1. June 2010 CSD Workshop
Protocols for core handling,
description, and archiving:
Secrets of successful scientific
drilling projects
LacCore
(National Lacustrine Core Facility)
Emi Ito and Anders Noren
2. June 2010 CSD Workshop
I got my core!!
Do I know exactly where it came
from? Do I know which way is up?
Is it a high quality core?
How do I get it home?
How do I find the time for the ICD?
3. June 2010 CSD Workshop
• Core handling at the drill site
• Core handling during initial core
description
• Sampling cores
• Sharing information amongst PI groups
• Archiving cores and associated data
• Sharing information and samples with
others
4. June 2010 CSD Workshop
• Core handling at the drill site
• Core handling during initial core
description
• Sampling cores
• Sharing information amongst PI groups
• Archiving cores and associated data
• Sharing information and samples with
others
5. June 2010 CSD Workshop
• Core handling at the drill site
• Core handling during initial core
description
• Sampling cores
• Sharing information amongst PI groups
• Archiving cores and associated data
• Sharing information and samples with
others
7. June 2010 CSD Workshop
• Scientists want 100% recovery with
little to no deformation
• Driller want to drill deeper fast
Interpreter betw. PIs & drillers
8. June 2010 CSD Workshop
Drillers want to drill deeper fast
• Incorrect tools for scientific drilling
• Interpretation of recovery
• Depth marks and # of pipes
• Drilling errors
– HPC still in the hole?
– Mud or water?
24. June 2010 CSD Workshop
ICD takes ~forever
• Many GLAD projects have failed to
complete the ICD within the 2-year
proprietary period.
• Cores remain unopened and undescribed
⇒disputes over sample access,
⇒friction among the science groups,
⇒delayed publication of results