[meteorite-list] New database

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Apr 26 14:13:40 2005
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20050426141056.024ca2f8_at_gsvaresm02.er.usgs.gov>

It already does something like this... search for meteorites, then click on
an individual meteorite name, then click on the NASA ADS link. It will
search for papers and abstracts containing that name, and then you can
click on the ADS links to see the text, when available.

I can still add a google search link if people want it.

jeff

At 01:44 PM 4/26/2005, stan . wrote:
>Wow - what a neat tool!
>
>As a possible suggestion-
>I'm curious if it would be possible to link the database to academic
>research avalible on the web.
>
>For example, when I type in one of my favorite achonderites, Dhofar 007 -
>I get back some basics on the find - it fell in 1999, was classified as a
>cumulate eucrite, ect. However a google search turns up a recent paper by
>Yamaguchi et al that says Dho 007 may actually be a mesosiderite.
>
>Would it be possible to have the web page do a google search on the
>quierred rock and then return web pages that contain .PDFs for example?
>Something like that would turn the database into quite a powerfull tool to
>find the latest data on a particular stone I would think.
>
>Stan
>
>>From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_usgs.gov>
>>To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>>Subject: [meteorite-list] New database
>>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:25:42 -0400
>>
>>If anybody would like to test this, I'm putting a new database on-line which,
>>when finalized, will be the authoritative place to search for meteorite
>>names and their status.
>>
>>http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php
>>
>>Comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome!
>>
>>Enjoy,
>>
>>Jeff
>>
>>Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184
>>US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383
>>954 National Center
>>Reston, VA 20192, USA
>>
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Received on Tue 26 Apr 2005 02:13:37 PM PDT