The primary focus of activities is:

• Acquiring and interpreting regional seismology and electromagnetic (EM) data to document crustal structure and history, historically performed through the Lithoprobe program.

• To undertake cost-shared research programs in high resolution seismic and EM studies designed to develop and test seismic and EM exploration technology for crystalline crust.

• Developing teleseismic and deep EM sounding techniques for regional studies of the lithosphere, eg. the Polaris program.

• Developing innovative hardware/software for mapping the subsurface using seismic and EM methods.

• Researching improvements in geophysical data acquisition, processing and interpretation, and transfering this technology and knowledge to Canadian industry, eg. the Downhole Seismic Imaging (DSI) consortium