Within the paleoenvironment, changes take place in sea level, tectonics, geomorphology, pollen, temperature, rainfall etc. These changes take place in time (range of years, specific year, or season in a year) and over different areas (locally, regionally, and globally). I'm looking for a way to collate my research where I can build and keep track of these changes in time...while keeping track of the sources. In essence, a database with my input.
Is there software or a database template for this? Spreadsheets don't work for this and I'm in the middle of research to build my own database from scratch.
Thank you
I'll admit, either a spreadsheet or a bullet-point list in a word document would be my first suggestion for keeping track of multiple parameters (qualitative or quantitative) over time.
However, since you find those insufficient, have you considered a GIS program? Some of the parameters you mentioned, such as sea level and geomorphology, should be easily illustrated using shapefiles, with a separate file used for each individual time and/or location. I have never (yet) used GIS to illustrate meteorological / climatological changes (pollen, temperature, rainfall, etc.) over time, but multiple examples of weather and climate-change maps exist.
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