Thread by @IESDB_EU

🚨Welcome to the Iberian Evaporite Structure Database! The first comprehensive assessment of evaporite structures carried out in any region of the world: iesdb.eu
Want to know more? ⬇️🔔🧵🔔⬇️ 1/10

Evaporite rocks have unique mechanical properties compared to other rock types, and worldwide evaporite formations have been proposed as suitable subsurface storage sites for carbon, nuclear waste, and Geo-Energy applications, which are key for the Energy Transition 🌎🌍🌏. 2/10

The IESDB includes data of the surface and subsurface stratigraphy, structure, chronology and mining history of outcropping and buried evaporite structures, including a set of maps, sketches and cross-sections: there are 454 data entries per structure! ⚙️📑📊 3/10

By now, 150 evaporite structures in Spain and Portugal are indexed. This means more than 68,000 data entries😵😵‍💫😁(and counting!), which are classified in: Generic Data, Mining Data, Well + seismic Data, Geographic Data, Quantitative Data, Reference Data, and Image Data. 4/10

Each evaporite structure has a unique web section, where written and illustrated information is displayed over several subsections, following a common layout that in turn follows the dataset classification. 5/10

And all the indexed evaporite structures can be easily selected on an interactive map 🗺️ (thanks to the @qgis community!!), or can be browsed through a search engine by many different classification criteria and filtering attributes 🔍📰. 6/10

The indexed structures also have a downloadable summarized index card at their unique web section, where an overview of their stratigraphic and structural properties, subsurface data availability, and main references is included 📑 7/10

The assessment provided in the IESDB will serve to improve the understanding of the inventoried structures, and the IESDB aims to act as an “evaporite radar”🔎🔭 of suitable sites for energy, carbon or nuclear waste storage facilities #CCS (source: doi.org/10.1021/jp5006…) 8/10

The database is (and will always be) freely available in iesdb.eu #OpenAccess
Visit the website, spread the word, test the functionalities, and let us know your views and suggestions for improvement. We are open to feedback and collaborations! 🔓👐🔄🗣️ 9/10

This project would not have been possible without the support of @UniBarcelona , @GEO3BCN_CSIC , @SedGeology_RG , @geologiaub , and the Open Access datasets from
@IGNSpain , @IGME1849 , @LNEG_PT , and @ICGCat . Raw Datasets can be downloaded at @DigitalCSIC 10/10

🚨Bonus🚨
The IESDB is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable at:
Official website: iesdb.eu
Raw data: doi.org/10.20350/digit…
Data description paper: Stay tunned(!)
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#Geology #Geoscience #OpenScience #Evaporite

🚨😀🙌 On behalf of the entire IESDB Team (@Eloigoes | @john_arcade | @E_Gomez_Rivas):

Many thanks to all of you who are sharing, testing and giving feedback on the IESDB database!
@UniBarcelona @DeptMpga @DeptDto @GEO3BCN_CSIC @SedGeology_RG @IRGeomodels