The Decennial Mineral Exploration Conferences (DMEC) is a Canadian
voluntary association
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dedicated to the advancement of
geoscience
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applied to exploration for mineral resources. The inaugural 1967 conference "''Canadian Centennial Conference on Mining and Groundwater Geophysics''",
held in
Ottawa
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,
Canada
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, was organized by the
Geological Survey of Canada as part of the
Canadian Centennial. While the original session focussed on mining and groundwater
geophysics
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, the purpose of subsequent conferences expanded to include
geochemistry
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, and other
geoscience
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disciplines as they are applied in mineral exploration.
Conferences have been held in
Canada
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every 10 years since, and are attended by geoscience delegates from around the world.
Proceedings
The organizing committees have published the proceedings of each meeting for the benefit of and reference by the global exploration community, with the intention that each proceeding provides a 10-year perspective of the state of applied geoscience in mineral exploration.
* Exploration 67: ''Mining and Groundwater Geophysics''
* Exploration 77: ''An International Symposium on Geophysics and Geochemistry Applied to the Search for Metallic Ores''
* Exploration 87: ''Third decennial International Conference on Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration for Minerals and Groundwater''
* Exploration 97: ''Geophysics and Geochemistry at the Millenium''
* Exploration 07: ''Exploration in the New Millenium''
* Exploration 17: ''Integrating the Geosciences: the Challenge of Discovery''
See also
*
List of geoscience organizations
*
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
*
Society of Economic Geologists
The Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) is a scientific organization that promotes the study of geology as it relates to mining, mineral exploration, mineral resource classification and mineral extraction. The society's Publication Board publishe ...
References
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External links
Decennial Mineral Exploration Conferences
Economic geology
Geophysics societies