LITHOPROBE is Canada's major national research project in the earth sciences. It combines multidisciplinary earth science studies of the Canadian landmass and surrounding offshore margins to determine how the northern North American continent has formed over geological time from 4000 million years ago to the present. Its scientific program integrates modern geophysical, geological and geochemical concepts, methods and technology to extend to depth, and back in time, knowledge of the lithosphere (the upper rigid 100 to 250 km of the planet) in various key transects or study areas. Ten such transects form the scientific bases of the project.

To learn about these transects and see the available data, please select Seismic or Magnetotelluric (MT).

To learn more about Lithoprobe.

To search for Lithoprobe or any other geoscientific data in your specific area of interest please use the Data Catalog available at the Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network website.