Continued Operation of the OSU/CEOAS Marine and Geology Repository

俄勒冈州立大学地球、海洋和大气科学学院维护着OSU/CEOAS海洋和地质库(OSU-MGR)，作为NSF赞助的社区设施。其任务是存档和分发地质样品，主要是沉积岩芯、岩石、结核和沉积物圈闭样品，用于科学研究和教育。该储存库建立于1971年，从那时起，OSU-MGR已经发展到管理四个主要收藏品。(1)NSF海洋地质收藏：包括来自6,603个岩心的15,196米海洋沉积物，来自529个挖泥船的14,674个岩石样本，来自61个潜水点(Alvin，ROV)的568个岩石样本，528个深海锰结核，以及1,644个沉积物圈闭样本。(2)NSF南极岩芯采集：包括来自7,352个岩心的16,187米海洋沉积物和来自92个地点的7,993米钻探岩心，包括ANDRILL、CRP、Ciros、DVDP和其他。(3)NOAA R/V Okeanos探险家潜水收藏：由187次潜水的365块岩石组成。以及(4)各种其他岩芯和岩石，包括来自俄勒冈州各地的567米太平洋西北部湖泊沉积物和8,061米陆地钻探岩芯。近50年来，这些材料一直在美国国家科学基金会的持续资助下进行存档和描述，在过去的29年里，超过18.6万份样本分发给了美国和世界各地的科学家、教育工作者和博物馆。在上一次资助期间采集了超过27,000份样本，对储存库样本的需求仍然很高，这是当今科学需求的一个可预见的组成部分。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University maintains the OSU/CEOAS Marine and Geology Repository (OSU-MGR) as an NSF-sponsored community facility. The mission is to archive and distribute geological samples, predominantly sediment cores, rocks, nodules and sediment trap samples, for scientific research and education. The repository was established in 1971 and since that time OSU-MGR has grown to curate four primary collections. (1) NSF’s Marine Geology Collection: Consisting of 15,196 m of marine sediments from 6,603 cores, 14,674 rock samples from 529 dredges, 568 rock samples from 61 dives (Alvin, ROV), 528 deep-sea manganese nodules, and 1,644 sediment trap samples. (2) NSF’s Antarctic core collection: Consisting of 16,187 m of marine sediments from 7,352 cores and 7,993 m of drill core from 92 sites, including ANDRILL, CRP, CIROS, DVDP and others. (3) NOAA R/V Okeanos Explorer Dive Collection: Consisting of 365 rocks from 187 dives. And (4) various other core and rock collections, including 567 m of Pacific NW lake sediments and 8,061 m of terrestrial drill core from across Oregon. For almost 50 years these materials have been archived and described with continuous NSF funding, with more than 186,000 samples distributed over the past 29 years to scientists, educators, and museums throughout the United States and around the world. With more than 27,000 samples taken over the last grant period, the demand for repository samples remains high, and is a predictable component of today’s scientific need.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.