Antarctic Research Series
DVDP
CORE
Dry Valley Drilling Project
STORAGE
AND
DENNIS
Vol. 33
SAMPLE
S.
DISTRIBUTION
CASSIDY
Antarctic ResearchFacility, Department of Geology,Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306
Cores recoveredby the Japan-New Zealand-United States Dry Valley Drilling Project (DVDP) in
Antarctica are stored at the Florida State University's Antarctic ResearchFacility. More than 1100
m of DVDP drill core are stored at - 23øC,from which 3504 sampleshave been distributed to authorized investigatorsworldwide. All coresremain in excellentcondition,and further researchinterest
in them is invited.
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this article is to introduce the
role of the Antarctic ResearchFacility at Florida
State University (FSU) within that of the Dry Valley Drilling Project (DVDP), and to providea summary accountof the status of the DVDP core collection curated at the facility, includingconditions
of storage,samplingmethods,and sampledistribution totals.
mestic repository for DVDP sedimentary materials.
In retrospect, this arrangement has proven
highly satisfactoryand representsa unique, cooperative effort in that the facility hasfunctionedas a
satellite sampledistributionand storagecenter for
DVDP materials under the direction and guidance
of the U.S. project coordinator,Lyle D. McGinnis
at Northern Illinois University.
The apparent anomalyof DVDP core storagebeing locatedin the state of Florida can be attributed
to the wealth of unused,refrigerated storagespace
availhblewithin the AntarcticMarine GeologyResearch Facility and Core Library at FSU. Acura-
CORE
STORAGE
DVDP core storage at FSU totals more than
1100m of P, H, N, and B drill corepackagedin 408
torial andresearchactivity, the facilitywas estab- coreboxes.This includesall corefrom the 15 drill
lished by the National ScienceFoundationas a sites,exceptfor coresfromDVDP holes1, 2, and3
U.S. depositoryand researchcenterfor geologicaland basement core below 10.52 m from hole 6;
materials collected in the Southern Ocean. Since these are stored at Northern Illinois University.
1962,the permanentstaff of the facilityhasmain- From U.S. portsof entry, the coreswere shipped
tained the marine geologyshipboardcoringpro- to the facilityby refrigeratedtruck transportation
gram aboardthe researchvessels,USNS Eltanin at temperaturesbelow -15øC. Upon receipt, they
and ARA Islas Orcadas. In additionto the DVDP
were immediately placed in a low-temperature
materials,the facility presentlyhousesmorethan storagevault maintainedat a constanttempera11,000 m of Eltanin/Islas Orcadas marine sedi- ture of -23øC. This vault is locatedwithin a larger
ment cores,as well as a varietyof coreanddredge refrigeratedstorageroom(2øC)and comprises
40
sediments
collected
in bothpolarregions
underthe ofthe510m2 ofrefrigerated
storage
space
availaauspicesof the U.S. NationalScienceFoundation. ble at the facility.The 408coreboxesare arranged
In December1972,JamesH. Zumberge,Chair- (Figure 1) onmodular,bulk storagerack unitswith
man of the U.S. Academyof SciencesCommittee a total shelfcapacityof about700coreboxes.A duon Polar Research,appointedSayedZ. E1-Sayed plicate, backup refrigeration unit has been into the task of performing an on-siteinspectionof stalled to provide continuousservicein the event
the facility in order to evaluateits capabilitiesnec- of failure of the main unit.
essaryto the handling,storage,and sampledistriDVDP core was receivedin three shipmentsfolbution of DVDP core specimens.The result of this lowing the termination of the last three drilling
visit was that the facility was designatedthe do- seasons.Coresfrom DVDP sites4-9 were received
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time this picture was taken.
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.
.
Fig. 2. FrozenDry ValleyDrillingProjectcoresegmentbeingdry drilledfor paleomagnetic
sampleplugby DonElston U.S. GeologicalSurvey.
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during May 1974, cores from sites 10-13 were received during March 1975, and coresfrom sites 14
and 15 during May 1976.
Essentially, the cores remain in excellent condition for further sampling, sincefrozen storage has
preserved the structural integrity of the icecemented sediments. In somelithologies,a loosely
consolidated,friable outer rind has developeddue
to the migration of ice out of the core by sublimation. In these cases,it is difficult to prevent some
sediment loss in handling and sampling due to
crumbling of the rind. Also, certain geochemical
studies of interstitial water may no longer be feasible due to moisture
loss.
SAMPLING
All sampling of DVDP core at the facility has
been carried out with the direct approval of the
U.S. coordinator of the project according to the
terms of the official DVDP samplingpolicy. At the
time of sampling,informationconcerningthe hole
and box number, sample interval, sampleweight,
proportion of core diameter sampled, and other
data, includingcommentsas may be necessitated,
for example,by problemsof interpretation,are recorded on a sample inventory form. Prepared in
triplicate, one copyof the form is forwardedto the
investigator receiving the samples,another is forwarded
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to the DVDP
office at Northern
Illinois
University, which maintainsa computerizedinventory of all DVDP samples,and the third copy remains in the DVDP
file at FSU.
Additional
inven-
tory controlis providedby the placementof sample
identification cards at the point of samplingwithin
each core box and by the recordingof sampleintervals and their locations,keyed to the investigator,
on individually printed sets of core box photos
which appear in Dry Valley Drilling Project bulletins 3, 5, and 7, prepared at Northern Illinois University.
