Mineral resource information systems*

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Clark, Allen L.

Affiliations: International Institute for Resource Development (IIRD), Belvederegasse 2, 1040 Vienna, Austria

Note: [*] Edited version of a paper presented at the Eighth International CODATA (Committee on Data for Science and Technology, International Council of Scientific Unions) Conference, Jachranka, Poland, 4–7 October 1982.

Abstract: Mineral resource information systems are being developed throughout the world to meet the ever-increasing need for more quantitative and less aggregated data and analyses. The major mineral resource information systems, machine processable or manual, are described. To be truly useful, a mineral resource information system must provide not only data, but must be capable of storing and delivering analyses and aggregated syntheses of data for use in resource management and policy decisions.

DOI: 10.3233/ISU-1983-31-204

Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 3, no. 1-2, pp. 17-27, 1983