Marine Geological Samples Laboratory: Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island

根据该合同，项目研究员将负责罗得岛大学海洋学研究生院海洋地质样品实验室（MGSL）的工作。该设施是研究生院教职员工和学生收集的海洋地质样品的中央储存库。目前的收集包括1729个深海岩心、583个疏浚样品和693个沿海抓斗样品。在过去三年中，对从MGSL分发给合格调查人员的沉积物岩心和疏浚岩石样品的需求持续强劲。现在可以通过MGSL网站在线获得关于URI样本采集的信息，并提供用于确定样本分布的交互式地图。随着新的岩芯和疏浚样品的加入，样品需求将继续增长。 在未来三年内，拟议的活动将包括新岩心和疏浚岩石样本的持续时间、现有样本的进一步描述、MGSL网站的增强、向NGDC岩心管理员数据库提交样本信息以及为新岩心采集启动常规记录。 海洋地质样品实验室将用作海洋地质学研究生教学的实验室设施，并以图尔斯参观的形式向公众宣传，让学校团体和一般公众有兴趣查看海底样品及其采集技术。将通过不断更新海洋地球科学实验室网站，以电子方式传播关于该设施和海底样品的信息。

Under this award the PIs will be responsible for the duration of the Marine Geological Samples Laboratory (MGSL) of the Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO), University of Rhode Island. This facility serves as the central repository for marine geological samples collected by faculty, staff and students of the Graduate School. The present collection consists of 1729 deep-sea cores, 583 dredge samples and 693 coastal grab samples. During the past three years there has been a continued strong demand for sediment core and dredge rock samples distributed from the MGSL to qualified investigators. Information about the sample collection at URI is now availableOnline through the MGSL website with interactive maps for determining sample distribution. Sample request demand will continue to grow as new cores and dredge samples are added to the collection. Over the next three years proposed activities will include duration of new core and dredge rock samples, further description of existing samples, enhancement of the MGSL website, submittal of sample information to the NGDC core curators' database, and initiation of routine logging for new core acquisitions. The Marine Geological Samples Lab will be used as a laboratory facility for graduate instruction in Marine Geology and for public outreach in the form of tours for school groups and the general public interested in looking at samples from the seafloor and the techniques that are used to collect them. Electronic dissemination of the information about the facility and seafloor samples will take place through continued upgrading of the MGSL website.