Lamont-Doherty Core Repository: Curation, Service, Professional Development, Outreach

该项目将支持Lamont-Doherty核心存储库（LDCR）的持续运行。LDCR是一个用于地球科学研究和教育的国家资源。这个储存库拥有世界上最大和地理范围最广的深海沉积物岩心收藏之一。它还包括海底岩石、锰结核、珊瑚、湿地和河流岩心。就像一个泥、化石和岩石的图书馆，LDCR通过存储、分发和收集样本和数据为地球科学界服务。来自世界各地的科学家使用这种材料来研究地球的历史和过程。LDCR每年接待数百名游客。这些访客在离开时了解了最不发达国家科学和教育资源以及最不发达国家科学和教育资源为科学界所起的作用。最不发达国家办事处提供各种外联活动。这些活动包括专业培训机会，社区使用沉积物分析实验室，以及为游客提供永久性展品。通过该项目提供的支持使LDCR能够实现其使命：(a)为地球科学界收集的样品和岩心提供长期的管理和存档，以确保它们的保存和对当代和后代的地球科学家有用；(b)满足国内和国际科学家对样品的要求，并提供样品描述、岩心测井测量以及对感兴趣的材料进行基本的沉积学、地球化学和地球物理分析；(c)协助任何机构的主要研究人员规划和执行样本收集活动，包括海上活动，并提供短期（2年）独家访问样本材料和数据，以及长期储存和管理这些样本；(d)通过新的和持续的举措增加现有馆藏的价值，包括改善在线数据可用性、样本表征和馆藏子集的文档化；(e)为学生和早期职业科学家提供指导和创造专业发展机会，包括暑期实习；(f)继续开发宣传和教育材料，教育教师、学生和公众关于LDCR在提高我们对气候变化、海洋酸化、进化和构造等地球过程的理解方面所起的重要作用。我们收集的新旧材料数据是开发新技术和提供新鲜科学见解的持续资源。通过LDCR，学生、早期职业研究人员和其他科学家能够利用现有的和存档的材料，使他们能够及时抓住研究机会，而不必进行昂贵的考察。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。

This project will support the ongoing operation of the Lamont-Doherty Core Repository (LDCR). The LDCR is a national resource for geoscience research and education. This repository houses one of the largest and geographically expansive collections of deep-sea sediment cores in the world. It also includes seafloor rocks, manganese nodules, corals, and wetland and river cores. Like a library of mud, fossils, and rocks, the LDCR serves the Earth science community by storing, distributing, and collecting samples and data. Scientists from all over the world use this material to study the history and processes of the Earth. The LDCR hosts hundreds of visitors every year. These visitors leave with an understanding of the scientific and educational resources available at the LDCR and the role the LDCR serves for the scientific community. The LDCR offers a variety of outreach activities. These activities include professional training opportunities, a community use sediment analysis laboratory, and permanent exhibits for visitors. The support provided through this project allows the LDCR to achieve its mission: (a) to provide long-term curation and archiving of samples and cores collected by the geoscience community to ensure their preservation and usefulness to current and future generations of Earth scientists; (b) to serve the needs of national and international scientists by fulfilling sample requests as well as providing sample descriptions, core log measurements, and basic sedimentological, geochemical, and geophysical analyses on materials of interest; (c) to assist principal investigators from any institution in the planning and execution of sample collection activities, including sea-going activities, and providing short-term (2-year) exclusive access to sample material and data in addition to long-term storage and curation of those samples; (d) to add value to the existing collection through new and continuing initiatives that include improving on-line data availability, sample characterization, and documentation of subsets of the collection; (e) to mentor and create professional development opportunities for students and early career scientists, including summer internships; and (f) to continue development of outreach and educational materials to educate teachers, students, and the general public about the important role the LDCR plays in improving our understanding of Earth processes such as climate change, ocean acidification, evolution, and tectonics. Data from old and new materials in our collection are a continuing resource for the development of novel techniques and the provision of fresh scientific insights. Through the LDCR, students, early career researchers, and other scientists are able to take advantage of existing and archived materials, allowing them to seize research opportunities in a timely fashion without having to mount costly expeditions.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.