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Rank/Status: Full Professor Research Chair: Goldcorp Chair in Economic Geology Department: Earth Sciences Education: BSc: Queens University, 1983 MSc: University of Toronto, 1986 PhD: University of Toronto, 1989 Office: MRN 219A Telephone: (613) 562-5292 Fax: (613) 562-5848 Email: mhanning@uOttawa.ca

Home Page:
http://www.science.uottawa.ca/~mhann047/hannington_f.html

Keywords: economic geology, submarine volcanoes, ore deposits, marine geology

Research Interests:
Dr. Hannington’s research combines the study of active volcanoes on the ocean floor, and associated metal-depositing hot springs (“black smoker vents”), with research on ancient volcanic environments that host many of the world’s largest and most valuable mineral deposits on land. Dr. Hannington was the chief editor of the international research journal Economic Geology from 2001-08, the leading journal in the geosciences applied to mineral deposits.