Curation of National Antarctic Collections

国家南极藏品的策展

• 批准号: 0338192
• 负责人: Sherwood Wise
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Florida State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-01 至 2009-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0338192&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Curation; National; Antarctic; Collections

This award, provided by the Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Program of the Office of Polar Programs, supports continued operation 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 conducting marine geological research and receiving, describing, and archiving sediment cores for over 30 years. The AMGRF provides numerous services to the Antarctic and marine geology and geophysics community. This award provides operating funds not only to continue in these efforts but also to provide the means to make significant improvements in (1) Facility services and equipment for the benefit of the Antarctic marine geology community and (2) education and outreach programs to students and the general public.Items 1-4 below speak to the Intellectual Merits of this proposal and Item 5 discusses the Broader Impacts of AMGRF activities. The services and programs provided by the Facility include:(1) Technical Service - The Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility offers a variety of services to Principal Investigators, most at no direct cost to the user. These services including standard core processing (e.g., core splitting, Multi-sensor track analyses, core photography, whole-core x-rays, etc), core description publications (macroscopic and microscopic), and core sampling. In addition, Facility personnel provide curatorial support services to field-based projects upon request (e.g., the Cape Roberts Project, SHALDRIL, ANDRILL).(2) Core Curation - The AMGRF archives and curates more than 20,000 meters of cored sediment (over 6500 cores) and over 5000 kg of dredge, trawl, and grab samples collected by United States Antarctic Program (USAP) vessels. The Facility also archives and curates nearly 3000 meters of rotary-cored material from programs such as the Dry Valley Drilling Project (DVDP), Cenozoic Investigations of the Ross Sea (CIROS), and the Cape Roberts Project (CRP).(3) Core and Sample Database - The AMGRF maintains a core and sample database that can be accessed through the Facility's World Wide Web server. At present, this searchable database contains basic information (lat, long, water depth, etc.) about all the cores stored at the facility, as well as information about samples taken from cores (core, interval, size, investigator, etc.) between 1964 to present.(4) Research Capabilities - The analytical equipment at the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility serves both the research needs of both the AMGRF personnel (for generation of detailed core descriptions) and the Principal Investigators involved with the United States Antarctic Program. This equipment provides the users of the Facility with the necessary tools to rapidly and objectively analyze the piston cores and drill cores that are sent to the AMGRF each year.(5) Education and Outreach - As part of the Facility Education and Outreach program, Facility Personnel routinely provide (1) tours and lectures for students (K-20) and the general public; (2) Laboratory sessions for undergraduate Geology and Oceanography survey courses; (3) Training for graduate and undergraduate students; (4) and workshops and short courses for investigators. In summary, this award supports the processing and archiving of deep-sea sediment cores from U.S. Antarctic Program projects that are active now and that will be active in the next five years in the Southern Ocean. It also addresses the needs of FSU students and visiting students that need exposure to and training in state-of-the-art equipment for conducting first-class research in marine geology.

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）的持续运作。AMGRF是世界上最大的南大洋活塞岩心储存库，30多年来一直从事海洋地质研究，接收、描述和存档沉积物岩心。AMGRF为南极和海洋地质及地球物理学界提供了许多服务。该奖项不仅为继续这些努力提供了运营资金，而且还提供了在以下方面进行重大改进的手段：(1)为南极海洋地质界的利益提供设施服务和设备；(2)为学生和公众提供教育和推广计划。下文第1-4项讨论了该提案的知识价值，第5项讨论了AMGRF活动的更广泛影响。南极海洋地质研究设施提供的服务和项目包括：(1)技术服务——南极海洋地质研究设施为主要研究人员提供各种服务，大多数服务不向用户收取直接费用。这些服务包括标准岩心处理（例如，岩心分裂、多传感器轨迹分析、岩心摄影、全岩心x射线等）、岩心描述出版物（宏观和微观）以及岩心取样。此外，设施人员还应要求为现场项目提供策展支持服务（例如，罗伯茨角项目、SHALDRIL、ANDRILL）。(2)岩心管理- AMGRF存档和管理超过20,000米的岩心沉积物（超过6500个岩心）和超过5000公斤的疏浚、拖网和抓斗样本，这些样本由美国南极计划（USAP）船只收集。该设施还对来自干谷钻探项目（DVDP）、罗斯海新生代调查项目（CIROS）和罗伯茨角项目（CRP）等项目的近3000米的旋转核材料进行存档和管理。(3)核心和样本数据库- AMGRF维护一个核心和样本数据库，可通过基金的万维网服务器访问。目前，这个可搜索的数据库包含了该设施中存储的所有岩心的基本信息（纬度、长度、水深等），以及1964年至今从岩心中采集的样本信息（岩心、间隔、大小、研究者等）。(4)研究能力——南极海洋地质研究设施的分析设备既可以满足AMGRF人员（生成详细的岩心描述）的研究需求，也可以满足美国南极计划的主要研究人员的研究需求。该设备为该设施的用户提供了必要的工具，可以快速客观地分析每年发送到AMGRF的活塞岩心和钻岩心。(5)教育和外展-作为设施教育和外展计划的一部分，设施人员定期提供(1)学生（K-20）和公众参观和讲座；(2)本科地质与海洋调查课程的实验课；(3)研究生和本科生的培养；（四）侦查人员研修班和短期培训班。总而言之，该奖项支持处理和归档来自美国南极计划项目的深海沉积物岩心，这些项目目前正在进行，并将在未来五年内在南大洋进行。它还满足了FSU学生和访问学生的需求，这些学生需要接触最先进的设备并接受培训，以进行一流的海洋地质学研究。