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 This is a list of all the tables in the database that are relevant to data entry and maintenance, as well as most analysis applications. These are all the tables that are visible to the 'reader' login. This doesn't include a variety of tables with application back-end and user data.  This is a list of all the tables in the database that are relevant to data entry and maintenance, as well as most analysis applications. These are all the tables that are visible to the 'reader' login. This doesn't include a variety of tables with application back-end and user data. 
  
-Here, tables listed roughly following the structure (cardinality) of ICE-D and by relevance for data entry and analysis.+Tables are listed here generally following the structure (cardinality) of ICE-D and by relevance for data entry and analysis.
  
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 ===Tables used in defining top-level applications=== ===Tables used in defining top-level applications===
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 +ICE-D is organized at the very top level by "Applications", or in other words the various research disciplines where cosmogenic nuclides are applied. For example, researchers who reconstruct alpine glacier histories around the world would put their data into the ICE-D ALPINE application. Whereas researchers who use cosmogenic nuclides to constrain fault slip rates by dating offset features would put their data in the ICE-D TECTONICS application.
  
 **base_application** [[dictionary:base_application|Details]] **base_application** [[dictionary:base_application|Details]]
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 ===Primary site and sample definition tables=== ===Primary site and sample definition tables===
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 +These tables are used to describe the numerous field and geologic observations for 'surface' samples and 'core' samples collected on landforms. In general, landforms associated with specific geologic events
  
 **base_site** [[dictionary:base_site|Details]] **base_site** [[dictionary:base_site|Details]]