PANGAEA

 PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data  is an information system for georeferenced data from basic research on earth and environment. Scientific primary data are archived with related metainformation in a relational database, accessible via webservices on the Internet and persistently identified using Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

PANGAEA is operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), Bremen, Germany.




 * If you would like to archive data in Pangaea, please read the page on how to submit data.
 * An introductory presentation to Pangaea is available at
 * A generic data policy for the use of Pangaea in cooperation with WDC-MARE is provided at and may be adopted for projects as required.
 * Find information about the supercontinent Pangaea in Wikipedia

Data can be retrieved using different clients:
 * PangaVista search engine > strait forward and easy to use (similar to google)
 * ART (Advanced Retrieval Tool) > data mining
 * DDI (Direct Download Interface) > dynamic query
 * PIM (Pangaea Internet Mapper) > map view
 * PanCore > metadata search
 * DOI (Digital Object Identifier) > persistent link
 * Web service > exchange with portals (ISO, DC, XML)

When refering to Pangaea please use the following citation:

PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data,

Data from Pangaea should always be quoted by its reference and citation!