Seminars & Events
Seminars & Events
The Department of Geology regularly hosts internal and external speakers during the academic year. Most talks are open to the public. For the most up-to-date information on upcoming events, please consult the list below or follow us on Twitter.
2021-2022 Seminar Series |
Uranium Deposits as Proxies for Global Tectonic Events
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Dr. Mostafa Fayek Department of Earth Sciences
Wednesday, October 6 @ 1:00PM Science 411
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Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS):
A Versatile Technique for the Study of Geologic Materials
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Ryan Sharpe Department of Earth Sciences
Thursday, October 7 @ 1:00PM Science 408
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Are metamorphic microdiamonds from Bohemia forever?
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Dr. Jana Kotková Czech Geological Survey, Prague,
Tuesday, October 19 @ 1:00PM Science 408
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Insights into the sources and microbial cycling of organic compounds in contaminated systems.
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Dr. Greg Slater School of Earth, Environment & Society
Thursday, December 2 @ 1:00PM Science 408
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Environmental lipidomic baseline survey of deep marine sediments in the Scotian Margin
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Doctoral Research Proposal Defence Narges Ahangarian Department of Geology
Friday, December 3 @ 10:00AM Science 411
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Melt inclusions associated with Archean volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits: constraints on the pre-eruptive metal and volatile content of magmas
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Doctoral Research Proposal Defence Priyal Daya Department of Geology
Thursday, December 9 @ 1:00PM via Zoom (contact geology@smu.ca for connection details)
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Classification and origin of vein-related Cu-Ag-Pb-Zn mineralization at Salkeld Lake, Nonacho Basin, Northwest Territories, Canada
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MSc in Applied Science Thesis Defence Anna Terekhova Department of Geology
Wednesday, December 15 @ 1:00PM via Zoom (contact geology@smu.ca for connection details)
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2021 GAC W. W. Hutchison Medalist
Deciphering the compositions of fluids in the Earth: Rubies, volcanoes and the origins of life
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Dr. Vincent van Hinsberg McGill University
Wednesday, January 26 · 1:00pm via Zoom Connection details available by contacting geology@smu.ca
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2021 Howard Street Robinson Medalist Lecture Tour
How do layers form in layered intrusions? (and why should we care?)
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Dr. James Mungall Carleton University
Thursday, February 17 · 1:00pm via Zoom
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2020 Howard Street Robinson Medalist Lecture Tour
Is this the oldest known animal fossil? A novel approach to Precambrian metazoan evolution
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Dr. Elizabeth C. Turner Harquail Schoool of Earth Sciences, Sudbury ON
Thursday, March 3 · 3:00pm via Zoom
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Fluid inclusion systematics of polymetallic (Sb-Pb-Zn-As-Ag-Au) mineralization at the Lansdowne Occurrence, Digby County, Nova Scotia
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BSc Honours Thesis Defence Joshua Jackman Department of Geology
Thursday, March 24 1:00PM
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Provenance and Geochronology of Lomonosov Ridge: A Contribution to the Geology and Tectonic History of the Arctic Ocean from Dredged Rock Samples
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MSc in Applied Science Thesis Defence Logan Robertson Department of Geology
Monday, April 4 @ 2:00PM via Zoom (contact geology@smu.ca for connection details)
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Influence of hydrothermal vent activity on organic matter pool in deep ocean might be less than previously thought
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Dr. Unyime U. Umoh Department of Geology
Thursday, April 7 @ 1:00PM Science 411
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Titania minerals of Upper Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous sandstones of the Scotian Basin
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MSc in Applied Science Thesis Defence Alexis Imperial Department of Geology
Monday, April 11 @ 9:00AM via Zoom (contact geology@smu.ca for connection details)
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Characterization, classification, and mechanisms for mineralization of critical metal-bearing (Sb-Pb-As-Zn-Co-Ni-Bi-Ag-Au-REE) occurrences in southwestern Meguma Terrane, Canadian Appalachians
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MSc in Applied Science Thesis Defence Naomi Welt Department of Geology
Monday, April 11 @ 11:00AM Sobey 260 and via Zoom (contact geology@smu.ca for connection details)
Supervisor:
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Chemical characterization and timing of uranium occurrences in the Nonacho Basin, Northwest Territories
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MSc in Applied Science Thesis Defence Kerstin Landry Department of Geology
Wednesday, April 13 @ 11:00AM via Zoom (contact geology@smu.ca for connection details)
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Geology Department Student Presentations
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Tuesday, April 19 @ 1:00PM Science 411
Honours Program Thesis Defences Nikita Lakhanpal Survey of porewater geochemistry within deep marine hydrocarbon seep sediments of the Scotian Slope, Canada
Elish Redshaw Organic matter burial and diagenesis baseline survey of deep marine surface sediments along the Scotian Slope, Canada
Directed Study Presentation Aidan Buyers Critical metals in the Cobequid highlands: resolving the host rock, mineralogy, paragenesis and controls of cobalt mineralization of the Bass River Magnetite Prospect
Presentation of Student Department Awards |
The biogeochemical interaction and alteration of methane in shallow sediments of the Scotian Slope, Nova Scotia
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Doctoral Research Proposal Defence Anirban Chowdhury Department of Geology
Monday, May 9 @ 2:00 PM Science 408
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2020-2021 Seminar Series |
Atlantic Geoscience Society
2020-2021 Speaker Tour
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Dr. Alana Hinchey
Senior Geologist Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Science (and Art) of Regional Bedrock Mapping:
Friday, February 26 @ 11:00AM via Zoom
Connection details available from geology@smu.ca
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2019-2020 Seminar Series |
Precious vapors: Are vapors viable ore fluids in the contest of porphyry ore formation?
