details
- Name
- University of Toronto, Earth Sciences Centre (U of T)
- Address
- 22 Russell Street
- Zipcode
- M5S 3B1
- City
- Toronto
- State
- ON
- Country
- Canada
- Phone
- 1 416 978 3022
- Fax
- 1 416 978 3938
- welcome@es.utoronto.ca
- Centre Website
- https://www.es.utoronto.ca/
organisation profile
The University of Toronto's Department of Earth Sciences is internationally regarded for research in fundamental geoscience, having given rise to major advances in ore deposits geology, geophysics, Precambrian geology, marine geology, Quaternary geology and sedimentary basin analysis.
Along with other universities and government partners, the University of Toronto's Geology Department (Department of Earth Sciences, since 2012) and Physics Department took part in a 4-year program called CanRidge (1991-1992, 1994-1995), which was a contribution to the international InterRidge program.
History
Since 1848 the Earth Sciences Department has operated under such names as Mineralogy and Geology, Geology and Paleontology, Geological Sciences–changing as the nature of research and education in the department have evolved. The core geology strength of the department was bolstered by the addition of geophysics and other geoscience-related expertise to the consolidated new department.
In 1989, the Earth Sciences Centre was created to accomodate teaching and research programs in botany, forestry, geography, geology and environmental studies. The Scotiabank Marine Geology Research Laboratory was established in the Earth Sciences Centre in 1990.
edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 4163
- Collating centre
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS)
- Latest update
- 25 September 2015 3:20:42 PM