The Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC)

A semi-autonomous exploration geoscience research centre at Laurentian University focused on Precambrian ore systems research, education, and exploration methodology and targeting.

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Recent Publications

Mon
29 Aug 2022

The implications of crustal architecture and transcrustal upflow zones on the metal endowment of a...

Earth’s mineral deposits show a non-uniform spatial distribution from the craton-scale, to...
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Sat
13 Aug 2022

3D inversion of gravity data with unstructured mesh and least-squares QR-factorization (LSQR)

Once inverting potential-field geophysical data an appropriate discretization of the model is...
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Thu
21 Jul 2022

Genesis of Sublayer, Footwall Breccia, and Associated Ni-Cu-Platinum Group Element Mineralization in...

The Ni‐Cu‐platinum group element (PGE) sulfide mineralization in the 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact...
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Wed
6 Jul 2022

Crustal architecture of the south-east Superior Craton and controls on mineral systems

Crustal and lithospheric architecture provide a first-order control on Earth evolution, including...
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