Continued Operation of the OSU/CEOAS Marine Geology Repository

OSU/CEOAS 海洋地质资料库的持续运行

• 批准号: 1558679
• 负责人: Joseph Stoner
• 金额: $ 132.94万
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-15 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1558679&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Continued; Operation; OSU; CEOAS; Marine

Samples of seafloor rocks, cores, corals, hydrothermal vent fluids and chimney deposits, sediments, other materials are valuable scientific resources that are collected at great expense on scientific oceanographic expeditions. Some samples come from shallow, near-shore environments of unusual and ephemeral character and others come from mid-ocean ridges, seamounts, the abyssal plain, the roots of volcanic islands, and continental shelves. Many samples come from inaccessible places miles below the surface of the ocean and are retrieved from the seafloor by specialized robotic vehicles, human occupied submersibles, coring devices, and/or rock dredges. To preserve these valuable samples and make them available to other scientists for studies not envisioned by the original collectors, the Marine Geology and Geophysics Program of the Division of Ocean Sciences of the National Science Foundation funds four professionally run repositories that house samples collected by seagoing scientists. This award funds the curation, storage, and distribution of marine seafloor samples by Oregon State University's Marine Geology Repository. Samples in this repository are distributed upon request to scientists and educators wishing to better understand the ocean basins and continental shelves, the distribution of their resources, and how the Earth works. Over the past 3 years, this repository has distributed more than 13,000 samples of seafloor material to US and international scientists to advance our knowledge of the seafloor, ocean crust, mantle, seafloor volcanism, and the history of ocean chemistry and Earth's climate. Samples from this repository have been used to pioneer new analytical techniques and provide important insights into seafloor, continental margin, and sub-seafloor magmatic processes. This award augments a significant investment by Oregon State University by providing financial support for the curation and distribution of samples to those interested in studying or exhibiting samples from the collection. The repository staff maintains the collection, ingests new material into the collection, collects and verifies submitted information on samples and enters these data and metadata into an online database making the collection visible to interested parties via the Internet so scientists and educators can find and request samples for research and education. In addition to the continued operation of the facility, this funding provides resources for staff to develop improved digital linking of repository samples and associated data and to provide funds for a dedicated server on which all repository data, tools, and utilities can be stored and accessed. Broader impacts of the work include public outreach via tours for primary and secondary school groups, local community organizations, and other interested parties. It also assists in postdoctoral and graduate student training. In addition, this award provides support for an essential piece of marine geology infrastructure that enhances the reuse of material of high scientific value that is collected at great expense.

海底岩石，岩心，珊瑚，水热排气液和烟囱沉积物，沉积物，其他材料的样品是有价值的科学资源，这些资源是在科学海洋探险队上以巨大的代价收集的。一些样本来自异常和短暂特征的浅水环境，而另一些则来自中山山脊，海湾，深渊平原，火山群岛的根和大陆架子。许多样本来自海底以下几英里处的难以访问的地方，并通过专门的机器人车，人类占领的潜水员，加油装置和/或岩石挖泥从海底检索。为了保留这些有价值的样本，并将其提供给其他科学家的研究，以进行原始收藏家所没有设想的研究，即国家科学基金会海洋科学系海洋地质和地球物理学计划，资助了四个专业运营的存储库，这些存储库可以容纳海上科学家收集的样本。该奖项为俄勒冈州立大学的海洋地质存储库资助了海底样品的策划，存储和分布。该存储库中的样本应要求分配给希望更好地了解海盆和大陆货架的科学家和教育工作者，资源的分配以及地球的运作方式。在过去的三年中，该存储库已向我们和国际科学家分发了13,000多种海底材料样本，以提高我们对海底，海壳，地幔，海底火山的了解以及海洋化学和地球气候的历史。该存储库中的样本已用于开拓新的分析技术，并为海底，大陆边缘和岩层岩浆过程提供重要的见解。该奖项通过为有兴趣研究或展示该收藏品的样本的人提供资金支持，从而增加了俄勒冈州立大学的大量投资。存储库人员将收藏夹维护，将新材料摄入该系列，收集和验证有关样品的提交信息，并将这些数据和元数据输入在线数据库中，从而通过互联网可以通过互联网看到该集合，以便科学家和教育者可以找到并要求样本进行研究和教育。除了设施的持续运行外，这项资金还为员工提供了资源，以开发改进的存储库样本和相关数据的数字链接，并为专用服务器提供资金，并在该服务器上存储和访问所有存储库数据，工具和公用事业。这项工作的更广泛影响包括通过游览大中学和中学团体，当地社区组织和其他有关方面的公共宣传。它还有助于博士后和研究生培训。此外，该奖项为一项重要的海洋地质基础设施提供了支持，该基础设施增强了高度科学价值的重用，这是巨大的代价。