Interactive, Web-based Visualizations for Hierarchical Information and Knowledge in Geosciences: An Implementation on the Dana Classification and its Applications

Hao Zhong1, Anirudh Prabhu1, Fang Huang1, Ahmed Eleish1, Katherine Chastain1, Brenda L Thomson1, Shweta Narkar1, Kathleen S Fontaine1, Daniel R Hummer2, Shaunna M Morrison3, Robert T Downs4, Robert Hazen3, Peter Arthur Fox1 and Peter J Heaney5, (1)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tetherless World Constellation, Troy, NY, United States, (2)Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Department of Geology, Carbondale, IL, United States, (3)Carnegie Institution for Science, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (4)University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, United States