in siderite, iron in ankerite), extracted as the first step in a sequential extraction (method SeqA) | |
analyte_determination | Table | analyte_det_id | serial | 10 | √ | nextval('analyte_determination_analyte_det_id_seq'::regclass) | PK. Unique ID for each analytical result. Generated by database. | |
dic_analyte | Table | analyte_translation | varchar | 100 | √ | null | Short description of the analyte e.g. Iron, Carbonate-associated iron etc. | |
reference_work | Table | article_num | varchar | 100 | √ | null | ||
dic_lithostrat | Table | asud_stratno | int4 | 10 | √ | null | Identifier from the Australian Stratigraphic Units Database (ASUD, https://asud.ga.gov.au/) | |
dic_analyte | Table | atomic_num | int4 | 10 | √ | null | Atomic number for those analytes that are chemical elements | |
author | Table | author_id | serial | 10 | √ | nextval('author_author_id_seq'::regclass) | PK. Unique ID for each author. Generated by the database | |
author | Table | author_position | int4 | 10 | √ | null | The position of the author in the author list | |
dic_lithostrat | Table | b_age | numeric | 12 | √ | null | From Macrostrat: number, continuous time age model estimated for initiation, in Myr before present | |
site | Table | basin_id | int4 | 10 | √ | null | FK. ID for the sedimentary basin. Links to the basin table. | |
basin | Table | basin_id | serial | 10 | √ | nextval('basin_basin_id_seq'::regclass) | PK. Unique ID for a basin. Generated by the database. | |
basin | Table | basin_name | varchar | 100 | √ | null | Name for the basin eg. McArthur Basin | |
basin | Table | basin_notes | varchar | 4000 | √ | null | Notes about the basin | |
dic_basin_type | Table | basin_type | varchar | 100 | null | Basin type, e.g. rift, peripheral foreland etc. | ||
dic_basin_type | Table | basin_type_id | serial | 10 | √ | nextval('dic_basin_type_basin_type_id_seq'::regclass) | PK. Unique identifier. Generated by the database | |
basin | Table | basin_type_id | int4 | 10 | √ | null | FK. ID for the basin type. Links to dic_basin_type table. | |
batch | Table | batch_id | serial | 10 | √ | nextval('batch_batch_id_seq'::regclass) | PK. Unique ID for a batch. Generated by the database. | |
analysis | Table | batch_id | int4 | 10 | null | FK. Identifier for the batch. Links to the batch table | ||
analyte_determination | Table | batch_id | int4 | 10 | null | FK. ID for a batch. Links to the batch_sample table. | ||
batch_sample | Table | batch_id | int4 | 10 | null | PK/FK. ID for a batch. Links to the batch table. Part of composite primary key. | ||
data_source_batch | Table | batch_id | int4 | 10 | null | PK/FK. ID for the batch. Links to the batch table. Part of composite primary key. | ||
batch | Table | batch_notes | varchar | 4000 | null | Brief description of the batch | ||
dic_lithostrat | Table | bed | varchar | 100 | √ | null | From Macrostrat: string, the strat_name of the bed | |
dic_lithostrat | Table | bed_id | int4 | 10 | √ | null | From Macrostrat: integer, the strat_name_id of the bed | |
dic_lithostrat | Table | bgs_code | varchar | 10 | √ | null | Identifier from the BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units (https://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/). Older BGS codes are numerical | |
dic_meta | Table | biomarkers | varchar | 2147483647 | √ | null | Whether biomarkers are preserved | |
geol_context | Table | biostrat_id | int4 | 10 | √ | null | FK. ID for the biostratigraphy. Links to the biostrat table. | |
biostrat | Table | biostrat_id | serial | 10 | √ | nextval('biostrat_biostrat_id_seq'::regclass) | PK. Unique ID for a biostratigraphic designation. Generated by the database. | |
biostrat | Table | biostrat_notes | varchar | 4000 | √ | null | ||
dic_biostrat | Table | biozone_fossil_type | varchar | 100 | √ | null | Type of organism used to define the zone - graptolite, trilobite etc. | |
dic_biostrat | Table | biozone_name | varchar | 255 | √ | null | Name of the biozone | |
reference_work | Table | book_title | varchar | 1000 | √ | null | Title of book. |