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The Geological Survey of Canada-Atlantic is the principal marine
geoscience facility in Canada. They are a division of the
Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) co-located at the Bedford
Institute of Oceanography, with the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans which are a part of an Atlantic Provinces marine research
and technology community centred in the Halifax-Dartmouth
metropolitan region of Nova Scotia. The facility consists of a
team of 80 specialists in marine and petroleum geology,
geophysics, geochemistry, and geotechnology which provides a
source of integrated knowledge and advice on marine geoscience,
with specific concentration on Canada's coastal and offshore
landmass.
Website: "http://gsca.nrcan.gc.ca/"
Summary provided by Natural Resources Canada, Earth Sciences
Sector, Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic).]
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