Management and Operation of a Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office

该合同将允许主要研究人员建立、管理和操作一个新的大陆科学钻探协调办公室（CSDCO）。钻探和取心是直接进入地球的必要条件。年代的地下。钻探产生的样品缺乏暴露或风化变化限制了对地球系统的科学探究和理解。它还允许通过现场测量和长期观测以及监测深层地球过程来评估深层物质，为验证从地表进行的观测提供了一种手段。从沉积档案中钻取的岩心样本，产生了地球生命系统的四维视角。当前和未来的钻探目标可以研究各种各样的主题，包括古环境、生物进化（包括人类进化和扩散）、深地球生物圈、断层力学和地震活动、岩浆活动、流星撞击和地下水污染。CSDCO将为科学界履行以下关键职能：1)与感兴趣的研究人员合作开发项目，设计最佳钻井解决方案，招标并确保合同，以实现有效的钻井作业，实现项目目标；2)支持复杂项目的国内和国际物流需求；3)提供经验丰富的钻井科学界面以及钻井作业过程中的样品和数据管理；4)提供一个开放和设备齐全的实验室，配备所有适当的基础设施，以便对所有类型的岩心样品进行快速和彻底的初步处理，并管理衍生数据；5)在物理和虚拟存储库中管理所有类型的核心和数据/元数据；6)促进一个积极参与、技术先进的钻井社区的发展；7)扩大代表性不足群体的参与。

This award will permit the principle investigators to establish, manage and operate a new Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office (CSDCO). Drilling and coring are essential for directly accessing the Earth?s subsurface. Drilling generates samples where lack of exposure or alteration by weathering limit scientific inquiry and understanding of the Earth system. It further allows assessment of materials at depth through in-situ measurements and long-term observation and monitoring of deep earth processes, providing a means for validating observations made from the surface. Core samples drilled from sedimentary archives generate a four-dimensional perspective on the earth-life system. Current and future drilling targets enable research on an enormous variety of topics, including paleoenvironment, biological evolution (including hominid evolution and dispersal), deep-earth biosphere, fault mechanics and seismicity, magmatism, meteor impacts, and groundwater contamination.The CSDCO will perform the following critical functions for the scientific community: 1) engage with interested researchers to develop projects, engineer optimal drilling solutions, solicit bids and secure contracts for efficient drilling operations that meet project goals; 2) support complex project-specific domestic and international logistical requirements; 3) provide an experienced drilling-science interface and sample and data management during drilling operations; 4) provide an open and well-equipped laboratory with all appropriate infrastructure for rapid and thorough initial processing of all types of core samples and management of derivative data; 5) curate all types of cores and data/metadata in physical and virtual repositories; 6) foster the development of an engaged, active, and technologically advanced drilling community; and 7) broaden participation of underrepresented groups.