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List of contributors | p. viii |
Preface | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Science needs and challenges for geoinformatics | p. 3 |
Introduction to IT concepts and challenges | p. 10 |
Case studies from other disciplines | p. 19 |
Semantic cyberinfrastrucrure: The Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory | p. 21 |
Cyberinfrastructures for life sciences and biomedicine | p. 37 |
Modeling software and community codes | p. 47 |
Development, verification, and maintenance of computational software in geodynamics | p. 49 |
Parallel finite element modeling of multi-timescale faulting and lithospheric deformation in western USA | p. 68 |
Next-generation plate-tectonic reconstructions using GPlates | p. 95 |
Visualization and data representation | p. 115 |
Visualization of seismic model data | p. 117 |
The Unavco Geon Integrated Data Viewer for exploration, analysis, and integration of geoscience data | p. 131 |
Knowledge management and data integration | p. 143 |
Data and tools for geologic timelines and timescales | p. 145 |
Modeling geodynamic processes with ontologies | p. 166 |
Web services and scientific workflows | p. 191 |
Service orientation in the design of a community hydrologic information system | p. 193 |
Web services for seismic data archives | p. 210 |
Development of robust data system for gravity and magnetic anomaly data: A case study of a community-based effort for point data | p. 224 |
Scientific workflows for the geosciences: An emerging approach to building integrated data analysis systems | p. 237 |
Online access and processing of LiDAR topography data | p. 251 |
Use of abstraction to support geoscientists' understanding and production of scientific artifacts | p. 266 |
Emerging international and other efforts | p. 285 |
It's not your data, it's everyone's: The benefits of a corporate approach to scientific information | p. 287 |
Topo-Europe and cyberinfrastructure: Quantifying coupled deep earth - surface processes in 4-D | p. 292 |
OneGeology - from concept to global project | p. 317 |
Geoinformatics developments in Germany | p. 323 |
iGEON: Networking the Indian geosciences community through GEON | p. 332 |
Geoinformatics in the public service: Building a cyberinfrastructure across the geological surveys | p. 342 |
Application of the US Geoscience Information Network to deploying a national geothermal data system | p. 350 |
Index | p. 371 |
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