Projects Database

PetDB - The Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor

Project Leader:
Dr. Kerstin Lehnert

Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Kerstin Lehnert

EI Collaborators:
Sritharan Vinayagamoorthy

Additional External Researchers:
Charlie Langmuir, Harvard University

Special Locations:
Global

Description:
PetDB is a web-based data management system for geochemical and petrological sample-based data. PetDB contains and provides on-line access to a comprehensive global data set for all types of analytical geochemical data of sub-oceanic igneous and metamorphic rocks generated at mid-ocean ridges including back-arc basins, young seamounts, and old oceanic crust. PetDB is a project funded by the National Science Foundation.

EI Unit:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)

Core Disciplines:
Cross-Disciplinary

Project Web Site:
http://www.petdb.org

Collaborating Institutions:
CIESIN
Harvard University

Funding Agency:
NSF

Last Modified: 06-23-2005