Preservation of Lake Sediment Cores and Associated Data: Benefits of Proper Curation

这笔赠款支持一个研讨会，重点讨论集中式湖泊岩心分析和储存设施的可取性/属性，该设施将为美国古气候界和更大的地球科学界提供最大利益。研讨会将于2006年3月在犹他大学盐湖城校区举行，并将提前广泛宣传。可通过以下方式在古环境和古气候调查方面取得重大进展：(1)湖相沉积岩芯的长期管理和社区访问；(2)便于获取有关现有岩心的信息；(3)岩心描述和样本编目的统一协议，将是讨论的专题/问题。该研讨会的报告将帮助本计划确定对这种设施的需求，如果是的话，确定这种设施的最佳特征，并可能为未来征求竞争性提案提供背景。

This grant supports a workshop focused on discussion of the desirability/attributes of a centralized lake core analysis and storage facility(ies) that would provide the maximum benefit to the U.S. paleoclimate community as well as the greater geoscience community. The workshop will be held in Salt Lake City on the campus of the University of Utah in March 2006 and will be advertised widely in advance. That significant progress in paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic investigations may be gained by establishing: (1) long-term curation of and community access to lacustrine sediment cores, (2) easy access to information about existing cores, and (3) uniform protocols for core description and sample cataloging, will be topics/questions of discussion. The report of this workshop will assist Program in identifying the need for and, if so, the optimum characteristics of such a facility and may provide a context for a future call for competing proposals.