10.5281/zenodo.4075613
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Abbott, Peter
Peter
Abbott
0000-0002-6347-9499
University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Bonadonna, Costanza
Costanza
Bonadonna
0000-0002-2368-2193
Universite de Geneve, Geneve, Switzerland
Bursik, Marcus
Marcus
Bursik
0000-0002-9312-5202
SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Cashman, Katherine
Katherine
Cashman
0000-0001-9312-8377
University of Bristol, Bristol UK
Davies, Siwan
Siwan
Davies
0000-0003-0999-7233
Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Jensen, Britta
Britta
Jensen
0000-0001-9134-7170
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Kuehn, Stephen
Stephen
Kuehn
0000-0002-2918-980X
Concord University, WV, USA
Kurbatov, Andrei
Andrei
Kurbatov
0000-0002-9819-9251
University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Lane, Christine
Christine
Lane
0000-0001-9206-3903
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Plunkett, Gill
Gill
Plunkett
0000-0003-1014-3454
Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Smith, Victoria
Victoria
Smith
0000-0003-0878-5060
University of Oxford, UK
Thomlinson, Emma
Emma
Thomlinson
0000-0002-0646-6640
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Thordarsson, Thor
Thor
Thordarsson
0000-0003-4011-7185
University of Iceland,Reykjavík, Iceland
Walker, J. Douglas
J. Douglas
Walker
0000-0002-3706-2729
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KA, USA
Wallace, Kristi
Kristi
Wallace
0000-0002-0962-048X
US Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory, Anchorage, USA
Community Established Best Practice Recommendations for Tephra Studies-from Collection through Analysis
Zenodo
2020
tephra, practice templates
2020-10-09
eng
10.5281/zenodo.3866266
2.0.0
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Tephra is a unique volcanic product that plays an unparalleled role in understanding past eruptions, long-term behavior of volcanoes, and the effects of volcanism on climate and the environment. Tephra deposits also provide spatially widespread, extremely high-resolution time-stratigraphic markers across a range of sedimentary settings and are used in a range of disciplines (e.g., volcanology, seismotectonics, climate science, archaeology, ecology, public health and impact assessment). Nonetheless, the study of tephra deposits is challenged by a lack of standardization that often inhibits data integration amongst geographic regions and across disciplines.
Here we present comprehensive recommendations for tephra data gathering that were community-developed via an inclusive process. These recommendations will help expand the applicability and usability of tephra data, thereby fostering scientific collaboration and data reuse. Recommendations include standardized field and laboratory data collection and reporting and correlation guidance, developed as tabulated lists of key pieces of information with their definition and purpose. This new standardized framework will facilitate consistent tephra documentation and parametrization, foster interdisciplinary communication, and improve the effectiveness of data sharing among diverse communities of researchers.
For additional details, see the accompanying manuscript that will be submitted to Nature Scientific Data in October 2020:
Wallace, K.*, Bursik, M. Kuehn, S., Kurbatov, A., Abbott, P., Bonadonna, C., Cashman, K., Davies, S., Jensen, B., Lane, C., Plunkett, G., Smith, V. Tomlinson, E., Thordarsson, T., and Walker, D. Community Established Best Practice Recommendations for Tephra Studies-from Collection through Analysis. (Scientific Data: SDATA-20-01163, in review: 2020).
*corresponding author: Kristi Wallace, kwallace@usgs.gov