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Data from: Global database of paleocurrent trends through the Phanerozoic and Precambrian

Brand, Leonard, Loma Linda University
Wang, Mingmin, 516 E. Glenn Ave., Apt 108, Auburn, USA
Chadwick, Arthur, Southwestern Adventist University
Published May 13, 2016 on Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hr0sp

Cite this dataset

Brand, Leonard; Wang, Mingmin; Chadwick, Arthur (2016). Data from: Global database of paleocurrent trends through the Phanerozoic and Precambrian [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hr0sp

Abstract

Paleocurrents are sedimentological features contained in all sedimentary deposits, enabling the direction of movement of the sediment and the containing fluid at the time of deposition to be determined. This database contains paleocurrent directions and other relevant associated data from published sources and theses and dissertations for the entire Phanerozoic and Precambrian for all continents. Such information may be of general interest to sedimentologists and will be of specific interest in sedimentary basin analysis, and to petroleum geologists and mineralogists seeking source areas. Paleocurrents may also be useful in plate reconstructions and in testing the timing of global tectonic events.

Usage notes

PaleocurrentDatabase

Database contains paleocurrent data arranged by geographic and stratigraphic content. Database is organized with each publication given a unique number that is used for all datasets derived from that publication. Each row begins with that descriptor, and includes for each unique number, one entry that gives author(s), title, date, source, volume, and pages. All entries include Period (stratigraphy), Longitude, Latitude, Direction (flow was moving toward), #Data (in each dataset), Area sq km, Dispersion, Continent, Environment, Paleocurrent indicator, Lithology, and Formation.

Location

global