Nabil Shawwa
Assistant Professor of Sedimentary Geology and StratigraphyMSc Geology (Thesis) Program Coordinator | NShawwa@laurentian.ca 705.675.1151 ext. 5654 Willet Green Miller Centre, B8023
Assistant Professor at Laurentian University. Research focuses on sedimentology and stratigraphy related to Earth's past atmospheric conditions and climatic changes. PhD in Earth Sciences from Carleton University. Research focused on Precambrian sedimentology and stratigraphy. MSc in Geology from University of Geneva. Research focused in sedimentology and reservoir geology. BSc with honours in geology from Acadia University. Relevant work experience in the oil & gas and potash industries.
Interests
- Stratigraphic analysis of sedimentary basins
- Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate reconstructions and evolution of Proterozoic and Phanerozoic sedimentary sucessions
- The Great Oxidation Event
Areas of Expertise
- Sedimentology
- Stratigraphy
- Sedimentary Petrography
- Clay Mineralogy
- Basin Analysis
Current Projects
- The depositional and atmospheric record of the early Paleoproterozoic Huronian Supergroup (Ontario and Quebec)
- The paleoclimate evolution of the late Paleozoic Cantabrian Zone (Spain)
- Mineralogy and geochemistry of Devonian potash deposits of the Elk Point Basin (southern Saskatchewan)
Adams, G.R., Shawwa, N.A., Mann, A., Hebert, B., and Maddin, H.C. In press. A review of the depositional environment and tetrapod fauna of the Upper Carboniferous ‘Hebert beds’ of the Joggins Formation (Nova Scotia) with a description of a new, large embolomere from the locality. In The Geological Setting of Romer's Gap, Geological Society, London, Special Publications.
Vimpere, L., Kindler, P., Shawwa, N.A., Peytrotty, G., and Castelltort, S. 2025. Quaternary geology of Long Island (Bahamas): an alternative perception of Bahamian island formation and relative sea-level changes in this area during the Last Interglacial. Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 369, 109640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109640
Shawwa, N.A., McLoughlin-Coleman, T.R., Babechuk, M.G., Shahabi-Far, M., Mungall J.E., and Rainbird, R.H. 2024. Earth’s oldest terrestrial red beds as direct evidence for the Great Oxidation Event ca. 2.3 Ga. Precambrian Research, vol. 409, 107423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107423
Shawwa, N.A., McLoughlin-Coleman, T.R., Babechuk, M.G., and Rainbird, R.H. 2023. Paleoproterozoic (Huronian) valley-controlled deglacial-fluvial sedimentation, northern Cobalt Basin, Ontario, Canada. Sedimentary Geology, vol. 455, 106421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2023.106421
Vimpere, L., Del Piero, N., Shawwa, N.A., Beguelin, K., Kindler, P., and Castelltort, S. 2021. Upper Pleistocene parabolic ridges (i.e. ‘chevrons’) from the Bahamas: Storm-wave sediments or aeolian deposits? A quantitative approach. Sedimentology, vol. 68, p. 1255–1288. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12828
Shawwa, N.A., Raeside, R.P., McMullin, D.W.A., and McFarlane, C.R.M. 2017. Employing contact metamorphism to assess the conditions of pluton emplacement and timing of recrystallization in southwestern Kellys Mountain, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 54, p. 1165–1178. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2017-0052
Upcoming Events
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8 Apr 2026Exploration for Magmatic Ore Deposits (Modular Course)
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1 May 2026The Business of Exploration (Modular Course)
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