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

部分支持美国参加地质碳捕集研讨会

• 批准号: 1059175
• 负责人: Peter Kelemen
• 金额: $ 2.9万
• 依托单位: Columbia University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1059175&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Partial; Support; US; Participation; Workshop

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.

这些资金支持学生和早期职业科学家参加2011年1月由国际海洋钻探计划、国际大陆科学钻探计划、欧洲科学基金会和其他组织在阿曼举办的一个大型国际研讨会，讨论基性和超基性岩石中碳封存的地质方面。研讨会地点靠近地球上最好的三维海洋地壳之一，并允许实地考察和第一手观察碳是如何通过碳捕获和储存的各种过程在基性和超基性岩石中发生和分布的。考虑到寻找减少大气中二氧化碳含量的方法的重要性，这次研讨会既重要又及时；它是由来自九个国家的该领域的主要专家召集的。研讨会的一个主要目标是讨论海底基底岩石及其在大陆上暴露的残余物的碳封存潜力。资金的使用将根据一套既定的优先标准通过竞争来决定。参加的机会将在学术界和地质界广泛宣传。这项工作的更广泛的影响包括研究二氧化碳储存和降低大气二氧化碳水平的可能的新方法和储存库，在学术界、工业界和国际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、博士后和早期职业教师的出勤，帮助建立碳封存这一重要领域的劳动力。