All samplingis donewithin the 2øCstorageroom
and is effected by chiseling and handsawing
(rarely), dry sawing (no cutting fluid) by circular,
diamondblade utilizing a Felker Di-Met Model 41A
cut-off saw, or by diamondcore drilling usinga 38cm, floor model Clausingdrill press(Figure 2). The
latter method makes use of a precooleddrill bit using compressedair as a drilling 'fluid' and was developedby Don Elston of the U.S. GeologicalSurvey to obtain oriented sample 'plugs' for
paleomagneticstudiesof DVDP cores.
Voids in the core resulting from the removal of
samplesare filled with cut-to-fit piecesof Dow
Ethafoam rod in order to prevent shifting of core
segmentsduring box handling;thus the relative
positionsof the segmentsare preservedfor further
measurementof sampleintervals.
SAMPLE
DISTRIBUTION
Initial samplingand inspectionof the DVDP materials at FSU beganin August 1974with a contingent of sevenvisitinginvestigatorscoordinated
by
Peter N. Webb. A second DVDP core sampling
andinspectionsessionwas hostedby the facilityon
July 7, 8, and 9, 1975, involving 12 specialistsin
polar studies,and coordinatedjointly by Lyle D.
McGinnis and Mort D. Turner. For purposesof
both samplingand coreinspection,a total of 24 scientists have been receivedby the facility. An additional seven investigators have received samples
on the basis of letter requests as have many of
those who journeyed to the facility.
A total of 3504 samples has been distributed
from the DVDP collection at FSU over a 5-year
period. This total does not include samplesremoved from the coresprior to their arrival at the
facility, nor does it include the redistribution of
sampleportionsby investigatorsto whomsamples
were originally distributed. Figure 3 summarizes
the sampledistributiontotal accordingto the number of samplesreceived per hole by investigators
to whom the sampleswere assigned,and the number of samplesdistributed from eachhole.
The shipment of samplesto principal investigators has been by both frozen and unfrozenmeansof
transportation.Frozen samplesare packedin dry
ice within commercially available styrofoam containers and have been shipped by air to points as
far as Seattle without damageto or thawing of the
materials.
FUTURE
SAMPLING
Following publication of this volume, and the
correlation of the presented data with those of related projects underway, it is anticipated that
there will be a resurgence of interest in the availability of DVDP materials for further sampling.
Potential investigatorsrequiring samples,in order
to place a meaningfulrequest for them, are asked
to review carefully the available literature, particularly the DVDP bulletins prepared at Northern
Illinois University, in which appear the lithologic
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SAMPLE
TOTAL NUMBEROF SAMPLESRECEIVEDBY RECIPIENTPER HOLENUMBER2:TOTALS
REClPIENT•4
4A
5
5A
6
7
8
BARRETT
9
7
BRADY
I0
2
PER
II
I
12 13 14 15 RECIPIENT
I8
89
CAMERON
42
DECKER
56
74
55
147
565
147
104
18
60
I0
JONES
12
KELLOGG
17
2
2
9
2
II
2
24
5
57
159
II
15 6
779
25
14
LING
154
77
60
ELSTON
8I
65
55
CLARIDGE
HENDY
53
44
8
22
18
9
I0
855
55:3
29
21
266
MANDRA
2
II
20
5
57
159
29
241
Mc COLLUM
2
II
25
5
557
159
29
246
McGINNIS
I
5
29
2
56
65
55
5
55
20
150
2
5
I
PORTER
55
STUIVER
50
15
8
7
I0
?.3
84
5519
TORII
36
556
TREVES
78
WEBB
5
13
7
99
17
59
268
WRENN
SAMPLE
67
5
22
TOTALS
169
4
0
55
I0
445
98
475
15599 494
78
562
16
PERHOLE
NUMBER 24
200
16
550 108
245 55,504
I NOTE:ALTHOUGH OTHER INVESTIGATORSARE INVOLVEDIN RESEARCH USING THESE SAMPLES,ONLY THE INDIVIDUALSTO WHOM
SAMPLES
HAVE
BEEN
OFFICIALLY
ASSIGNED
ARE
HOLE
7:LAKE
FRYXELL
I0:
NEW
HOLE 5, 5A: DON JUAN POND
HOLE
8:
NEW
HARBOR
HOLE
II
COMMONWEALTH
HOLE
HOLE
9:
NEW
HARBOR
HOLE
12', LAKE
HOLE4, 4A: LAKEVANDA
6 :
LAKE
VIDA
Fig. 3.
LISTED
HOLE
HARBOR
HOLE
GLACIER
15: DON
JUAN
POND
HOLE 14: NORTH
FORK BASIN
HOLE 15: McMURDO
SOUND
HOARE
Sampledistributionfrom DVDP core stored at FSU.
logs, photographs, and sediment descriptions of curation
ofDVDPcores
at theAntarctic
Research
Facilityhas
DVDP core.Specifications
for samples
shouldindi- been
provided
byNational
Science
Foundation
contracts
C-564
cate,inaddition
toroutine
information
such
asthe and
C-1059.
core interval, sample size, and method of shipment, the criteria used for the determination of the
desired sample interval. The latter information is
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