The LDEO Deep-Sea Repository and the Curating and Maintenance of the Sediment Library & Dredge Collection

拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球观测站（LDEO）存档了大量的深海样本，无论是在实际数量上还是在空间覆盖范围上。该收藏为研究海底沉积物的国内和国际研究人员提供了一项服务。收集的总规模约为19,000个岩心和3,750个挖泥和抓取样本。在过去的三年里，收集的两万多份样本被分发给了75名科学家和85名教师。在过去的五年里，有109篇基于该数据库样本的出版物，涵盖了与我们现在和过去的气候、其他环境研究和宇宙影响研究相关的主题。我们预计，在该奖项颁发的一年内，该储存库将向全球研究界分发约7000个样本，描述和存档500个疏浚/抓取样本，并在冷藏容器中描述和存储100多个活塞芯。一个持续的目标是升级对集合的可访问性。去年，LDEO获得了一个机会，将其1947年以来的模拟深海核心照片收藏升级为数字格式，以便在网上提供。有了这个奖项提供的资金，我们将能够数字化大约14000张核心照片。我们相信这将有助于研究人员更好地选择采样深度。LDEO核心储存库是海洋科学各个领域的研究和教学资源。该奖项还将支持周末讲习班。

The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) archives a large collection of deep-sea samples, both in actual number of sites and in spatial coverage. The collection provides a service to national and international researchers who study ocean floor sediments. Total size of the collection is ~19,000 cores and 3,750 dredges and grab samples. During the past three-years over 20,000 samples from the collection were distributed to 75 scientists and 85 teachers. During the last five years there have been 109 publications based upon samples from this repository that cover topics related to our present and past climate, other environmental studies, and studies of cosmic impacts. We anticipate that during the year of this award the repository will distribute some 7000 samples to the global research community, describe and archive 500 dredge/grab samples, and describe and store, in refrigerated containers, over 100 piston cores. A continuing goal is to upgrade accessibility to the collection. In the past year LDEO was offered an opportunity to upgrade its collection of analog deep-sea core photographs, dating back to 1947, into digital format for availability on the web. With funds provided by this award we will be able to digitize some 14,000 sheets of core photographs. We are confident this will help researches better select sampling depths. The LDEO core repository is a resource for research and teaching in every field of marine science. This award will also support weekend workshops.