Curation of National Antarctic Collections

该奖项由极地计划办公室南极地质和地球物理计划提供，支持佛罗里达州立大学南极海洋地质研究设施(AMGRF)的继续运营。AMGRF是世界上最大的南大洋活塞式岩芯储存库，30多年来一直在进行海洋地质研究和接收、描述和存档沉积物岩芯。AMGRF为南极和海洋地质界和地球物理界提供许多服务。该奖项不仅提供运作资金以继续这些努力，而且还提供在以下方面做出重大改进的手段：(1)造福南极海洋地质界的设施服务和设备，以及(2)面向学生和公众的教育和推广计划。以下项目1-4说明了这项建议的学术价值，项目5讨论了AMGRF活动的更广泛影响。该机构提供的服务和方案包括：(1)技术服务--南极海洋地质研究机构向首席调查人员提供各种服务，大多数不向用户支付直接费用。这些服务包括标准岩心处理(例如，岩心分裂、多传感器径迹分析、岩心摄影、全岩心X光等)、岩心描述出版物(宏观和微观)和岩心采样。此外，设施人员还应请求为实地项目(例如罗伯茨角项目、SHALDRIL和ANDRILL)提供策展支持服务。(2)岩芯收集-AMGRF存档和管理由美国南极计划(USAP)船只收集的20,000多米取芯沉积物(超过6500个岩心)和超过5000公斤的疏浚、拖网和抓取样本。该机构还对干谷钻井项目(DVDP)、罗斯海新生代调查(Ciros)和罗伯茨角项目(CRP)等项目的近3000米旋转岩心材料进行存档和整理。(3)核心和样本数据库-AMGRF维护一个核心和样本数据库，可通过该机构的万维网服务器访问。目前，这个可搜索的数据库包含基本信息(经度、经度、水深等)。关于储存在设施中的所有岩心的信息，以及从岩心采集的样品的信息(岩心、间隔、大小、调查员等)。(4)研究能力--南极海洋地质研究设施的分析设备既满足了AMGRF人员(用于生成详细的岩心描述)的研究需要，也满足了参与美国南极计划的首席调查人员的研究需要。该设备为该设施的用户提供了必要的工具，使其能够快速、客观地分析每年送往AMGRF的活塞芯和钻芯。(5)教育和外联--作为该设施教育和外联计划的一部分，该设施的工作人员经常为学生(K-20)和公众提供(1)参观和讲座；(2)本科生地质学和海洋调查课程的实验室课程；(3)对研究生和本科生的培训；(4)以及为调查人员举办的讲习班和短期课程。总而言之，该合同支持对美国南极计划项目的深海沉积物岩心进行处理和存档，这些项目目前正在进行中，并将在未来五年内在南大洋开展活动。它还满足了FSU学生和访问学生的需要，他们需要接触最先进的设备并接受培训，以进行一流的海洋地质学研究。

This award, provided by the Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Program of the Office of Polar Programs, supports continued operation of the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility (AMGRF) at Florida State University. AMGRF, the largest repository of Southern Ocean piston cores in the world, has been conducting marine geological research and receiving, describing, and archiving sediment cores for over 30 years. The AMGRF provides numerous services to the Antarctic and marine geology and geophysics community. This award provides operating funds not only to continue in these efforts but also to provide the means to make significant improvements in (1) Facility services and equipment for the benefit of the Antarctic marine geology community and (2) education and outreach programs to students and the general public.Items 1-4 below speak to the Intellectual Merits of this proposal and Item 5 discusses the Broader Impacts of AMGRF activities. The services and programs provided by the Facility include:(1) Technical Service - The Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility offers a variety of services to Principal Investigators, most at no direct cost to the user. These services including standard core processing (e.g., core splitting, Multi-sensor track analyses, core photography, whole-core x-rays, etc), core description publications (macroscopic and microscopic), and core sampling. In addition, Facility personnel provide curatorial support services to field-based projects upon request (e.g., the Cape Roberts Project, SHALDRIL, ANDRILL).(2) Core Curation - The AMGRF archives and curates more than 20,000 meters of cored sediment (over 6500 cores) and over 5000 kg of dredge, trawl, and grab samples collected by United States Antarctic Program (USAP) vessels. The Facility also archives and curates nearly 3000 meters of rotary-cored material from programs such as the Dry Valley Drilling Project (DVDP), Cenozoic Investigations of the Ross Sea (CIROS), and the Cape Roberts Project (CRP).(3) Core and Sample Database - The AMGRF maintains a core and sample database that can be accessed through the Facility's World Wide Web server. At present, this searchable database contains basic information (lat, long, water depth, etc.) about all the cores stored at the facility, as well as information about samples taken from cores (core, interval, size, investigator, etc.) between 1964 to present.(4) Research Capabilities - The analytical equipment at the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility serves both the research needs of both the AMGRF personnel (for generation of detailed core descriptions) and the Principal Investigators involved with the United States Antarctic Program. This equipment provides the users of the Facility with the necessary tools to rapidly and objectively analyze the piston cores and drill cores that are sent to the AMGRF each year.(5) Education and Outreach - As part of the Facility Education and Outreach program, Facility Personnel routinely provide (1) tours and lectures for students (K-20) and the general public; (2) Laboratory sessions for undergraduate Geology and Oceanography survey courses; (3) Training for graduate and undergraduate students; (4) and workshops and short courses for investigators. In summary, this award supports the processing and archiving of deep-sea sediment cores from U.S. Antarctic Program projects that are active now and that will be active in the next five years in the Southern Ocean. It also addresses the needs of FSU students and visiting students that need exposure to and training in state-of-the-art equipment for conducting first-class research in marine geology.