Workshop to develop deep-life continental scientific drilling projects

Kieft, Thomas L.; Onstott, Tullis C.; Ahonen, Lasse; Aloisi, Vanni; Colwell, Frederick S.; Engelen, Bert; Fendrihan, Sergiu; Gaidos, Eric; Harms, U.; Head, Ian M.; Kallmeyer, Jens; Reese, Brandi Kiel; Lin, Li; Long, P. E.; Moser, Duane P.; Mills, Heath J.; Sar, Pinaki; Schulze‐Makuch, Dirk; Stan‐Lotter, Helga; Wagner, D.; Wang, Pei Ling; Westall, Francès; Wilkins, Michael J.

doi:10.5194/sd-19-43-2015

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“…Without the ability to compare results of multiple expeditions and access to properly acquired samples, these goals cannot be achieved. The biosphere community is aware of this challenge and understands the need for standardizing sample collection procedures, initial analysis protocols and long-term storage techniques (Orcutt et al, 2013;Kieft et al, 2015). We recognize that education of the broader drilling community is also required as many efforts related to biological sampling and characterization are seen as disruptive to normal core flow and description.…”

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Advancing subsurface biosphere and paleoclimate research: ECORD–ICDP–DCO–J-DESC–MagellanPlus Workshop Series Program Report

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Abstract. The proper pre-drilling preparation, on-site acquisition and post-drilling preservation of high-quality subsurface samples are crucial to ensure significant progress in the scientifically and societally important areas of subsurface biosphere and paleoclimate research. Two of the four research themes of IODP and ICDP and one of the four research areas of the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) focus on the subsurface biosphere. Increasing understanding of paleoclimate is a central goal of IODP and incorporated within the scope of the IMPRESS program, the successor of the IMAGES program. Therefore, the goal of our IODP-ICDP-DCO-J-DESC-MagellanPlus-sponsored workshop was to help advance deep biosphere and paleoclimate research by identifying needed improvements in scientific drilling planning and available technology, sample collection and initial analysis, and long-term storage of subsurface samples and data. Success in these areas will (a) avoid biological and other contamination during drilling, sampling, storage and shipboard/shore-based experiments; (b) build a repository and database of high-quality subsurface samples for microbiological and paleoclimate research available for the scientific community world-wide over the next decades; and (c) standardize, as much as possible, microbiological and paleoclimate drilling, sampling and storage workflows to allow results and data to be comparable across both space and time. A result of this workshop is the development and suggested implementation of new advanced methods and technologies to collect high-quality samples and data for the deep biosphere and paleoclimate scientific communities to optimize expected substantial progress in these fields. The members of this workshop will enhance communication within the scientific drilling community by crafting a handbook focused on pre-drilling, drilling and post-drilling operations.

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