National Lacustrine Core Curation Facility: LRC Esprit de Core

该提案寻求支持，与大湖天文台（LLO） UofMN- duluth密切合作，在UofMN湖沼学研究中心（LRC）开发陆基沉积物岩心管理设施。与长期以来成功的海洋岩芯管理不同，目前尚无陆地材料的管理。该设施将为古记录社区提供一致的管理，包括日志/采样系统、数据管理和存档。拟议的策展设施的战略是长期的，与预计的不断扩大的需求保持同步。第一阶段要求建造一个可容纳17,500个核心部分的预制冷室，并建立组织基础设施、数据库和协议。随着国际大陆钻井计划成为现实，对核心文件和存档的需求日益增加，第二阶段将实施，包括对设施的评估，对钻井计划的响应，以及可能扩大到10万以上的产能。该设施将作为与美国国家科学基金会的合作协议，使用一个指定的外部咨询小组（EAG）来运作，该小组反映了地球系统历史（ESH）的广泛兴趣。

This proposal seeks support to develop a curation facility for land-based sediment cores at the Limnological Research Center (LRC), UofMN, in close collaboration with the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) UofMN-Duluth. Unlike the long-established successful curation of marine cores, no curation is currently available for terrestrial material. This facility will serve the paleorecords community by providing access to consistent management including logging/sampling systems, data management, and archiving. The strategy for the proposed curation facility is long-term, keeping pace with projected expanding needs. Phase I calls for construction of a prefabricated cold room for 17,500 core sections and establishment of organizational infrastructure, database, and protocols. As the International Continental Drilling Programme becomes a reality bringing increased needs for core documentation and archiving, Phase II will be implemented, including evaluation of the facility, response to drilling initiatives, and likely expansion to 100,000+ capacity. The facility will be operated as a cooperative agreement with NSF using an appointed External Advisory Group (EAG) reflecting the wide spectrum of Earth System History (ESH) interests.