PACIFIC develops mineral exploration techniques that have a relatively low impact on the environment. This document is an assessment of this impact, but also of the environmental footprint of all activities related to the project. PACIFIC environmental footprint is still significant because of plane travels linked to transnational meetings. Learn more about it by reading the following document.
Technique now possible due to improvements in lithium batteries which power monitoring equipment
Article in the Canadian press by Jeff Walters · CBC News · Posted: Jun 12, 2019 1:28 PM ET https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-pacific-new-exploration-1.5172168
Download PACIFIC poster presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Washington DC (10-14 December 2018)
https://www.pacific-h2020.eu/wp-content/uploads/PACIFIC-poster.pdf
All you want to know about the PACIFIC project (Passive seismic techniques for environmentally friendly and cost efficient mineral exploration) is there !
PACIFIC - H2020 research project in mineral exploration (pacific-h2020.eu)
Sometimes noise is incredibly helpful.
By Rahul Rao, Popular Science (January 28, 2021)
For the full article, please visit How trains can help scientists study what's underground | Popular Science (popsci.com)
Seismologists prospect for mineral deposits in Canada by recording the humming vibrations from freight trains.
By Rachel Berkowitz, Physics Today (12 Jan 2021 in Research & Technology)
For the full online article, visit Railways could double as a tool for probing Earth’s shallow crust (scitation.org)
Check out our project log on Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/project/PACIFIC-H2020
View the PACIFIC project video PACIFIC Project on sustainable mineral exploration - YouTube
Download the PACIFIC project presentation https://www.pacific-h2020.eu/wp-content/uploads/PACIFIC-Project-presentation.pdf
Download PACIFIC first press release (July 2018): PACIFIC first press release
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