Adriana Taylor is a recent graduate of Geology at Queen’s University. As a part of the Geological Science undergraduate degree, fourth-year students complete a trip to Quebec to study the dynamic stratigraphy and tectonic evolution of Cambro-Ordovician Eastern North America. The four-day trip is run by structural geologist, Dr. Laurent Godin and carbonate sedimentologist specialist, […]
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Get to the Chopper! Rock Hopping in Northern Quebec with Will Smith
After finishing his BSc and MRes in Geology, specialising in ore deposits, at the University of Portsmouth, Will went onto read for a PhD in Mineral Exploration at Cardiff University, with a focus on optimizing exploration programmes for Ni-Cu-PGE deposits with Northern Shield Resources in Northern Quebec The world’s need for new resources demands that […]
The Cambrian Conundrum: piecing together a half-billion old tectonic jigsaw with Marissa Betts
Marissa Betts is a post-doctoral scholar focused on understanding the evolution of early-Cambrian fauna around the world. Marissa splits her time between the University of New England in Queensland, Australia and Northwest University in Xi’an, China. You can follow Marissa’s adventures on Instagram @200micron. Click here for the Chinese translation. The Flinders Ranges in outback […]
A tour of the Kiglapait intrusion in Labrador with Anaïs Fourny
Anaïs Fourny is a Ph.D. candidate at the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences of the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). Her research focuses on the radiogenic isotopic composition of the Kiglapait layered intrusion. When I arrived at UBC (Vancouver, Canada) in 2012, I […]
Exploring Neoproterozoic volcanism in the Canadian Arctic with Nicole Williamson
Nicole Williamson is a Ph.D. candidate at the Pacific Centre for Isotope and Geochemical Research in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, University of British Columbia. Her current research involves the geochemistry of shield stage lavas from the northernmost Hawaiian island of Kauai. Those who have had the immense privilege to work in […]