Management and Operation of a Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office

大陆科学钻探协调办公室的管理和运作

• 批准号: 1338322
• 负责人: Anders Noren
• 金额: $ 350.35万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1338322&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Management; Operation; Continental; Scientific; Drilling

This award will permit the principle investigators to establish, manage and operate a new Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office (CSDCO). Drilling and coring are essential for directly accessing the Earth?s subsurface. Drilling generates samples where lack of exposure or alteration by weathering limit scientific inquiry and understanding of the Earth system. It further allows assessment of materials at depth through in-situ measurements and long-term observation and monitoring of deep earth processes, providing a means for validating observations made from the surface. Core samples drilled from sedimentary archives generate a four-dimensional perspective on the earth-life system. Current and future drilling targets enable research on an enormous variety of topics, including paleoenvironment, biological evolution (including hominid evolution and dispersal), deep-earth biosphere, fault mechanics and seismicity, magmatism, meteor impacts, and groundwater contamination.The CSDCO will perform the following critical functions for the scientific community: 1) engage with interested researchers to develop projects, engineer optimal drilling solutions, solicit bids and secure contracts for efficient drilling operations that meet project goals; 2) support complex project-specific domestic and international logistical requirements; 3) provide an experienced drilling-science interface and sample and data management during drilling operations; 4) provide an open and well-equipped laboratory with all appropriate infrastructure for rapid and thorough initial processing of all types of core samples and management of derivative data; 5) curate all types of cores and data/metadata in physical and virtual repositories; 6) foster the development of an engaged, active, and technologically advanced drilling community; and 7) broaden participation of underrepresented groups.

该奖项将允许主要研究人员建立、管理和运营一个新的大陆科学钻探协调办公室（CSDCO）。 钻探和取芯对于直接进入地球地下至关重要。钻探产生的样本缺乏暴露或因风化而改变，限制了对地球系统的科学探究和了解。它还可以通过原位测量以及对地球深层过程的长期观察和监测来评估深层材料，从而提供验证从表面进行的观测的方法。从沉积档案中钻取的岩心样本产生了地球生命系统的四维视角。 当前和未来的钻探目标可实现对各种主题的研究，包括古环境、生物进化（包括原始人类进化和扩散）、地球深部生物圈、断层力学和地震活动、岩浆作用、流星撞击和地下水污染。CSDCO 将执行科学界的以下关键职能： 1) 与感兴趣的研究人员合作开发项目、设计最佳钻井解决方案、招标并签订合同，以实现实现项目目标的高效钻井作业； 2) 支持复杂项目特定的国内和国际物流需求； 3) 在钻井作业期间提供经验丰富的钻井科学界面以及样品和数据管理； 4) 提供一个开放且设备齐全的实验室，配备所有适当的基础设施，以快速、彻底地初步处理各类岩心样品和管理衍生数据； 5) 管理物理和虚拟存储库中所有类型的核心和数据/元数据； 6) 促进发展一个积极参与、活跃且技术先进的钻井界； 7) 扩大代表性不足群体的参与。

项目成果

Flyover Country: Creating Flexible Field Experiences Using a Mobile Geoscience App

Flyover Country：使用移动地球科学应用程序创建灵活的现场体验

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: In the trenches
• 作者: Birlenbach, D. M.