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=='''Overview'''==
ROCKD[https://rockd.org/] is a website as well as an app, available on the App Store as well as the Google Play store. It is funded by NSF[http://nsf.gov/] and UW Geoscience[http://geoscience.wisc.edu/geoscience/], and produced by UW Macrostat Lab[https://macrostrat.org/].

[[File:Main.png|right|200px|Pictures of the app in use.[1]|thumb]]

=='''Features and Usage'''==
ROCKD offers a host of services useful to geologists and those interested in [[bedrock]] formations or other geologic features of regions throughout  the world. The app features global mapping of bedrock layers and strike/slip faults around the world. Any area on the map can be clicked on to open a window that lists the coordinates involved, the name, age, and type of rock or strike/slip fault, and a reference link to their data source. It additionally allows for users to add their own observations on rock formations, to tag and save features, to measure and record strike/slip fault data, and a searchable database. The app can be used without an account, but not edited.

This app can be useful in the study of [[Pedogenesis]], as it effectively shows you all the information there is on the parent material that the rest of the [[soil]] comes from.

=='''References'''==

[1]https://rockd.org/

[2]http://nsf.gov/

[3]http://geoscience.wisc.edu/geoscience/

[4]https://macrostrat.org/