Mineral Exploration Research Centre

Mineral Exploration Research Centre

The Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC) is a semi-autonomous research centre associated with the Department of Earth Sciences at Laurentian University in Sudbury Ontario, Canada.

The mission of MERC is to conduct and promote cutting-edge, field-based, collaborative research on mineral deposits and their environments, and to educate and train highly qualified personnel (HQP) for careers in the minerals industry, academia or government. The objectives of MERC are to: 1) promote collaborative university-government-industry research on mineral deposits and Precambrian geology, 2) pursue a fundamental understanding of mineral deposits and their geological settings, 3) aid the mining industry in the discovery of ore deposits, and 4) train geologists in mineral exploration research techniques.

MERC has expertise in the geology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and genesis of magmatic nickel-copper-PGE deposits, volcanology, geochemistry, and alteration associated with hydrothermal copper-zine-(gold) volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits, structure, geochemistry, and alteration associated with hydrothermal orogenic lode gold deposits, and the mineralogy, geochemistry, and genesis of rare-element and rare-metal pegmatites.

References

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Cooperative Research Centre — CRC Program logo Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) are key bodies for Australian scientific research. The Cooperative Research Centres Program was established in 1990 to enhance Australia s industrial, commercial and economic growth through the …   Wikipedia

  • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science — The Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(Defra). It carries out a wide range of research, advisory, consultancy …   Wikipedia

  • Natural scientific research in Canada — This article outlines the history of natural scientific research in Canada, including mathematics, physics, astronomy, space science, geology, oceanography, chemistry, biology, medical research and psychology. The social sciences are not treated… …   Wikipedia

  • Scientific research in Canada — This article outlines the history of natural scientific research in Canada including, mathematics, physics, astronomy, space science, geology, oceanography, chemistry, biology, medical research and psychology. The social sciences are not treated… …   Wikipedia

  • space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… …   Universalium

  • Saskatchewan Research Council — Infobox Company company name = Saskatchewan Research Council company type = Crown Corporation company foundation = 1947 location = Saskatoon Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada industry = Research num employees = products = Research homepage =… …   Wikipedia

  • List of research institutes in Greece — State run institutes = * Athena (former KETEP/IRIS) ** Cultural Educational Technologies Institute (IPET/CETI) ** Industrial Systems Institute (INBIS/ISI) ** Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) ** Institute for Research in… …   Wikipedia

  • Laurentian University — Infobox University name = Laurentian University motto = Emitte lucem et veritatem (Send forth thy light and thy truth) established = 1960 Laurentian University of Sudbury/Université Laurentienne de Sudbury. Former name, University of Sudbury type …   Wikipedia

  • Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station — Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Lesher — Carl Michael Lesher (born 1951) is an American Canadian geologist. He is an authority on the geology and origin of nickel copper platinum group element deposits, especially those associated with komatiites, their physical volcanology and… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”