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ROCKD | 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. | 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. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:32, 3 May 2019
Overview
ROCKD[1] 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[2] and UW Geoscience[3], and produced by UW Macrostat Lab[4].
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.