GEODESC web applications for collaborative description of geological materials – a legacy of the <i>JOIDES Resolution</i> era

Blum, Peter; Childress, Laurel B.

doi:10.5194/sd-35-229-2026

Articles | Volume 35, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-35-229-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-35-229-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 35, issue 2

Technical development

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23 Oct 2026

Technical development |

| 23 Oct 2026

GEODESC web applications for collaborative description of geological materials – a legacy of the JOIDES Resolution era

Peter Blum and Laurel B. Childress

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Short summary

Development of user applications and databases for geological core descriptions on the JOIDES Resolution (1985–2024) culminated in the GEODESC (GEOlogical DESCription) toolset in 2022. GEODESC integrates spreadsheet-based data capture with catalogs of geological vocabulary and template management and is supported by a relational database. Running on all major browsers, GEODESC user web applications enable true collaboration among scientists working at different times and locations.