Australian Stratigraphic Units Database

The Australian Stratigraphic Units Database (ASUD) is the national authority on stratigraphic names in Australia. It originated as the National Register of Stratigraphic Names in 1949. The register was originally set up to help geoscientists adhere to the then newly created Australian Code of Stratigraphic Nomenclature (Lenz, et al, 1996). All information was held in a card file system until 1979 when the database was first developed electronically. The database now records information on all Australian stratigraphic units and their usage in published literature.The database contains about 17500 currently approved stratigraphic names and over 36000 variations, most of which are superseded, obsolete, or misspelt versions of the current names. This information is based on over 16000 published references.The database is maintained by Geoscience Australia on behalf of the Australian Stratigraphy Commission, a standing committee of the Geological Society of Australia.Procedures can be queried at: http://www.ga.gov.au/data-pubs/datastandards/stratigraphic-units?Data can be queried and downloaded at the ASUD website at: https://asud.ga.gov.au/Email contact: mailto:[e-mail]

澳大利亚地层单位数据库（Australian Stratigraphic Units Database，ASUD）是澳大利亚地层名称领域的国家级权威管理机构。其前身为1949年设立的全国地层名称登记册，最初设立目的是协助地质学家遵守彼时新出台的《澳大利亚地层命名准则》（Lenz等，1996）。1979年该数据库首次实现电子化构建前，所有信息均以卡片档案系统存储。目前，该数据库收录了澳大利亚所有地层单位及其在已发表文献中的应用情况相关信息，包含约17500个当前获批的正式地层名称，以及超过36000个名称变体，其中绝大多数为当前正式名称的已替代、废弃或拼写错误版本。上述信息依托超过16000篇已发表的参考文献汇编而成。该数据库由澳大利亚地球科学局代表澳大利亚地层委员会进行维护，该委员会为澳大利亚地质学会的常务委员会。相关操作规程可通过以下网址查询：http://www.ga.gov.au/data-pubs/datastandards/stratigraphic-units? 数据库相关数据可通过ASUD官方网站https://asud.ga.gov.au/查询并下载。电子邮箱联系方式：[e-mail]