Curation of Antarctic Collections

该奖项由极地项目办公室的南极地质和地球物理项目提供，支持佛罗里达州立大学南极海洋地质研究设施（AMGRF）的活动。AMGRF是世界上最大的南大洋活塞岩芯储存库，30多年来一直支持海洋地质研究，接收、描述和存档岩芯。AMGRF拥有超过20,000米的岩心沉积物（超过6500个岩心）。该设施还存档了来自干谷钻探项目、罗斯海新生代调查和罗伯茨角项目等项目的2000多米的旋转芯材料。这些独特的沉积物尤其重要，因为它保存了大部分难以进入的南极大陆和周围海洋的新生代古环境记录。在过去的十年中，科学的注意力越来越集中在南极洲在全球新生代气候演变中的作用，特别是因为它与全球变暖的争论有关。AMGRF为南极和地球科学研究界提供了许多功能，包括：(1)技术服务——核心描述、采样和对主要研究人员的技术支持（包括船上或南极陆地上的管理操作）。(2)岩心管理- USAP船舶的海洋活塞和重力岩心以及陆地钻探的岩心在设施中进行处理和存储。(3)岩心和样本数据库-在线岩心和样本数据库为调查人员提供有关可用岩心和从岩心中提取的样本的基本信息。(4)研究支持——为AMGRF和访问研究者提供设备和空间。(5)教育——AMGRF为研究人员提供了讲习班和短期课程，为研究生和本科生提供了培训，并为所有年龄的学生和公众提供了讲座和参观。该奖项为继续和改进这些研究支持工作提供资金，以造福对南极海洋地质学感兴趣的美国和国际研究界。

This award, provided by the Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Program of the Office of Polar Programs, supports activities of the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility (AMGRF) at Florida State University. AMGRF, the largest repository of Southern Ocean piston cores in the world, has been supporting marine geological research and receiving, describing, and archiving cores for over 30 years. The AMGRF holdings include more than 20,000 m of cored sediment (over 6500 cores). The Facility also archives more than 2000 m of rotary-cored material from programs such as the Dry Valley Drilling Project, Cenozoic Investigations of the Ross Sea, and the Cape Roberts Project. This unique collection of sediments is especially important because of the Cenozoic paleoenvironmental record it preserves for the largely inaccessible Antarctic continent and surrounding ocean. During the past decade scientific attention has focused increasingly on the role of Antarctica in the evolution of global Cenozoic climate, especially as it pertains to the global warming controversy.The AMGRF provides numerous functions for the Antarctic and Earth Science research communities including:(1) Technical Service - Core descriptions, sampling, and technical support to Principal Investigators (including shipboard or Antarctic land-based curatorial operations).(2) Core Curation - Marine piston and gravity cores from USAP vessels and land-drilled cores are processed and stored at the Facility(3) Core and Sample Database - An online core and sample database provides investigators with basic information about available cores and samples taken from the cores. (4) Research Support - Equipment and space for AMGRF and visiting investigators.(5) Education - AMGRF provides a useful venue for workshops and short courses for investigators and training for graduate and undergraduate students plus lectures and tours for students of all ages and the general public.This award provides funds to continue, and improve, these research support efforts for the benefit of the U.S. and international research communities with interests in Antarctic marine geology.