Partial Support for US Participation in a Workshop Geological Carbon Capture & Storage in Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks

这些资金支持学生和早期职业科学家参加2011年1月在阿曼由国际大洋钻探计划、国际大陆科学钻探计划、欧洲科学基金会和其他机构举办的关于镁铁质和超镁铁质岩石固碳的地质方面的大型国际研讨会。研讨会地点接近地球上最好的海洋地壳三维暴露之一，将允许进行实地考察和第一手观察，了解碳是如何通过碳捕获和储存的各种过程在镁铁质和超镁铁质岩石中发生和分布的。鉴于找到减少大气中二氧化碳排放量的方法的重要性，这次研讨会既重要又及时；它由来自9个国家的该领域的领先专家召集。讲习班的一个主要目标是讨论海底基岩及其在大陆上暴露的残留物中固碳的潜力。资金的使用将由竞争决定，采用一套既定的优先标准。参加的机会将向学术界和地质界广泛宣传。这项工作的更广泛影响包括调查可能的二氧化碳储存新方法和储存库，降低大气二氧化碳水平，在学术界、工业界和国际合作伙伴之间建立潜在的合作，以及促进美国和中东科学家之间的互动。这项工作还将支持学生、博士后和职业生涯早期的教职员工出席，帮助在重要的碳封存领域建立劳动力。

These funds support the participation of students and early career scientists at a major international workshop held by in Oman in January 2011 by the International Ocean Drilling Program, the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, the European Science Foundation, and others on the geological aspects of carbon sequestration in mafic and ultramafic rocks. The workshop site is close to one of the best 3-D exposures of ocean crust on Earth and will allow field trips and first hand observations of how carbon occurs and is distributed in mafic and ultramafic rocks by various processes involved in carbon capture and storage. Given the importance of finding ways to reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, this workshop is both important and timely; and it is being convened by the leading experts in the field from nine countries. A main goal of the workshop is to discuss the potential for carbon sequestration in seafloor basement rocks and their exposed remnants on the continents. Utilization of funds will be determined by competition using a set of established priority criteria. The opportunity to attend will be advertised widely to the academic and geological communities. Broader impacts of the work include investigating possible new means and reservoirs for CO2 storage and reducing levels of atmospheric CO2, building potential collaborations between academics and industrial and international partners, and promoting interaction between US and Middle Eastern scientists. The work will also support the attendance of students, postdocs, and early career faculty members helping to build workforce in the important area of carbon sequestration.