Preparing for the Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project

墨西哥尤卡坦半岛上埋藏的希克苏鲁伯陨石坑具有重要的科学价值，因为它的规模巨大(200公里)，保存状态良好，并与白垩纪-第三纪灭绝有关。国际大陆科学钻探计划(ICDP)已同意提供资金，在火山口钻一个2.5-3公里的洞并持续取芯，协助进行初始岩心文件作业，并进行基本测井计划。Chixulub科学钻探项目(CSDP)有三名首席研究员--两名墨西哥科学家和这项建议的作者Virgil Sharpton。该奖项为一个有美国参与的科学项目的发展提供资金。具体地说，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PI、共同PI以及来自其他相关机构和机构的代表会面，以计划和实施科学计划；以及3)通过继续分析墨西哥领导的奇克苏鲁布盆地南侧浅部取心运动的现有样品，准备CSDP中的提出者的努力。

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.***