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The international phosphate resource data base; development and maintenance

Open-File Report 83-490
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr83490

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Abstract

The IPRDB (International Phosphate Resource Data Base) was developed to provide a single computerized source of geologic information about phosphate deposits worldwide. It is expected that this data base will encourage more thorough scientific analyses of phosphate deposits and assessments of undiscovered phosphate resources, and that methods of data collection and storage will be streamlined. Because the database was intended to serve as a repository for diverse and detailed data, a large amount of the early research effort was devoted to the design and development of the system. To date (1982), the file remains incomplete. All development work and file maintenance work on IPRDB was suspended as of October 1, 1982; this paper is intended to document the steps taken up to that date. The computer programs listed in the appendices were written specifically for the IPRDB phosbib file and are of limited future use.

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Bridges, N.J., 1983, The international phosphate resource data base; development and maintenance: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-490, 98 p. ;26 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr83490.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title The international phosphate resource data base; development and maintenance
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 83-490
DOI 10.3133/ofr83490
Year Published 1983
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description 98 p. ;26 cm.
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