Chert is a sedimentary rock abundant and conspicuous throughout the geologic record. It serves as an essential geological archive and is vital for palaeogeographic reconstruction. The Chert Database Working Group is part of the OneSediment Working Groups of the Deep‐time Digital Earth (DDE) Big Science Program. To facilitate the sharing of chert information and promote chert research, we have compiled a summary of literature containing chert information worldwide and established the Global Chert Database (GCDB). The main body of the current database consists of seven data tables, each providing details on references, lithology, depositional age, geographic location, depositional environment and geochemical information for each sample. As of December 2023, the GCDB contains 8417 sample data from 617 pieces of literature, which can be downloaded from the ‘DDE Data Publish & Repository’.

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全球燧石数据库：全球燧石样本汇总记录

燧石是一种沉积岩，在地质记录中含量丰富且引人注目。它是重要的地质档案，对于古地理重建至关重要。Chert 数据库工作组是深时数字地球 (DDE) 大科学计划 OneSediment 工作组的一部分。为了促进燧石信息共享，促进燧石研究，我们对全球燧石信息文献进行了汇总，建立了全球燧石数据库（GCDB）。当前数据库的主体由七个数据表组成，每个数据表提供了每个样本的参考资料、岩性、沉积年龄、地理位置、沉积环境和地球化学信息。截至2023年12月，GCDB包含来自617篇文献的8417个样本数据，可以从“DDE数据发布和存储库”下载。