Canadian participation in the international continental drilling program

在该提案中，由NSERC资助的科学家组成的一个名为CCDP（加拿大大陆钻井计划）的联盟正在寻求资金，以继续加拿大在国际大陆钻井计划（ICDP）中的成员资格。ICDP是一个国际组织，旨在促进科学钻探的使用，作为解决地球科学领域广泛问题的工具。钻探项目包括的研究范围从湖泊沉积物取心以了解第四纪的气候变化，到硬岩钻探以获得古元古代环境变化的连续记录，从活火山和大断层到大冲击损坏的岩石取样，从碳氢化合物天然气水合物到超临界水地热能源。目前，ICDP已经在五大洲支持了28个过去或目前正在进行的钻井活动，包括2002年在Mackenzie三角洲的Mallik天然气水合物研究井。到目前为止，NSERC的科学家们已经或正在活跃于加州、中国、加纳、芬兰和阿根廷的ICDP支持项目中，并在爱达荷州、土耳其、挪威和俄罗斯的潜在ICDP钻井项目中担任主要参与者。ICDP直接资助了沃尔夫维尔、马利克和萨德伯里的讲习班。在ICDP框架内进行的研究主题具有全球意义，并有可能为加拿大社会和工业带来重要利益。它们包括全球变化、地质灾害、二氧化碳封存、能源和矿物资源等主题。ICDP项目、研讨会和培训课程是优秀的培训工具，使学生接触到高水平的技术和科学进步、全面的地球科学以及国际层面的合作。加拿大继续作为ICDP的成员将使加拿大人能够参与世界各地的项目，同样重要的是，ICDP的参与将使将来在加拿大土地上开展更大的项目成为可能。该项目还旨在建立一个强大的加拿大地球科学家网络，以协助CCDP秘书处的信息交流和外联活动。

In this proposal, a consortium of NSERC funded scientists, called CCDP (Canadian Continental Drilling Program), are seeking funding to continue Canada's membership in the International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP). The ICDP is an international organization that promotes the use of scientific drilling as a tool to address a broad range of problems in the Geosciences. Drilling projects have included studies that range from lake sediment coring to understand climate variations in the Quaternary through hard rock drilling to obtain continuous records of the Paleoproterozoic environmental changes, from sampling of materials from active volcanoes and large faults to rocks damaged by large impacts, and from hydrocarbon gas hydrates to supercritical water geothermal energy sources. ICDP has now supported 28 past or currently active drilling campaigns on 5 continents, including the 2002 Mallik gas hydrate research well in the Mackenzie delta. To date NSERC scientists have been or are currently active in ICDP supported projects in California, China, Ghana, Finland, and Argentina, and are included as key participants in potential ICDP drilling projects in Idaho, Turkey, Norway, and Russia. ICDP directly funded workshops in Wolfville, Mallik and Sudbury. Research themes conducted in the frame of ICDP are of global significance and have the potential for important benefits to the Canadian society and industry. They include themes such as global change, geohazards, CO2 sequestration, energy and mineralogical resources. ICDP projects, workshops and training courses serve as excellent training vehicles exposing students to technical and scientific advancements at high levels, to the full range of the geosciences, and to international level collaborations. Continuation of Canada's membership to ICDP will allow Canadians to participate in projects around the world, and just as importantly with ICDP involvement to make larger projects on Canadian soil possible in the future. The project also aims to build a strong network of Canadian Earth scientist, to assist the clearinghouse and outreach activities at the CCDP secretariat.