Data submission

Pangaea is able to archive any kind of earth sytem research data. Due to the variety of geoscientific fields and georeferenced parameters a list is provided, pointing to different data worlds with discriptions about the preparation of data, what kind of metadata are required and examples. Please find the most appropriate scientific field or parameter categorie and follow the given link.


 * Moorings with trap/current meter
 * Vertical oceanographic profile
 * Horizontal oceanographic profile/ships track
 * Vertical sediment profile
 * Binary object, e.g. photos, images, graphics, files in special formats
 * Seismic profiles
 * ff

When providing data for archiving and publication in Pangaea, please keep the following in mind:
 * Tables for import are TAB-delimited and saved as TEXT (ASCII); data are processed by a relational database and thus must be in machine readable form; any formatting will be discarded.
 * Parameter name, accompanied by its unit (or its ID) in header line.
 * Name files with table number as given in publication (if appropriate)
 * Use propper event/site/sample labels (e.g. as defined during the expedition).
 * Format for positions (lat/long): 65°45.7'S or -65.1234.
 * Do not use any other characters than numbers in the data fields, e.g. 'n.d.' or '-'. Symbols as '<' or '>' are allowed, see definition of quality flags.
 * Columns with text content can be used to a maximum of 255 characters.
 * If the result of an analysis is zero, the field must be filled with '0'.
 * Remove any additonal lines and columns not to be imported; remove empty lines.
 * Use the decimal point.
 * Avoid abbreviations.
 * Provide complete reference.
 * Add a description for each data set (if appropriate) and give a data set title.
 * Data of one to many events/samples/sites with identical parameters should be prepared in one file: parameters in columns, events/samples/sites in lines.
 * Use the English language.