Collaborative Research: Ocean Drilling Data, Discovery, Global Visualization and Synthesis

摘要（Ryan/Cervato）OCE-0726288/0726122知识价值：这项研究提供了一种方法，通过新开发的桌面计算环境计算机可视化技术，实现40年海底钻探的全部知识影响。 这项工作的主要目标是开发计算模型，将海底以下的所有垂直深度信息转换为地质年龄，以便将同一年龄的沉积物特征汇集在一起，查看，比较和分析。该方法允许合成以前难以比较的数据。 该方法的验证证明了96腿的深海钻探项目的概念研究的成功证明。 该方法将Web制图和Web要素服务与三维虚拟地球仪可视化应用程序（如GeoMapApp和Google Earth）相结合。 该项目代表了哥伦比亚大学GeoMapApp小组与爱荷华州州立大学的CHRONOS项目小组的合作。 更广泛的影响：这项工作将通过一个易于使用的界面，使钻井岩心数据能够根据年龄绘制，从而增加科学和教育的基础设施，加强对国家科学基金会资助的全球海洋钻探数据的访问和促进更广泛的使用。 网络用户界面和工具也是为外联和教育而设计的，并已在全国各地的教室中使用。正在开发的网络实用程序将把数据直接传送到虚拟地球上，把公众的发现转化为探究和学习。

ABSTRACT (Ryan/Cervato)OCE-0726288/0726122Intellectual Merit: This research provides a means to allow realization of the full intellectual impact of 40 years of ocean floor drilling through newly developed computer visualization techniques for desktop computing environments. The primary goal of the work is the development of computational models that convert all vertical depth below seafloor information to geologic age so sediment characteristics of the same age can be brought together, viewed, compared, and analyzed. The approach allows synthesis of data that was previously difficult to compare. Validation of the approach is demonstrated by a successful proof of concept study for 96 Legs of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. The approach combines web mapping and web feature services with 3-D virtual globe visualization applications such as GeoMapApp and Google Earth. The project represents a collaboration of the Columbia University GeoMapApp group with the CHRONOS Project team at Iowa State University. Broader Impacts: This work will enhance access and promote wider use of NSF-funded Ocean Drilling data from the global oceans through an easy-to-use interface that allows drill core data to be plotted against age, thus increasing the infrastructure for science and education. The web-user interface and tools are also designed for outreach and education and are already being used in classrooms across the country. The web utility being developed will delivered data directly onto virtual globes to transform discovery by the public into inquiry and learning.