LacCoreLacCoreNational Lacustrine Core RepositoryNational Lacustrine Core Repository
Anders Noren, Curator
LacCore History
• Limnological Research Center (LRC): 1959 -• provided many services prior to LacCore
LacCore History
• Limnological Research Center (LRC): 1959 -• provided many services prior to LacCore
• Repository founded at U of MN coincident with first GLAD project (2000)
LacCore History
• Limnological Research Center (LRC): 1959 -• provided many services prior to LacCore
• Repository founded at U of MN coincident with first GLAD project (2000)
• Need for core processing capacity• Equipment upgrades
LacCore History
• Limnological Research Center (LRC): 1959 -• provided many services prior to LacCore
• Repository founded at U of MN coincident with first GLAD project (2000)
• Need for core processing capacity• Equipment upgrades
• Expand scope to include smaller projects (2003)
LacCore History
•Facilities/equipment driven by Global Lake Drilling (GLAD) program
• Encourage use by other researchers• Adapt to needs of all projects at all scales• Support all phases of research
StaffCurator: Anders NorenLab Manager: Amy Myrbo Assistant Curator: Kristina BradyTechnicians: 5 to 15 (unsalaried)
Director: Emi ItoCo-PI: Steve Colman, Director,
LLO, DuluthCo-PI: Bryan Shuman, U.
WyomingEAG: 7 membersFunding: NSF-IF; University of
Minnesota
Components
1. Planning2. Field3. Core processing/Initial Core
Description4. Sample prep/Analysis5. Archiving
Components1. PLANNING for all project
phasesa. Budgetb. Timec. Equipment and supplies
needsd. Shippinge. Trainingf. Analytical possibilitiesg. Curation
Components1. PLANNING for all project
phases
• Submit collaborative proposals
Components1. Planning2. FIELD
a. Equipment rentalb. Equipment training,
operationc. Supplies (core liner, etc.)d. Core handlinge. Core storagef. Core transport
Field Equipment1.Surface cores: push, gravity, freeze,
Hongve, Eckman dredge2.Long cores: Kullenberg, Livingstone (with
or without single-use liner modification), Mackereth, Nesje, vibracorer
3.Vessels: 18-foot row/motorboat, 4 canoes, two Carolina Skiff boats for Kullenberg (23-foot tower), pontoon, cataraft, innertube. (All moonpooled)
4.GPR5.Water sampling and analysis6.Climate-controlled shipping container7.Two 4x4 trucks
Components1. Planning2. Field3. CORE PROCESSING / ICD
a. Multisensor loggingi. gamma densityii. acoustic velocityiii. electrical resistivityiv. magnetic susceptibility
(loop and high-resolution point sensors)
v. natural gamma radiation
Geotek Geotek MSCLMSCL
Geotek XYZ-Geotek XYZ-MSCLMSCL
Components1. Planning2. Field3. CORE PROCESSING / ICD
a. Multisensor loggingb. High-resolution digital
imaging
DMT CoreScanDMT CoreScanGeotek GeoScan Geotek GeoScan IIIIII
10 pix/mm10 pix/mm
20 20 p/mp/mmm
Components1. Planning2. Field3. CORE PROCESSING / ICD
a. Multisensor loggingb. High-resolution digital
imagingc. Description
i. macro-scale: color, texture, structureii. micro-scale: mineralogical and biological components
Initial Core Description
Smear slidesSmear slides
CoreWallCoreWall
Components1. Planning2. Field3. Core processing/ICD4. SAMPLE PREP/ANALYSIS
a.Dedicated stations for each analysis
b.Technicians available
Services / Stations / Equipment• Smear slides
• Sampling• LOI• Carbon coulometry• Sulfur coulometry• Biogenic silica• Grain size• Pollen prep• XRD prep• Thin section prep
• Isotope prep• Diatom prep• AMS 14C prep• Charcoal prep• Centrifuges• Drying ovens• Desiccators • Fume hoods• Microscopes: pollen,
diatom, petrographic, binocular
ITRAX XRF core scannerX-radiographyLLO
Components1. Planning2. Field3. Core processing/ICD4. Sample prep/Analysis5. ARCHIVING
a. Physical curation: storage, labeling
b. Metadata / database management
c. Sample preservation / management
d. Depth scale generatione. Sampling
Repository PolicyAccession old or new cores,
given:• Adequate metadata• Known sampling history• Good condition
Repository PolicySampling moratorium• Two years from core retrieval• Original PIs only• At conclusion: Cores available
for sampling, ICD data & images made public
Repository PolicySample requests• Core IDs, depths, spl volume• Purpose / intended research• Sampling protocol
Collection• 10,400 m of core (stored at
LacCore)• 8,400 m drill cores• 2,000 m short cores
Future: • 2,500 m El’gygytgyn• Accession old collections
3320 ft2 / 310 m2
Virtual Repository• Store metadata / data for cores
not located at LacCore• Rapid assessment of previous
work done in a geographical region, or on a proxy
• Possible sample access• Simplify transition to
permanent storage
DatabaseStores all metadata for
expeditions, holes, cores, sections, samples; analytical data
DatabaseStores all metadata for
expeditions, holes, cores, sections, samples; analytical data
Mathematically corrects depth scale for gaps and gas expansion
Provides multiple uniform corrected depth scales for all samples/analyses
DatabaseStores all metadata for
expeditions, holes, cores, sections, samples; analytical data
Mathematically corrects depth scale for gaps and gas expansion
Provides multiple uniform corrected depth scales for all samples/analyses
In-progress: Online/searchable; Corelyzer integration; ICDP Curation DIS; ??
Online table, .csv, .kml
Other Services• Perform multisensor logging
prior to user arrival or after departure
9/1/06 – 9/1/07MSCL: 220 days
XYZ-MSCL: 175 days
• Perform multisensor logging prior to user arrival or after departure
• Train visitors in equipment operation, core description
Other Services
• Perform multisensor logging prior to user arrival or after departure
• Train visitors in equipment operation, core description
• Provide workshops, short courses
Other Services
• Perform multisensor logging prior to user arrival or after departure
• Train visitors in equipment operation, core description
• Provide workshops, short courses
• Sell supplies (field, lab, curatorial) at cost
Other Services
• Perform multisensor logging prior to user arrival or after departure
• Train visitors in equipment operation, core description
• Provide workshops, short courses
• Sell supplies (field, lab, curatorial) at cost
• Produce recipes/SOPs, distribute on web
Other Services
Costs / Fees
• field equipment rental• shipping• sample prep / analysis• sampling• supplies consumed
VisitorsVisitors
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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550-700 visitor-days annually
VisitorsVisitors
Distance Visitors Travel
on-campus, 20.2%
<400mi, 35.2%
400-1500mi, 33.9%
>1500mi, 10.7%
Project Size
0-50m, 56.9%
50-100m, 16.3%
>100m, 26.9%
Core ProcessedCore Processed
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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Repositorynon-Repository
Samples DisbursedSamples Disbursed
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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