Workshop to develop deep-life continental scientific drilling projects
Abstract
The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) has long espoused studies of deep subsurface life, and has targeted fundamental questions regarding subsurface life, including the following: "(1) What is the extent and diversity of deep microbial life and what are the factors limiting it? (2) What are the types of metabolism/carbon/energy sources and the rates of subsurface activity? (3) How is deep microbial life adapted to subsurface conditions? (4) How do subsurface microbial communities affect energy resources? And (5) how does the deep biosphere interact with the geosphere and atmosphere?" (Horsfield et al., 2014) Many ICDP-sponsored drilling projects have included a deep-life component; however, to date, not one project has been driven by deep-life goals, in part because geomicrobiologists have been slow to initiate deep biosphere-driven ICDP projects. Therefore, the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) recently partnered with the ICDP to sponsor a workshop with the specific aim of gathering potential proponents for deep-life-driven ICDP projects and ideas for candidate drilling sites. Twenty-two participants from nine countries proposed projects and sites that included compressional and extensional tectonic environments, evaporites, hydrocarbon-rich shales, flood basalts, Precambrian shield rocks, subglacial and subpermafrost environments, active volcano–tectonic systems, megafan deltas, and serpentinizing ultramafic environments. The criteriamore »
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1209513
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Drilling
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 1816-3459
- Publisher:
- International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) and International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Kieft, T. L., Onstott, T. C., Ahonen, L., Aloisi, V., Colwell, F. S., Engelen, B., Fendrihan, S., Gaidos, E., Harms, U., Head, I., Kallmeyer, J., Kiel Reese, B., Lin, L.-H., Long, P. E., Moser, D. P., Mills, H., Sar, P., Schulze-Makuch, D., Stan-Lotter, H., Wagner, D., Wang, P.-L., Westall, F., and Wilkins, M. J. Workshop to develop deep-life continental scientific drilling projects. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.5194/sd-19-43-2015.
Kieft, T. L., Onstott, T. C., Ahonen, L., Aloisi, V., Colwell, F. S., Engelen, B., Fendrihan, S., Gaidos, E., Harms, U., Head, I., Kallmeyer, J., Kiel Reese, B., Lin, L.-H., Long, P. E., Moser, D. P., Mills, H., Sar, P., Schulze-Makuch, D., Stan-Lotter, H., Wagner, D., Wang, P.-L., Westall, F., & Wilkins, M. J. Workshop to develop deep-life continental scientific drilling projects. United States. https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-19-43-2015
Kieft, T. L., Onstott, T. C., Ahonen, L., Aloisi, V., Colwell, F. S., Engelen, B., Fendrihan, S., Gaidos, E., Harms, U., Head, I., Kallmeyer, J., Kiel Reese, B., Lin, L.-H., Long, P. E., Moser, D. P., Mills, H., Sar, P., Schulze-Makuch, D., Stan-Lotter, H., Wagner, D., Wang, P.-L., Westall, F., and Wilkins, M. J. 2015.
"Workshop to develop deep-life continental scientific drilling projects". United States. https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-19-43-2015. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1209513.
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title = {Workshop to develop deep-life continental scientific drilling projects},
author = {Kieft, T. L. and Onstott, T. C. and Ahonen, L. and Aloisi, V. and Colwell, F. S. and Engelen, B. and Fendrihan, S. and Gaidos, E. and Harms, U. and Head, I. and Kallmeyer, J. and Kiel Reese, B. and Lin, L.-H. and Long, P. E. and Moser, D. P. and Mills, H. and Sar, P. and Schulze-Makuch, D. and Stan-Lotter, H. and Wagner, D. and Wang, P.-L. and Westall, F. and Wilkins, M. J.},
abstractNote = {The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) has long espoused studies of deep subsurface life, and has targeted fundamental questions regarding subsurface life, including the following: "(1) What is the extent and diversity of deep microbial life and what are the factors limiting it? (2) What are the types of metabolism/carbon/energy sources and the rates of subsurface activity? (3) How is deep microbial life adapted to subsurface conditions? (4) How do subsurface microbial communities affect energy resources? And (5) how does the deep biosphere interact with the geosphere and atmosphere?" (Horsfield et al., 2014) Many ICDP-sponsored drilling projects have included a deep-life component; however, to date, not one project has been driven by deep-life goals, in part because geomicrobiologists have been slow to initiate deep biosphere-driven ICDP projects. Therefore, the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) recently partnered with the ICDP to sponsor a workshop with the specific aim of gathering potential proponents for deep-life-driven ICDP projects and ideas for candidate drilling sites. Twenty-two participants from nine countries proposed projects and sites that included compressional and extensional tectonic environments, evaporites, hydrocarbon-rich shales, flood basalts, Precambrian shield rocks, subglacial and subpermafrost environments, active volcano–tectonic systems, megafan deltas, and serpentinizing ultramafic environments. The criteria and requirements for successful ICDP applications were presented. Deep-life-specific technical requirements were discussed and it was concluded that, while these procedures require adequate planning, they are entirely compatible with the sampling needs of other disciplines. As a result of this workshop, one drilling workshop proposal on the Basin and Range Physiographic Province (BRPP) has been submitted to the ICDP, and several other drilling project proponents plan to submit proposals for ICDP-sponsored drilling workshops in 2016.},
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journal = {Scientific Drilling},
issn = {1816-3459},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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