LITHOPROBE is Canada's national Earth science research project to investigate the 3-dimensional structure and evolution of Canada's landmass and continental margins.

Research is conducted in a coordinated, integrated, multidisciplinary fashion:

• Geological, geochemical and geophysical research all play key roles
• Seismic techniques spearhead the research

LITHOPROBE is a collaborative research project that cumulatively has involved more than 900 scientists working in:

• Universities across Canada
• Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)
• Provincial and Territorial Geological Surveys
• Mining and Petroleum Industries

The research program is coordinated yet decentralized:

• 10 transects (study areas) have been selected for key, representative geological targets
• These transects span not only Canada, but time itself. Geological processes are investigated that occured between 4000 million years ago and the present
• Multidisciplinary teams are assembled from across Canada for each transect