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studied are comparable to current major exploration and mining areas (Western
Africa, Australia, South Africa, Baltic Shield, Siberia and Brazil in particular).The
4-year groups (2008–2011) having taken this course so far comprise 44 students, of
which 37 were French and seven Moroccan.
The course syllabus is structured around field geology techniques applied to
mining exploration: regional geology, health and safety, geological surveys, routes
and positioning, submarine volcanism and volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, structure, sedimentation and gold deposits, plutonism, geophysics applied to
geological mapping and mining exploration, quaternary geology, logistics, communication.
LabexMer, Marine Excellence Research
LabexMer, recently selected as an “initiative of excellence”, reinforces the research,
teaching and innovation potential in the field of marine sciences in Brittany. This
centre, run by IUEM in collaboration with CNRS, IRD and Ifremer, comes under
the University of Western Brittany (UBO) via the research and higher education
cluster for Brittany.
One of Labex’s research priorities directly concerns marine mineral resources,
through the genesis and structure of hydrothermal sites and the associated sulphide
deposits. This centre also deals with training, in particular with international scope,
with short courses on offer to Masters and PhD students, as well as professionals
already in the job market.
Conclusion
Today France has a remarkable research capacity in the field of geosciences. Thanks
to the excellence of its research teams and the availability of high quality analytical
platforms, it boasts internationally renowned expertise in the field of mineral raw
materials. The scientific value of research relating to the formation of mineral deposits (including deep-sea deposits) is internationally recognised. The federative action
taken by INSU, alongside the ANCRE Alliance, in particular aims to boost synergy
between the players of this community (universities, public industrial and commercial establishments (EPIC), public scientific and technical research establishments
(EPST) and industry). The incentive actions launched by CNRS (CESSUR-INSU,
GUTEC-PACEN) are designed to support coordinated actions to supplement other
programmes such as Marge-INSU or Mistrals-Termex via foresight workshops
and theme-based schools. These initiatives need to be strengthened and sustained,
with the support of new funding programmes, like at the French National Research
Agency (ANR) where an initiative devoted to raw materials and in particular marine
mineral resources is highly desirable.
A. Cheilletz and M. Maia
studied are comparable to current major exploration and mining areas (Western
Africa, Australia, South Africa, Baltic Shield, Siberia and Brazil in particular).The
4-year groups (2008–2011) having taken this course so far comprise 44 students, of
which 37 were French and seven Moroccan.
The course syllabus is structured around field geology techniques applied to
mining exploration: regional geology, health and safety, geological surveys, routes
and positioning, submarine volcanism and volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, structure, sedimentation and gold deposits, plutonism, geophysics applied to
geological mapping and mining exploration, quaternary geology, logistics, communication.
LabexMer, Marine Excellence Research
LabexMer, recently selected as an “initiative of excellence”, reinforces the research,
teaching and innovation potential in the field of marine sciences in Brittany. This
centre, run by IUEM in collaboration with CNRS, IRD and Ifremer, comes under
the University of Western Brittany (UBO) via the research and higher education
cluster for Brittany.
One of Labex’s research priorities directly concerns marine mineral resources,
through the genesis and structure of hydrothermal sites and the associated sulphide
deposits. This centre also deals with training, in particular with international scope,
with short courses on offer to Masters and PhD students, as well as professionals
already in the job market.
Conclusion
Today France has a remarkable research capacity in the field of geosciences. Thanks
to the excellence of its research teams and the availability of high quality analytical
platforms, it boasts internationally renowned expertise in the field of mineral raw
materials. The scientific value of research relating to the formation of mineral deposits (including deep-sea deposits) is internationally recognised. The federative action
taken by INSU, alongside the ANCRE Alliance, in particular aims to boost synergy
between the players of this community (universities, public industrial and commercial establishments (EPIC), public scientific and technical research establishments
(EPST) and industry). The incentive actions launched by CNRS (CESSUR-INSU,
GUTEC-PACEN) are designed to support coordinated actions to supplement other
programmes such as Marge-INSU or Mistrals-Termex via foresight workshops
and theme-based schools. These initiatives need to be strengthened and sustained,
with the support of new funding programmes, like at the French National Research
Agency (ANR) where an initiative devoted to raw materials and in particular marine
mineral resources is highly desirable.
A. Cheilletz and M. Maia