He started his MSc at the University of Toronto in 1997, working on the geochemistry of Archean mafic volcanics associated with VMS deposits. Steve Scott, BSc, MSc, PhD, FRSC Ore deposits, marine geology, seafloor hydrothermal vents, ocean mining. A primary, but not exclusive, focus is comparative studies of modern and ancient deposits of base and precious metal sulfides and other hydrothermal products. The group has worked at mid-ocean ridges, seamounts, rifted continental margins and back arcs in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and on ore deposits of five continents. The scope of the group's award winning research ranges in scale from regional tectonics to high resolution electron microscopy and commonly has an emphasis on geochemistry and mineralogy.
Marine activities involve the use of ships and deep diving occupied and robotic submersibles.
The group participates in one or two marine geological expeditions each year. Steve is the recipient of the 1997 Duncan R. Derry Medal from the Mineral Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada, the 1996 Charles L. Hosler Alumni Scholar Medal from Penn State University, the 1995 Silver Medal from the Society of Economic Geologists and the 1988 Past Presidents Medal of the Mineralogical Association of Canada. SEG Neves Corvo Field Conf., Lisbon, p. 33. Nature, v. 383, no. Silver in sulfide chimneys and mounds from 13 N and 21 N, East Pacific Rise.