This document summarizes a June 2010 workshop on scientific drilling projects. It discusses proper protocols for core handling, description, archiving, and sharing of samples and data. The workshop covered topics such as core handling at drill sites and during transport, initial core description, sampling, capturing metadata, and curating cores and associated data in archives for future sharing and research. Effective communication and coordination between scientists and drillers during fieldwork was emphasized.

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

6. June 2010 CSD Workshop
Plan!

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?

9. June 2010 CSD Workshop
Core on the deck
What now?

10. June 2010 CSD Workshop
Preventing
degradation of
cores and loss
of information
during shipping
• Close gaps
• Seal tightly
• Keep cold

11. June 2010 CSD Workshop
Proper labeling

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Metadata capture

13. June 2010 CSD Workshop
ICDP Expedition DIS

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Back at the lab….

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Initial Core Description

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Initial Core Description

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Initial Core Description

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Initial Core Description

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Initial Core Description
diatoms
bubble

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Initial Core Description

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Sampling

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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

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Scenario 1

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IODP-MSP Expeditions

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CSD PIs need more flex time
from their institutions

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Scenario 2

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Including real-time strat correlation

31. June 2010 CSD Workshop
A baby cousin of
the lab deck on
JOIDES Resolution

32. June 2010 CSD Workshop
Whole-core MSCL on site, and more….

33. June 2010 CSD Workshop
On-site core processing lab
Packed in a container or two

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And finally....

35. June 2010 CSD Workshop
Curation
&
Sharing