Marine Geological Samples Laboratory: Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island (support of marine sample curation)

海洋地质样本实验室：罗德岛大学海洋学研究生院（支持海洋样本管理）

• 批准号: 2116199
• 负责人: Katherine Kelley
• 金额: $ 39.57万
• 依托单位: University of Rhode Island
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-01 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2116199&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Marine; Geological; Samples; Laboratory; Graduate

Samples of seafloor rocks, cores, corals, hydrothermal vent fluids and chimney deposits, sediments, other materials are valuable scientific resources that are collected at great expense on scientific oceanographic expeditions. Some samples come from shallow, near-shore environments of unusual and ephemeral character and others come from mid-ocean ridges, seamounts, the abyssal plain, the roots of volcanic islands, and continental shelves. Many samples come from inaccessible places miles below the surface of the ocean and are retrieved from the seafloor by specialized robotic vehicles, human occupied submersibles, coring devices, and/or rock dredges. To preserve these valuable samples and make them available to other scientists for studies not envisioned by the original collectors, the Marine Geology and Geophysics Program of the Division of Ocean Sciences of the National Science Foundation funds four professionally run repositories that house samples collected by seagoing scientists. This award funds the curation, storage, and distribution of marine seafloor samples by the University of Rhode Island's Marine Geological Sample Laboratory. Samples are distributed upon request to scientists and educators wishing to better understand the ocean basins, the distribution of its resources, and how the Earth works. Over the past 3 years, this repository has distributed almost 800 samples of seafloor material to US and international scientists to advance our knowledge of the seafloor, ocean crust, mantle, seafloor volcanism, and the history of ocean chemistry and Earth's climate. Samples from the repositories have been used to pioneer new analytical techniques and provide important insights into the seafloor, the continental margins, and sub-oceanic magmatic processes. Broader impacts of the work include training of graduate students in curation and the techniques used to collect samples, graduate level course involvement, and public outreach via tours for primary and secondary school groups, local community organizations, and other interested parties. This award also provides support for an essential piece of marine geology infrastructure and provides support to an institution in a state that does not receive a significant amount of Federal funding (i.e., an EPSCoR state).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

海底岩石、岩心、珊瑚、热液喷口流体和烟囱沉积物、沉积物和其他材料的样品是宝贵的科学资源，是在科学海洋考察中花费巨资收集的。一些样本来自浅海、近岸环境，具有不寻常和短暂的特征，另一些样本来自洋中脊、海底山、深海平原、火山岛的根部和大陆架。许多样本来自海洋表面以下数英里的难以接近的地方，由专门的机器人车辆、载人潜水器、取芯设备和/或岩石挖泥船从海底采集。为了保存这些有价值的样本，并使其他科学家可以利用它们进行最初的收集者没有想到的研究，美国国家科学基金会海洋科学部的海洋地质和地球物理项目资助了四个专业运营的储存库，这些储存库存放着航海科学家收集的样本。该奖项资助罗德岛大学海洋地质样本实验室管理、储存和分发海洋海底样本。样品应要求分发给希望更好地了解海洋盆地、其资源分布以及地球如何工作的科学家和教育工作者。在过去的3年里，这个储藏库向美国和国际科学家分发了近800份海底物质样本，以提高我们对海底、海洋地壳、地幔、海底火山活动、海洋化学历史和地球气候的认识。从储存库中提取的样品已被用于开拓新的分析技术，并为海底、大陆边缘和海底岩浆过程提供了重要的见解。这项工作的更广泛的影响包括培训研究生的策展和收集样本的技术，研究生水平的课程参与，以及通过对中小学团体、当地社区组织和其他感兴趣的团体的参观进行公众宣传。该奖项还为海洋地质基础设施的重要组成部分提供支持，并为没有获得大量联邦资金的州（即EPSCoR州）的机构提供支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。