Seafloor Samples Laboratory

伍兹霍尔海洋研究所海底样品实验室为国际海洋科学家提供一致和高质量的设施和服务。该系列每年为从气候历史到与板块构造研究相关的岩石学等各种项目提供基本框架。即时访问完整的文件，描述和数字化的核心是持续的，同时新材料稳步进入集合。在最近的资助期内，麦克莱恩实验室向世界各地的科学家分发了近26000份样本，而且样本分发数量多年来一直在不断攀升。统计数据表明，以前获得的海底样本对海洋学界正在进行的研究具有持续的价值。此外，该实验室还提供采样操作方面的技术咨询，并提供一套现代化和维护良好的定制设备，用于收集所有类型的海底样品。该实验室主要负责管理在实地采集方案中使用的工具的准备工作，主要是在联索特派团的船上，并且可以修改这一仪器清单，以便在科学船队的几乎每艘船上部署。本提案要求继续提供资金，以使WHOI能够跟上对其广泛收集的材料和数据不断扩大的需求，从而允许开始、继续或通过使用以前获得的海洋地质样本来加强一系列广泛的全球研究计划。更广泛的影响WHOI核心库为海洋地质和地球物理界以及国际科学家提供了宝贵的服务。它支持并更新了一个基于地图的搜索网站www.whoi.edu/corelab/explore，其中包括数千个PDF格式的核心和疏浚描述，可供立即下载或在线浏览，这使得通过“开放通道”通信可以即时广泛访问我们广泛的数据库。该储存库还支持研究生，本科生和K-12的学习，通过课程和定期开放参观设施的公众。

Intellectual Merit The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Floor Samples laboratory provides consistent and quality facilities and services to an international audience of marine scientists. The collection annually provides the basic framework for a diversity of projects ranging from climate history to petrology related to plate tectonic studies. Immediate access to fully documented, described and digitized cores is sustained while new material is steadily entered into the collection. In the most recent grant period, the McLean laboratory distributed almost 26,000 samples to scientists around the world, and the sample distribution numbers have continued to climb over the years. Statistics demonstrate the continuing value that previously acquired sea floor samples represents to ongoing research in the oceanographic community. In addition, the laboratory provides access to technological advice on sampling operations and a suite of modern and well-maintained, custom built equipment for the gathering of sea floor samples of all types. The lab manages the preparation of tools employed in field acquisition programs, principally on UNOLS ships, and can modify this inventory of instruments for deployment from nearly every vessel in the scientific fleet. This proposal requests a continuation of funding so that WHOI can keep pace with the expanding demands for material and data related to its extensive collection, allowing a wide array of global research programs to begin, continue or be enhanced by the use of previously acquired marine geological samples. Broader Impact The WHOI core repository provides a valuable service to the Marine Geology & Geophysics community as well as international scientists. It supports and updates a map-based search site, www.whoi.edu/corelab/explore, that includes thousands of core and dredge descriptions in PDF format that are available for immediate downloading or online browsing, which makes possible instantaneous broad access to our extensive database via 'open channel' communication. The repository also supports graduate, undergraduate and K-12 learning through classes and periodic open house tours of the facility for the public.