The Bighorn Basin Coring Project (BBCP) Phase I: Workshop; Northwest College, Powell, WY; Summer 2007

Bighorn 盆地取心项目 (BBCP) 第一阶段：车间；

• 批准号: 0707415
• 负责人: William Clyde
• 金额: $ 4.48万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-15 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0707415&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Bighorn; Basin; Coring; Project; BBCP

This proposal would fund a 4-day workshop in Powell, Wyoming during the summer of 2007 to discuss the scientific, logistical, and administrative framework for coring the early Paleogene (Paleocene to early Eocene) deposits of the Bighorn Basin. Approximately 35 scientists, students, and industry representatives would take part. The workshop will also discuss the important questions driving the post-drilling research, funding for which would be sought through separate proposals. Intellectual Merit: The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), (as well as the more newly discovered small amplitude carbon isotope excursions that mimic the PETM observed in deep-sea cores), is extremely well preserved in the Bighorn Basin as the most complete early Paleogene continental sequence in the world. The basin sediments include a ~50 meter thick PETM interval. Cores of this early Paleogene stratigraphic record would make it possible to develop high resolution (1,000-10,000 year sampling interval) proxy records for temperature (oxygen isotopes), carbon cycling (carbon isotopes), and biotic change (e.g. pollen) from unweathered material to investigate, in an unprecedented way, the high-frequency climatic and biotic variability of a continental depositional system during greenhouse conditions. This would be the only scientific core recovered from this interval in a continental setting. Broader Impacts: The proposed attendee list includes students and representatives from academia, industry, and foreign scientists. The event will stimulate interaction between different communities, and will bring together geochemists, geochronoogists, stratigraphers and paleontologists. The proposers are well aware of efforts like Earthtime and Geosystems, and will devote some agenda time to discussing outreach strategies for public engagement.

该提案将在2007年夏季在怀俄明州进行为期4天的研讨会，讨论大角盆地早期古近年（古新世至始新世早期）的科学，后勤和行政框架。大约有35位科学家，学生和行业代表将参加。研讨会还将讨论推动滴入后研究的重要问题，这些问题将通过单独的建议寻求资金。智力优点：古新世热最大值（PETM）（以及更新的小振幅碳同位素偏移，模仿在深海核心中观察到的PETM），在世界上最完整的早期古生元大陆序列中保存得非常好。盆地沉积物包括约50米厚的PETM间隔。这个早期古代地层记录的核心将使温度（氧同位素），碳循环（碳同位素）和生物变化（例如，在不易于调查的较高的系统中，在不预定的环境中，碳循环的材料（例如，碳同体）和生物变化（例如，在不预定的环境中，碳循环）的温度（碳循环（碳同位素）和生物变化（例如，生物变化）的高分辨率变化（例如，碳循环（例如，碳同级））的核心有可能 状况。这将是在大陆环境中从此间隔中恢复的唯一科学核心。更广泛的影响：拟议的与会者名单包括学术界，工业和外国科学家的学生和代表。该事件将刺激不同社区之间的互动，并将地球化学家，地理学家，地层学家和古生物学家汇集在一起​​。提议者非常了解Earthtime和Geosystems之类的努力，并将花一些议程时间来讨论公众参与的外展策略。