Date        

Speaker             

Topic/Title                                                                                                       

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Sonia Lanteigne

Mineralogical Characterization of Cu and Ni Phases in Smelter-Derived Particles in Soils from Copper Cliff, Ontario

Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry element distribution maps and their applications towards PGE characterization within sulfides

Oct 4

Qualitative Interpretation of seismic data, new challenges, and economic value

Oct 11

Qualitative and quantitative integrated geophysical investigation of the Sudbury structure

Oct 18

Oct 21

Oct 24

Study Break Week

Oct 28

Nov 4

An introduction to X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) with application to alteration of the McArthur River Uranium Deposit

Sedimentary architecture of a deeply karstified Precambrian-Cambrian unconformity, Victoria Island, NWT

Nov 8

Carbonates in Rifts

Nov 11

Fluid-Mediated Alteration and Rare-Element Mineralization in the Little Nahani LCT-Type Pegmatites, NWT, Canada: A Textural and Fluid Inclusion Approach

Borehole Geophysics: Downhole Logging and Comparison with Handheld Physical Property Measurements

Nov 15

The Ocean Networks Canada Observatory – Making the ocean transparent

Nov 18

Electromagnetic Gradiometry: Survey Design and Inversion Development for Mapping Laterally Varying Conductance

Nov 22

Honours thesis presentation

Nov 24

Nov 29

A zircon U-Pb and feldspar Pb-isotope perspective on the Sudbury impact structure: Evidence for a Neoarchean convergent margin

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The formation of footwall-type PGE mineralization in Sudbury: A discussion of “Cu-Ni-PGE systems” classification and proposed formation models

Dec 2

Data Interpretation and Modeling of Magnetic Data Obtained from Koh Baba Region, East Azarbaijan, Iran, Using Oasis Montaj

Dec 6

Electromagnetic survey design: Incorporating multiple transmitter locations and spatially stacked measurements

Petrology of porphyroblastic metapelites from the Fernleigh Area, Mazinaw Domain, Grenville Province, Ontario

Date        

Speaker             

Topic/Title                                                                                                       

Jan 14

Pedro J. Jugo

The sulfide to sulfate transition in magmatic systems: What we know so far

Jan 18

Extracting meaningful information from seismic attributes

Jan 14

Interpretation of total magnetic intensity field over a sedimentary basin: The case of Bida Basin, Northwestern Nigeria

Jan 18

Stresses and strength in the earth's crust: linking geomechanics and structural geology

Jan 21

Jan 25

Jan 28

Feb 1

Michael G. Burns

The characterization of the chemistry of fluid inclusions, with an application to pegmatite formation

Feb 4

Characterization of dry mine tailing ponds using the electromagnetic surveying technique

Feb 8 

The role of porosity and permeability in fluid flow and ore deposit formation

Feb 11

Feb 15

TBA

Feb 18

Geology, geochemistry and mineral chemistry of the Booth River Intrusive Complex

Feb 22

Study Break Week

Feb 25

Mar 1

Sequence Stratigraphy, Provenance, Isotopic Composition, and Regional Correlation of the Upper Hornby Bay Group and Lower Dismal Lakes Group, NWT and Nunavut

Mar 4

The metamorphic contact aureole surrounding the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario

Mar 8

PDAC Week

Mar 11

Measuring Re by ICP-MS in low-abundance rocks: analytical difficulties and applications

Mar 15

An introduction to ground electromagnetic methods

An introduction to borehole geophysics

Mar 18

Detrital zircon dating from Timiskaming-type basins in the Neoarchean Shebandowan Greenstone Belt

Mar 22

Metamorphic phase equilibria for volcanogenic alteration systems, Amulet F Deposit, Noranda District, Abitibi Subprovince

Komatiites within the western Prince Albert Hills, Melville Peninsula, Nunavut

Mar 25

Experimental evidence for Au and Pd transport by Te at relatively low temperature

Mar 29

Undergrad Theses - Various topics

April 1

April 5

The evolution of uranium minerals: From the formation of the Earth to the present day nuclear fuel cycle

Redox-sensitive metal systematics in black shale of the basinal assemblage of the Neoproterozoic Little Dal Group, Mackenzie Mountains Supergroup, NWT

April 8

Target rocks of the Sudbury Impact: a combined U-Pb zircon and Pb isotop perspective

Date        

Speaker             

Topic/Title                                                                                                       

Fri Sep 10

Richard Smith

Understanding Noise Effects on the SLUTH Method and a Comparison with Euler Deconvolution

Tue Sep 14

Michal Kolaj

Ottawa Bedrock Shear Wave Classification and Weak Motion Earthquake Site Amplification atop Thick Leda Clay

Fri Sep 17

Cause for sinuous crustal-scale deformation pattern in hot orogens: Evidence from scaled analogue experiments and the southern Central Andes

Tue Sep 21

Robin Frizzell

Nuclear Waste Management Organization

Fri Sep 24

No seminar

Tue Sep 28

Fri Oct 1

Tue Oct 5

Michael Burns

Lithium in low temperature hydrothermal clays: In situ analysis of the trace element distributions in alteration minerals from the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus

Fri Oct 8

Nicolas Tonnelier

PhD defense (Abstract distributed separately)

Tue Oct 12

Devon Parry

Lake-based Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Study of the McIntyre Archaeological Site, Rice Lake, Ontario

Joshua Lymburner

Electromagnetic Conductivity Mapping of Limehouse Quarry, Halton Hills, With Implications for Artificial Groundwater Recharge

Fri Oct 15 

No Seminar

Fri Oct 19

Phil Thurston

Archean greenstone evolution in the light of new research on BIFs

Tue Oct 26

No Seminar

Study Break

Fri Oct 29

No Seminar

Study Break

Tue Nov 2 

Edward Nelles

Lindsay Richan

Mineralogy and Textures of Cu-Ni-PGE-Rich Mineralization in the Morrison (Levack Footwall) Deposit, Sudbury, Ontario
Komatiite Volcanism with Emphasis on Extrusive vs Intrusive Characteristics and an Introduction to the Archean Komatiites of the Prince Albert Group, Melville Peninsula, Nunavut

Fri Nov 5

Steve Prevec

The enigmatic origins of the contact sublayer, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada

Tue Nov 9

Galen McNamara
Sean O'Hare

The Sudbury impact: Melt sheets ources, the lack of homogeneity and depth of crustal penetration
Sedimentology of the Paleoproterozoic Glaciogenic Bruce Formation (Huronian Supergroup), NOrth Shore Area, Ontario

Fri Nov 12

Geology of the Foxe Fold Belt, Central Baffin, Nunavut, with implications on the gold mineralisation - project summary and preliminary results

Tue Nov 16

Contact metamorphism of mafic rocks: Reactions, assemblages and thermal modelling

Fri Nov 19

Tue Nov 23

Joe Petrus

New developments for in situ U/Pb dating at Laurentian University

Fri Nov 26

Various Topics

Tue Nov 30

The anatomy of maar volcanoes: Modern and ancient examples

Fri Dec 3

Phase Equilibria in Mafic Intrusive Systems: A review and application to deciphering trends in mafic intrusions

Tue Dec 7

Wed Dec 15

Anitoliy Franchuk

The Origin of Low-Sulphide PGE Mineralization in a Layered Ultramafic Sill Complex, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba