Data from: Global database of paleocurrent trends through the Phanerozoic and Precambrian

Paleocurrents are sedimentological features contained in all sedimentary deposits, enabling the direction of movement of the sediment and the containing fluid at the time of deposition to be determined. This database contains paleocurrent directions and other relevant associated data from published sources and theses and dissertations for the entire Phanerozoic and Precambrian for all continents. Such information may be of general interest to sedimentologists and will be of specific interest in sedimentary basin analysis, and to petroleum geologists and mineralogists seeking source areas. Paleocurrents may also be useful in plate reconstructions and in testing the timing of global tectonic events.

古水流（Paleocurrents）是所有沉积体中均存在的沉积学特征，可用于确定沉积作用发生时沉积物及其承载流体的运动方向。本数据集收录了来自已发表文献与学位论文的古水流方向及其他相关配套数据，覆盖全球各大陆的显生宙（Phanerozoic）与前寒武纪（Precambrian）地质时期。此类信息不仅对沉积学家具备普遍参考价值，在沉积盆地分析领域亦有特定应用价值，同时可为探寻物源区的石油地质学家与矿物学家提供支持。此外，古水流数据还可应用于板块重建，以及验证全球构造事件的发生时序。