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Dr. Nicole Hurtig, Assistant Professor Colorado School of Mines
Tuesday, August 13 @ 3:00PM Science 411
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Society of Economic Geologists
2019 Thayer Lindsley Visiting Lecturer
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Dr. Sarah Gleeson Professor in Mineral Resources
Diagenesis, Sulfur, and Giant Zn Deposits Tuesday, September 10 @ 3:00PM Science 411
Pyrite as Ore and Gangue in Hydrothermal Wednesday, September 11 @ 11:30AM Science 411 |
ExxonMobil 2020 Geoscience Recruitment Information Session
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2020 Geoscience Internship Positions Information Session
Tuesday, September 17 @ 11:30AM Science 411 |
2019-2020 GAC Howard Street Robinson Lecture Series
The great Triassic-Jurassic Cu-Au-Mo porphyries of the
central Canadian Cordillera: Why there? Why then?
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Howard Street Robinson Medalist
JoAnne Nelson Emeritus Scientist
Monday, September 23 @ 11:30AM Science 411
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Digesting the Late Carboniferous: using fish coprolites to reconstruct the aquatic paleoecosystem of the Joggins Formation, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Dr. Melissa Grey Curator of Palaeontology
Wednesday, October 2 @ 11:30AM Science 411
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2019 GAC W. W. Hutchison Medalist
Tracking the rise and fall of oceanic O2 levels on the Precambrian Earth using the redox-sensitive trace metal geochemistry of sedimentary rocks
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Dr. Brian Kendall Canada Research Chair in
Tuesday, October 8 · 1:00pm Science 408
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Primary volatiles in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex and their effect on PGE mineralisation
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Dr. Katie McFall Research Associate
Wednesday, October 30 @ 11:30AM Science 411
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The Early Miocene volcanic history of Lesvos island, Greece: shoshonites, ignimbrites and the petrified forest
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Dr. Georgia Pe-Piper Professor Emerita
Wednesday, November 6 @ 11:30AM Science 411
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2019-2020 Science Atlantic-AGS Speaker Tour
Ore-forming processes on the seafloor – understanding the difference between black smoker vent fields and the formation of metal-rich
massive sulfide mineral deposits
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Dr. John Jamieson Canada Research Chair in Marine Geology
Monday, November 18 @ 11:30AM Science 411
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Sites of Serpentinization and the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life
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Dr. Penny Morrill Department of Earth Sciences Tuesday, December 17 @ 1:00 PM Science 411
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Sites of Serpentinization and the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life
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Dr. Dawn Kellett Geological Survey of Canada - Atlantic Division Friday, January 31 @ 1:00 PM Science 411
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A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the evolution of Laurentia: From Archean core to Paleozoic margin
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Dr. Shawna White Mineral Exploration Research Centre Friday, February 21 @ 1:00 PM Science 411
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Timing and tempo of continental magmatism: A high-resolution record of geodynamic processes
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Dr. Steve Denyszyn University of Western Australia Friday, February 28 @ 1:00 PM Science 411
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An innovative approach to understanding mountain building processes in space and time
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Dr. Tasca Santimano Department of Earth Sciences Friday, March 6 @ 1:00 PM Science 411
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2018-2019 Seminar Series |
Dipicolinic acid as a tracer for oil seeps in marine sediments
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Dr. Jayne Rattray, Energy Bioengineering and Geomicrobiology Group, University of Calgary
Monday, September 17 @ 11:30AM Science 411 |
Hypervelocity impact effects on Earth: Causes, consequences and future threats
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Dr. John Spray, Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
Thursday, October 18 @ 1:00PM Science 411 |
2018-2019 GAC Howard Street Robinson Lecture Series
The Precambrian Secrets of Yukon
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Howard Street Robinson Medalist
Dr. Derek Thorkelson, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Thursday, November 8 @ 1:00PM Science 411
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Science Atlantic-AGS Speaker Tour
Forensic petrology applied to the Titanic headstones
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Dr. Barrie Clarke, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University
Tuesday, November 20 @ 1:00PM Science 411
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Active Marine Geohazards on the seafloor of Eastern and Arctic Canada
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Dr. Alexandre Normandeau, Research Scientist, Marine Geoscience Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Thursday, November 22 @ 1:00PM Science 411
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Genesis of polymetallic vein-type mineralization in the Freiberg district, Germany: Towards new exploration concepts in a historic mining district
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Dr. Mathias Burisch, Department of Mineralogy Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
Tuesday, January 29 @ 10:00AM Science 411
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Petroleum Systems and Source Rocks of Atlantic Canada
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Dr. Grant Wach Professor of Petroleum Geoscience, Dalhousie University
Friday, March 8 @ 11:00AM Science 411
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Flaming Tapwater: The science behind the occurrence of methane in groundwaters overlying oil, gas and coalfields of North America
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Dr. Owen Sherwood Department of Earth Sciences
Friday, March 15 @ 10:30AM Science 411
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Looking down to look up: New approaches in the search for life in strange places
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Dr. Greg Wanger Consultant, NASA-Jet Propulsion Lab
Friday, March 22 @ 11:00AM Science 411
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Evolution of the Oxford Sinkhole
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Amy Tizzard Regional Geologist
Wednesday, March 27 @ 11:30AM Science 411
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Terrane concept and Cape Breton Island
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Dr. J. Duncan Keppie Institute of Geology
Friday, March 29 @ 11:00AM Science 411
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