Outcrop conservation: Promoting accessibility, inclusivity, and reproducibility through digital preservation

Outcrops are routinely used for research and education purposes, a key component of geoscientific training. Fundamentally, re-evaluation outcrop observations reproducibility results is critical scientific advancement. Accessibility to the field outcrops, however, remain problematic several technical societal reasons. Advances in application digital models geoscience training have seen significant rise recent years due technological innovation user-friendly workflows. Herein we discuss necessity digitally capture outcrops preserve them natural landscapes that shaped Geosciences. Examples reflect sedimentological concept technique advances, only possible with presented. Digitally preserved outcrops’ role as milieus increased accessibility, inclusivity, discussed. The time has never been more appropriate, tools accessible, promote open inclusive environment research, education,