Management and Operation of a Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office

该合同将允许首席调查员建立、管理和运营一个新的大陆科学钻探协调办公室(CSDCO)。钻探和取心是直接进入地球的关键-S地下。钻探产生的样品，由于缺乏暴露或风化作用的改变，限制了对地球系统的科学研究和理解。它还允许通过现场测量以及对地球深处过程的长期观察和监测来评估深部物质，提供了一种手段来验证从地表进行的观测。从沉积档案中钻取的岩心样本为地球-生命系统提供了一个四维的视角。当前和未来的钻探目标可以研究各种各样的课题，包括古环境、生物进化(包括类人猿进化和扩散)、地球深部生物圈、断层力学和地震、岩浆作用、流星撞击和地下水污染。CSDCO将为科学界履行以下关键职能：1)与感兴趣的研究人员合作，开发项目，设计最佳钻井解决方案，招标并获得合同，以实现满足项目目标的高效钻井作业；2)支持针对复杂项目的国内和国际后勤需求；3)在钻井作业期间提供经验丰富的钻井科学接口以及样本和数据管理；4)提供一个开放和设备齐全的实验室，提供所有适当的基础设施，以便快速和彻底地初步处理所有类型的岩心样品和管理衍生数据；5)管理物理和虚拟储存库中的所有类型的岩心和数据/元数据；6)促进发展一个参与、活跃和技术先进的钻探社区；以及7)扩大代表不足群体的参与。

This award will permit the principle investigators to establish, manage and operate a new Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office (CSDCO). Drilling and coring are essential for directly accessing the Earth?s subsurface. Drilling generates samples where lack of exposure or alteration by weathering limit scientific inquiry and understanding of the Earth system. It further allows assessment of materials at depth through in-situ measurements and long-term observation and monitoring of deep earth processes, providing a means for validating observations made from the surface. Core samples drilled from sedimentary archives generate a four-dimensional perspective on the earth-life system. Current and future drilling targets enable research on an enormous variety of topics, including paleoenvironment, biological evolution (including hominid evolution and dispersal), deep-earth biosphere, fault mechanics and seismicity, magmatism, meteor impacts, and groundwater contamination.The CSDCO will perform the following critical functions for the scientific community: 1) engage with interested researchers to develop projects, engineer optimal drilling solutions, solicit bids and secure contracts for efficient drilling operations that meet project goals; 2) support complex project-specific domestic and international logistical requirements; 3) provide an experienced drilling-science interface and sample and data management during drilling operations; 4) provide an open and well-equipped laboratory with all appropriate infrastructure for rapid and thorough initial processing of all types of core samples and management of derivative data; 5) curate all types of cores and data/metadata in physical and virtual repositories; 6) foster the development of an engaged, active, and technologically advanced drilling community; and 7) broaden participation of underrepresented groups.