iMAGE-CREATE is a new NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience project in Marine Geodynamics and Georesources (iMAGE). It is a platform for training in the field of solid earth geosciences that brings together land-based geologists and marine scientists working on the structure of the Deep Earth and its contained resources – knowledge that is urgently needed to access tomorrow’s energy and raw materials.
New knowledge about the dynamic evolution of the Earth is rapidly emerging from the study of large-scale tectonic processes on land and in the oceans. These processes are directly linked to the capacity of the Earth’s crust to supply raw materials and energy for the future. Students in iMAGE-CREATE are exploring this relationship under three broad themes: i) The Birth of Continents, ii) The Restless Earth, and iii) Resources for the Future.