Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(IGCAS) was founded in Guiyang in 1966, with primary staff and equipment
relocated from Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in
Beijing. IGCAS has set up the State Key Laboratory of Environmental
Geochemistry, the State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, the Key
Laboratory for High-temperature and High-pressure Study of the Earth's Interior
of CAS, the Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, and the Guizhou
Engineering Research Center of Integrated Utilization of Mineral Resources of
CAS, all of which are equipped with advanced equipment and facilities.
At present, the institute is the home of more than 380
regular staff members including three CAS academicians. In addition, the
current enrollment of graduate students (master's and doctoral candidates) and
post-doctoral fellows in IGCAS is over 400. IGCAS undertakes about 500 ongoing
research projects including the B-type Strategic Priority Program of CAS,
National Key Research and Develop Project, Major Program of National Natural
Science Foundation of China, and Science Fund for Creative Research Groups.
In order to develop theory and applications of
geochemistry and consequently expand the scientific and technological capacity
for solving the problems of mineral resources development and ecological
environment management, the institute mainly conducts research on the evolution
of the Earth and the planets, as well as the geochemical cycles and processes
in the Earth's spheres and associated resources and environmental effects.
(The
introduction of IGCAS was cited from the website http://english.gyig.cas.cn/)
The
MGDIS team was composed of scientists, technicians and research assistant from
the IGCAS. This team was constructed because of a project funded by State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit
Geochemistry, IGCAS. This project aims to establish a database-bearing website
for storing and sharing the data from mineral element and isotope geochemistry.
At the first stage, we only focus on element data of different minerals. This website will bridge
the gap between earth science scientists and mineral data. New and innovative
research results and scientific discoveries are expected by using the big data
and new data interpretation methods such as machine learning. We will try our
best to optimize the functions of this website and provide good services for
the scientists from earth science fields and other related fields.
We
are looking forward to your feedback!
