Stromatolite Newsletter Number 14: IGCP Project 261 Publication

A newsletter published for the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 261 on Stromatolites. It was produced by the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics in Canberra, Australia. The dataset is a text document available in PDF and HTML formats, last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Track the progress and findings of IGCP Project 261 based on the newsletter's content.
• Study historical geological research and publications based on the newsletter's text.
• Analyze the discourse and terminology used in stromatolite research based on the newsletter's articles.

Strengths

• Published under the auspices of an international geological project (IGCP 261).
• Produced by a national geological organization (Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics).
• Available in two accessible text formats (PDF and HTML).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (now part of Geoscience Australia).

Collection Method

Published newsletter for an international geological project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:16:45.010077; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia