Harquail School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2017 Winter Term
February 14, 2017
Lorraine Lebeau
11:30 - 11:50 WGMC Auditorium
Palaeoclimate regimes inferred from coeval fluvial, aeolian, and lacustrine landscapes: The Mesoproterozoic Meall Dearg Formation of Scotland, UK.
Jacqueline Huggins
11:50 - 12:10 WGMC Auditorium
Principles and application of gamma ray spectrometry (GRS)
Dylan McKevitt
12:10 - 12:30 WGMC Auditorium
Elemental zoning in olivine
February 10, 2017
Madison Schmidt
11:30 - 11:50 WGMC Auditorium
The importance of phase separation in volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits and its influence on the composition of mineralization
Quinn Dabros
11:50 - 12:10 WGMC Auditorium
Subaqueous debris-flow diamicton microstructures
Emilia Principe
12:10 - 12:30 WGMC Auditorium
Analyzing the microbial-mineral Interface: approaches used in geomicrobiology
February 7, 2017
Hannah Burke
11:30 - 11:50 WGMC B8045
Phosphate oxygen isotopes use in phosphorus source tracing in marine and freshwater environments
Philippe Trudel
11:50 - 12:10 WGMC B8045
Assessing the “fire and ice” model for the Neoproterozoic Sturtian glaciation
Natasha Cyples
12:10 - 12:30 WGMC B8045
Planform evolution of the Kicking Horse River, BC; an integrated remote sensing, gauging record, and ground-penetrating-radar analysis
February 3, 2017
Sarah Clay
11:30-11:50 WGMC Auditorium
Lithofacies and copper distribution at the Kamoa-Kakula deposit, Democratic Republic of Congo
Jasmine Moertle
11:50-12:10 WGMC Auditorium
Revisions of current genetic models of sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) deposits based on new geochemical evidence
Francisca Maepa
12:10-12:30 WGMC Auditorium
Mineral prospectivity mapping using GIS and expert systems
February 1, 2017
Dr. Steven Constable (Society of Exploration Geophysicists/ American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Lecturer)
16:00-17:00 WGMC B8030
Geophysical inversion: which model do you want?
January 31, 2017
Yujian Wang
11:30-11:50 WGMC Auditorium
Discrimination of oceanic basalts and volcanic arc basalts in binary Th/Yb vs Nb/Yb diagram
Jeremie Pfister
11:50-12:10 WGMC Auditorium
The origin of primary textures in pegmatites
Yiguan Lu
12:10-12:30 WGMC Auditorium
Distribution of platinum-group and other chalcophile elements in base metal sulfides in the Jinbaoshan PGE deposit
January 27, 2017
Jeff Enright
11:30-11:50 WGMC Auditorium
Coupled dissolution – precipitation, porosity development, and sulfide emplacement in the Victor footwall deposit, Sudbury
Cedric Mayer
11:50-12:10 WGMC Auditorium
Strontium isotope stratigraphy of the Bushveld igneous complex
James Kidder
12:10-12:30 WGMC Auditorium
The applications of copper isotopes for porphyry exploration
January 24, 2017
Evan Keir-Sage
11:30-11:50 WGMC Auditorium
Humite-group minerals and contact metamorphism of siliceous limestone and dolostone
Thomas Ogilvie
11:50-12:10 WGMC Auditorium
Brittle deformation, hydrothermal alteration, and U and Au mineralisation in the southern Tantato domain, Sask
Keaton Strongman
12:10-12:30 WGMC Auditorium
Transitional volcanogenic massive sulfide - high-sulfidation epithermal systems
January 20, 2017
Carol-Anne Genereux
11:30-11:50 WGMC Auditorium
Phase equilibria and partial melting of basic rocks
Michael Langa
11:50-12:10 WGMC Auditorium
Experimental determination of rates of cation diffusion in spinel - a review
January 17, 2017
Melanie Bouchard
11:30-11:50 WGMC Auditorium
Development of contrasting sedimentary basins separated by arches
Ian Chappell
11:50-12:10 WGMC Auditorium
Two gold mineralization events east of Matheson, Ontario
Luis Arteaga
12:10-12:30 WGMC Auditorium
Pros and cons of the Archean porphyry concept
January 16, 2017
Dr. Steve Piercey (GAC Hutchison Medallist)
16:00-17:00 WGMC Auditorium
Evaluating the interplay of magmatism, tectonics, and basin redox in the genesis of the Wolverine volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Yukon, Canada
January 13, 2017
Evan Hastie
11:30-11:50 WGMC Auditorium
Gold remobilization
Jordan Mathieu
11:50-12:10 WGMC Auditorium
Heat sources and fluid-driving mechanisms in carbonate-hosted base-metal deposits
2016 Fall Term
November 22, 2016
Marie Letourneau
11:30-11:50 WGMC B8045
Modification of magnetic signatures in oxidized intrusion-associated ore systems: a potential vector towards Au mineralisation
Jasmine Moertle
11:50-12:10 WGMC B8045
Relationships between magmatism and sedimentary-exhalative deposits
James Kidder
12:10-12:30 WGMC B8045
Exploration through post-mineral cover – a case study from NW Botswana
November 15, 2016
Sarah Clay
11:30-11:50 WGMC B8045
Sediment-hosted stratiform Cu deposits of the Congolese copperbelt: distinct differences between typical Congolese-type deposits & Kamoa
Yujian Wang
11:50-12:10 WGMC B8045
Mineral chemical variations in ultramafic inclusions in contact sublayer: implications for multiple exotic origins
Cedric Mayer
12:10-12:30 WGMC B8045
Trace element substitution in plagioclase: the effects of plagioclase composition on the Rb-Sr isotope system
November 8, 2016
Jeff Enright
11:30-11:50 WGMC B8045
An overview of microscopic shock-metamorphic features and textures related to terrestrial impact events
Yiguan Lu
11:50-12:10 WGMC B8045
Geochemistry and genesis of magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) and PGE deposits in China
Emilia Principe
12:10-12:30 WGMC B8045
A biogeochemical perspective on mineral oxidation and reduction in sulfidic tailings and its impact on metal mobility
November 1, 2016
Christopher Kelly
11:30-11:50 WGMC Auditorium
Intermediate to felsic, Fe-tholeiites as host rocks for quartz-carbonate vein deposits
Frederic Gaucher
11:50-12:10 WGMC Auditorium
The superparamagnetic effects in time-domain electromagnetic data
Evan Keir-Sage
12:10-12:30 WGMC Auditorium
Sulfur assimilation and saturation in magmatic melts and application of isotopes as tracers
October 25, 2016
Jaime Caplette
11:30-11:50 WGMC B8045
Solid phase speciation of antimony (Sb) and lead (Pb) in forested soils using sequential extraction procedures: implications for mobility and bioavailability
Michael Langa
11:50-12:10 WGMC B8045
Use of chromite chemistry for correlation of PGE-bearing reefs within the Bushveld igneous complex
William Ogilvie
12:10-12:30 WGMC B8045
An introduction to deformation bands, with examples from France and Utah
October 18, 2016
Sarah Hashmi
11:30-12:50 WGMC B8045
Applications of Quaternary mapping in Denison and Drury townships
Carol-Anne Genereux
11:50-12:10 WGMC B8045
Shear zones in the south range of the Sudbury basin: the product of transpression or superimposed faulting and thrusting?
Nikolas Gazo
12:10-12:30 WGMC B8045
Data acquisition for a surface nuclear magnetic resonance geophysical survey
October 4, 2016
Luis Arteaga
11:30-11:50 WGMC B8045
Sodium metasomatic processes in magmatic hydrothermal systems
Melanie Bouchard
11:50-12:10 WGMC B8045
Detrital zircon analysis of Cambrian strata in the Hornaday River canyon, Northwest Territories
Ian Chappell
12:10-12:30 WGMC B8045
Relative timing and structural controls of gold deposition within southern Hislop Township with observations from the Black Fox and Grey Fox
September 20, 2016
Danielle Brown
11:30-11:50 WGMC B8045
Rare-earth elements and yttrium characterisation of iron and manganese crusts from the Mariana arc and back-arc complex
Jordan Mathieu
11:50-12:10 WGMC B8045
Copper isotopes and their use in mineral exploration
