Download the Data Entry Template:
- Curators' Data Entry Excel Spreadsheet Template
(choose the "Add-ins" tab in the latest version of Excel to view/enable the custom toolbar) - Database contents, controlled vocabularies, and coding information
- Minimum requirements for entry into the database are ship/platform, cruise ID, sample ID, sampling device, and latitude/longitude of collection.
Database parameters and codes were designed by the Curators of Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples Consortium. Modifications to parameters and definitions since 1977 are approved by the group, which meets approximately every two years and corresponds via list server between meetings.