Title :
The establishment and application of a bio-paleogeographic information system
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Earth Sci. & Resources, China Univ. of Geosci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
This paper designed and established a full-featured bio-paleogeography information system of paleontology, and input the existing fossils´ data of the Late Triassic bivalve in Tibetan area. An analysis module based on ArcGIS Engine was developed, which tried to use the ecological attributes of paleontology as a new method of quantitative analysis to reconstruct paleogeography.
Keywords :
biology; ecology; geographic information systems; geography; palaeontology; ArcGIS Engine; Late Triassic bivalve; Tibetan area; ecological attributes; fossil data; full-featured biopaleogeography information system; paleontology; quantitative analysis; Databases; Environmental factors; Geographic information systems; Geology; Information systems; GIS; bio-paleogeography; database; information system;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet), 2012 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yichang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1414-6
DOI :
10.1109/CECNet.2012.6201528
