National Lacustrine Core Curation Facility: LRC Esprit de Core

这项建议寻求支持，与德卢斯大学大湖观测站密切合作，在明尼苏达大学湖泊研究中心(LRC)建立陆上沉积物岩心管理设施。与长期以来成功地对海洋岩心进行管理不同，目前还没有对陆地材料进行管理的方法。这一设施将通过提供一致的管理，包括记录/采样系统、数据管理和存档，为古记录界服务。拟议的管理设施的战略是长期的，与预计的不断扩大的需求保持同步。第一阶段要求为17,500个核心部分建造一个预制冷藏室，并建立组织基础设施、数据库和协议。随着国际大陆钻探方案成为现实，对核心文件和档案的需求增加，将实施第二阶段，包括对设施的评价，对钻探举措的反应，以及可能扩大到100 000个能力。该设施将作为与国家科学基金会的一项合作协议，使用一个反映地球系统历史(ESH)广泛利益的指定外部咨询小组(EAG)来运作。

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.