CIRDLES

U-Pb_Redux is platform-independent and open-source software that is central to CIRDLES' process architecture because it provides seamless interoperability among the various process phases.  First, it orchestrates the analyst's workflow end-to-end from data acquisition to archiving and compilation with the support of interactive visualizations.  Second, U-Pb_Redux supports high-precision uranium-lead geochronology by using standard and open techniques for data reduction and uncertainty propagation to support interpretations.  Third, it provides interactive visualizations including a novel approach to sensitivity testing during data acquisition that improves instrument utilization.  Fourth,  U-Pb_Redux features the automated production of customizable, publication-ready artifacts. Finally, U-Pb_Redux supports community-based archiving, federation and comparative compilation of results.  

U-Pb_Redux's use of a rigorous statistical approach to the analysis of U-Pb isotopic data is key to achieving one of EARTHTIME's overarching goals: the elimination of inter-laboratory bias.