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Recommended citation: Munack, Henry 1; Rehn, Emma 2; Saktura, Wanchese M. 3 & Codilean, Alexandru T. 4 (2023). OCTOPUS database documentation (online). https://octopus-db.github.io/documentation (accessed DD-MM-YYYY).
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A brief OCTOPUS database history
2024
OCTOPUS version v.2.3 deployed
Tweaks to CRN collections 🍻 to include new data fields
Coastal OSL and TL SahulSed collections 🍰 released
OCTOPUS version v.2.2 deployed
Major update on CRN collections 🍻 (INT collection, AUS collection)
SahulChar collection 🔥 release (dataset)
Indo-Pacific Pollen db (IPPD) 🏝️ release (dataset)
2023
GitHub organization launched (https://github.com/octopus-db)
Online documentation published (https://octopus-db.github.io/documentation/)
Interactive database schema published (https://octopus-db.github.io/schema/)
Database model altered so it can cope with multiple data from one and the same collection unit, e.g. a core (see global_UnitMaster table)
2022
Zenodo community launched (https://zenodo.org/communities/octopus-database)
OCTOPUS version v.2.1 deployed
Major update on SahulArch collections 🔍 (descriptive publication)
2021
OCTOPUS version v.2 deployed
OCTOPUS v.2 collection |
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DOI |
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Core collections |
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The CRN Denudation Australian collection |
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The CRN Denudation Global collection |
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The SahulArch OSL collection |
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The SahulArch Radiocarbon collection |
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The SahulArch TL collection |
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The SahulSed Aeolian OSL collection |
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The SahulSed Aeolian TL collection |
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The SahulSed Fluvial OSL collection |
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The SahulSed Fluvial TL collection |
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The SahulSed Lacustrine OSL collection |
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The SahulSed Lacustrine TL collection |
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Partner collections |
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FosSahul collection |
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ExpAge collection |
2020
2019
2018
2017
OCTOPUS version v.1 deployed
OCTOPUS v.1 collection |
n samples |
DOI |
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CRN Australia |
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CRN International |
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OSL/TL Australia |
2016
Footnotes
- 1
University of Wollongong, ORCID 0000-0002-3750-9674
- 2
James Cook University, ORCID 0000-0002-9097-0232
- 3
University of Wollongong, ORCID 0000-0002-7198-7776
- 4
University of Wollongong, ORCID 0000-0003-1895-5633