Australian Membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program

这是一份为期18个月的国际海洋发现计划（IODP）成员的提案，IODP是世界上最大的地球和海洋科学合作研究计划。该计划通过进行海上取心考察和监测仪器钻孔来研究地球的历史和当前活动，使用全球独特的基础设施，否则澳大利亚人无法获得这些基础设施。项目成果包括了解过去在多个时间尺度上的全球环境变化、深层生物圈、板块构造、资源的形成和分布以及危害的产生。这些成果对澳大利亚的国家科学和研究重点以及社会和经济繁荣至关重要。

This proposal is for an 18-month membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), the world’s largest collaborative research program in Earth and Ocean sciences. The Program studies the history and current activity of the Earth by conducting seagoing coring expeditions and monitoring of instrumented boreholes, using globally unique infrastructure that Australians would otherwise have no access to. Program outcomes include understanding past global environmental change on multiple time scales, the deep biosphere, plate tectonics, formation and distribution of resources, and generation of hazards. These outcomes are paramount to Australia’s national science and research priorities, and societal and economic prosperity.