Preparing for the Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project

夏普顿墨西哥尤卡坦半岛上被掩埋的希克苏鲁伯陨石坑在科学上具有重要意义，因为它的规模巨大（200公里），保存完好，并且与白垩纪-第三纪的物种灭绝有关。国际大陆科学钻探计划（ICDP）已经同意提供资金，在火山口钻一个2.5 - 3公里的洞，并持续取心，协助初步的取心文件操作，并进行基本的测井程序。Chicxulub科学钻探项目（CSDP）有三位首席调查员——两位墨西哥科学家和本提案的作者Virgil Sharpton。该奖项为美国参与的科学项目的发展提供资金。具体来说，资金将用于：1)通过在Eos和GSA Today上征集简短提案来召集科学团队成员；2)与其他项目负责人、合作项目负责人以及其他相关机构和机构的代表会面，规划和实施科学计划；3)通过继续分析墨西哥主导的沿希克苏鲁伯盆地南侧浅层取心运动的现有样本，为CSDP的提议者的工作做好准备

9909839SharptonThe buried Chicxulub impact crater on the Yucatan Penninsula in Mexico is scientifically important because of its great size (200 km), its excellent preservation state, and its link to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinctions. The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) has agreed to provide funds to drill and continuously core a 2.5 - 3 km hole in the crater, assist in initial core documentation operations, and conduct a basic logging program. There are three Principal Investigators for the Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project (CSDP) - two Mexican scientists and the author of this proposal, Virgil Sharpton.This award provides funding for the development of a science program with U.S. participation. Specifically, funds will be used to: 1) assemble members of the Science Team through a call for short proposals in Eos and GSA Today; 2) meet with other PIs, Co-PIs, and representatives from other relevant institutions and agencies to plan and implement a science plan; and 3) prepare the proposers' effort in CSDP by continuing analysis of existing samples from the Mexican-led campaign of shallow coring along the southern flank of the Chicxulub basin.***