Canadian participation in the international continental drilling program

在这项提案中，NSERC资助的科学家联盟CCDP(加拿大大陆钻探计划)正在寻求资金，以继续加拿大在国际大陆钻探计划(ICDP)中的成员资格。国际地球科学中心是一个国际组织，促进将科学钻探作为一种工具来解决地球科学中的一系列问题。钻探项目包括从湖泊沉积物取心到了解第四纪气候变化的研究，从硬岩钻探以获得古元古代环境变化的连续记录，从活火山和大断层到被大撞击破坏的岩石的取样，从碳氢化合物气体水合物到超临界水地热能源。国际钻探中心现已在五大洲支持了28个过去或目前正在进行的钻探活动，包括2002年在麦肯齐三角洲的Mallik天然气水合物研究井。到目前为止，NSERC的科学家一直或目前活跃在加州、中国、加纳、芬兰和阿根廷的ICDP支持的项目中，并被列为爱达荷州、土耳其、挪威和俄罗斯潜在的ICDP钻探项目的关键参与者。ICDP直接资助了沃尔夫维尔、马利克和萨德伯里的讲习班。在ICDP框架内开展的研究主题具有全球意义，有可能为加拿大社会和行业带来重要利益。这些主题包括全球变化、地质灾害、二氧化碳封存、能源和矿物学资源。国际地球科学中心的项目、讲习班和培训课程是极好的培训工具，使学生接触到高水平的技术和科学进步，接触到各种地球科学，以及国际一级的合作。加拿大继续成为ICDP的成员将使加拿大人能够参与世界各地的项目，同样重要的是，在ICDP的参与下，未来有可能在加拿大领土上开展更大的项目。该项目还旨在建立一个强大的加拿大地球科学家网络，以协助CCDP秘书处的信息交流中心和外联活动。

In this proposal, a consortium of NSERC funded scientists, called CCDP (Canadian Continental Drilling Program), are seeking funding to continue Canada's membership in the International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP). The ICDP is an international organization that promotes the use of scientific drilling as a tool to address a broad range of problems in the Geosciences. Drilling projects have included studies that range from lake sediment coring to understand climate variations in the Quaternary through hard rock drilling to obtain continuous records of the Paleoproterozoic environmental changes, from sampling of materials from active volcanoes and large faults to rocks damaged by large impacts, and from hydrocarbon gas hydrates to supercritical water geothermal energy sources. ICDP has now supported 28 past or currently active drilling campaigns on 5 continents, including the 2002 Mallik gas hydrate research well in the Mackenzie delta. To date NSERC scientists have been or are currently active in ICDP supported projects in California, China, Ghana, Finland, and Argentina, and are included as key participants in potential ICDP drilling projects in Idaho, Turkey, Norway, and Russia. ICDP directly funded workshops in Wolfville, Mallik and Sudbury. Research themes conducted in the frame of ICDP are of global significance and have the potential for important benefits to the Canadian society and industry. They include themes such as global change, geohazards, CO2 sequestration, energy and mineralogical resources. ICDP projects, workshops and training courses serve as excellent training vehicles exposing students to technical and scientific advancements at high levels, to the full range of the geosciences, and to international level collaborations. Continuation of Canada's membership to ICDP will allow Canadians to participate in projects around the world, and just as importantly with ICDP involvement to make larger projects on Canadian soil possible in the future. The project also aims to build a strong network of Canadian Earth scientist, to assist the clearinghouse and outreach activities at the CCDP secretariat.