MARINE GEOSCIENCE DATA SYSTEM

The Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) is a trusted data repository that provides free public access to a curated collection of marine geophysical data products and complementary data related to understanding the formation and evolution of the seafloor and sub-seafloor... Attribution and Data Citation: MGDS offers data preservation services including long-term archiving, the registration of data with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs ®) for persistent identification and formal citation, and links to related scholarly publications. Data contributors receive regular reports summarizing data download activity. Through collaborations with several earth-science journals, we provide links between publications and data. We promote the collegial use of data through its Terms of Use and provides semi-annual data download reports to data contributors to inform them of downloads/views of their data.

Primary location: Palisades United States