Travel Support for US Scientists and Engineers to Attend Second Krafla Magma Drilling Project Workshop, Iceland

该奖项为克拉夫拉岩浆钻探项目(KMDP)的五名美国成员提供旅费，以参加该项目--S第二次研讨会。会议定于今年9月17日和18日在冰岛伯费尔的Landsvirkjun Power Co.？S(LV)设施举行。KMDP是国际大陆科学钻探计划的一个项目，旨在通过取心、钻孔测量和地表耦合观测来探测克拉夫拉火山口下的流纹岩岩浆体。冰岛深井钻探计划(IDDP)在其破纪录的IDDP-1井中意外地遇到了岩浆。IDDP继续寻找超临界流体，这是他们的首要目标。KMDParose是一个新项目，有一个基本上是新的团队来瞄准岩浆本身。2014年9月，ICDP资助了第一次KMDP研讨会，来自8个国家的约50名科学家和工程师参加了研讨会，讨论将IDDP-1作为机会洞？通过它可以进行取心。随后，确定机会洞需要是LV公司钻的一口新井。国际钻探中心暂时接受了KMDP的提议，拨出100万美元用于取心作业，但必须在今年9月28日之前提交一份令人满意的提议增编，详细说明取芯和科学的各个方面，因此需要举办第二个规模较小、重点严密的讲习班，重点放在作业规划上。LV慷慨地提出为这群人提供食物、住宿和会议设施。将有来自多达8个国家的约30人参加。所有参与者都将得到各自机构或国家科学机构的支持。美国地质调查局和美国国家实验室(DOE)的科学家也将参加。

This award provides travel funds for five U.S. members of the Krafla Magma DrillingProject (KMDP) to attend the project?s second workshop. The meeting is scheduled for17 and 18 September this year at Landsvirkjun Power Co.?s (LV) facilities at Burfell,Iceland.KMDP is a project of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)that seeks to probe, with coring, borehole measurements, and coupled surfaceobservations, the rhyolite magma body under Krafla Caldera. Magma was unexpectedlyencountered by the Iceland Deep Drilling Program (IDDP) through their record-breakingwell IDDP-1. IDDP moved on in search of supercritical fluids, their primary goal. KMDParose as a new project with a largely new team to target the magma itself. ICDP funded afirst KMDP workshop of some 50 scientists and engineers from 8 countries in September2014 to discuss using IDDP-1 as a ?hole of opportunity? through which coring could takeplace. Subsequently, it was determined that the hole of opportunity needed to be a new well drilled by LV. ICDP provisionally accepted the KMDP proposal, setting aside $1million for coring operations, with the caveat that a satisfactory proposal addendum detailing aspects of the coring and science be submitted by 28 September this year.Thus there has arisen a need for a second, smaller, tightly focused workshop concentrating on operational planning. LV has generously offered to provide food, lodging, and meeting facilities for the group. There will be about 30 participants from up to eight countries. All participants will be supported by their respective institutions or national science agencies. There will also be participation by USGS and DOE (National Laboratory) scientists.