Earth Resources Laboratory
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Earth Resources Laboratory is a research center at MIT focused on applying geophysical and related sciences to the exploration and sustainable management of Earth’s natural resources.
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| instanceOf |
MIT research laboratory
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geophysics research laboratory → research center → |
| abbreviation |
ERL
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| affiliatedWith |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| collaboratesWith |
energy industry partners
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government agencies → other academic institutions → |
| country |
United States
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| employs |
faculty
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graduate students → postdoctoral researchers → research scientists → |
| fieldOfWork |
applied geophysics
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carbon sequestration → geophysical inversion → geophysics → geothermal energy → natural resources exploration → petroleum geophysics → rock physics → seismology → subsurface imaging → sustainable resource management → |
| goal |
to improve efficiency and reduce environmental impact of resource exploration
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to support sustainable development of Earth’s natural resources → |
| locatedIn |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology → |
| mission |
to apply geophysical and related sciences to the exploration and sustainable management of Earth’s natural resources
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| name |
Earth Resources Laboratory
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| offers |
industry-sponsored research projects
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research opportunities for graduate students → |
| partOf |
MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
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| researchFocus |
applications to CO2 storage and monitoring
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applications to geothermal reservoir characterization → applications to groundwater and environmental studies → applications to hydrocarbon exploration and production → development of advanced geophysical methods for subsurface characterization → improved imaging of complex subsurface structures → integration of seismic, electromagnetic, and well-log data → monitoring of reservoirs and subsurface processes → |
| usesMethod |
electromagnetic geophysics
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full-waveform inversion → high-performance computing → numerical modeling → seismic data processing → seismic inversion → |
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MIT School of Science
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Earth Resources Laboratory
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