United States Polar Rock Repository
Byrd Polar Research Center
Ohio State University
For further information, please go to:
http://bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/rr/samples/
The United States Polar Rock Repository (USPRR) is a national facility
at the Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University. It is
supported by the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.
The repository houses rock collections from polar regions for use by
researchers and educators around the world. The repository also contains
associated materials such as field notes, annotated photos and maps, raw
analytic data, paleomagnetic cores, ground rock and mineral residues,
thin sections, microfossil mounts, microslides and residues.
The USPRR was opened in October 2003 and has been acquiring rock samples
from geologists since that time. All information about the samples is
available in an online database:
http://bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/rr/samples/
Sample splits can be requested by researchers for analysis. Rock
collections from the Arctic are welcome and encouraged.
Arctic researchers interested in obtaining or donating rock samples (and
associated materials such as copies of notes, maps, thin sections, etc.)
should contact Dr. Anne Grunow (grunow.1 [at] osu.edu) at the repository. The
USPRR will pay for the cost of shipping donations.