20 september 2023 - m.a.sc. student merve uygur successfully defends her thesis “adapting approaches for 3d ore deposit modeling and resource estimations for seafloor massive sulfide deposits.” Congrates merve!
Merve Uygur successfully defending her M.A.Sc. thesis.
september 2023 - the mineral resources and tectonics group welcomes our newest members of the team! m.sc. candidates aneila ghanie and olivia filson, and b.sc. honours students jennifer cann and joe jackson! for more information, navigate to research -> teams
M.Sc. student Aneila Ghanie
B.Sc. Hon. student Jennifer Cann
B.Sc. Hon. student Joe Jackson
august 2023 - ph.d. david summer, and jonathan umbsaar present their research at the international sga conference in zurich, switzerland “Mineral Resources in a changing world.”
august 2023 - ph.d. students sheila ballantyne, david summer, and jonathan umbsaar participate in a 10-day field course to iceland as part of nserc image-create training, including a capstone mapping project. Read their trip report here: https://image-create.ca/technical-training/training-in-the-field/field-schools/iceland-2023/
Ph.D. students David Summer (left), Sheila Ballantyne (middle), and Jonathan Umbsaar (right) explore some columnar basalt during the Iceland Field Course.
Group photo in Þingvellir National Park during the Iceland field course.
june-july 2023 - ph.d. student david summer joins the m190 cruise to the mid-atlantic ridge (south of the azores), led by marum (w. bach). for more information: https://www.marum.de/en/Discover/StartM190.html
Expedition logo of the M190 cruise (left) and a photograph of hydrothermal venting at the Menez Gwen hydrothermal field southwest of the Azores (above). MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen (CC-BY 4.0)
june-july 2023 - ph.d. student octavio acuna-avandano joins the so299 dynamet research cruise to papua new guinea, led by the geomar helmholtz center for ocean research kiel (p. brandl). for more information: https://www.geomar.de/en/muhs-forschungsfahrten0
Expedition logo of the SO299 cruise (left) and photograph of Ph.D. student Octavio Acuna-Avendano on board the R/V Sonne. Imagery from the Expedition Blog: https://www.oceanblogs.org/so299-dynamet/2023/06/14/the-first-time-on-board-a-research-vessel/
April 2023 - prof. melissa anderson shares her science journey in an interview with the schmidt ocean institute - “returning to sea.”
March-April 2023 - PI Anderson and Ph.D. student Jonathan Umbsaar join the fkt230303 cruise to the mid-atlantic ridge, weherethree new vent fields were discovered. Prof. anderson led the geology team in collaboration with schmidt ocean institute and noaa-pmel (chief scientist d. butterfield). for more information: https://schmidtocean.org/cruise/in-search-of-hydrothermal-lost-cities/. watch rov dive videos from the seafloor on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYME_78m658&list=PLJGVqQI3okzZOOiDzXQnOZPaxVo6HZHgz
The team on board the R/V Falkor (too) during the FKt230303 cruise. Photo courtesy of the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
Mission control during ROV dives to newly-discovered hydrothermal vent sites. Photo courtesy of the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
March 2023 - david summer and jonathan umbsaar present their work at the Seg student minerals colloquium during the pdac conference in toronto
October 2022 - MRT students complete the geomar-create remote mapping of the seafloor short course as part of nserc image-create programming: https://image-create.ca/
september 2022 - the mineral resources and tectonics group welcomes two new graduate students: ph.d. candidate sheila Ballantyne and m.sc. candidate emily Mcdonald! for more information, navigate to research -> teams
Ph.D. candidate Sheila Bellantyne
M.Sc. candidate Emily McDonald
30 june - 9 july 2022 - RESEARCH TEAM MEMBERS david summer AND Jonathan umbsaar COMPLETE THE newfoundland FIELD COURSE AS PART OF IMAGE-CREATE TRAINING IN GEORESOURCES AND GEODYNAMICS
Participants in the Newfoundland geology field trip run through the NSERC iMAGE-CREATE program. For more info: https://image-create.ca/.
27 june 2022 - jonathan umbsaar is awarded honourable mention at the 2022 gac-mac conference in halifax for his poster “ithotectonic classification of seafloor massive sulphides (SMS) using critical metal endowments” - congrats jon!
Poster presented by Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Umbsaar at the 2022 GAC-MAC conference.
22-27 may 2022 - prof. melissa anderson presents an invited talk at the 2022 gordan research conference on the geochemistry of ore deposits, entitled “mapping the seafloor: where are the large (inactive) massive sulfide deposits?”
For more information about the Gordan Research Conference: https://www.grc.org/geochemistry-of-mineral-deposits-conference/2022/.
3 may 2022 - merve uygur is awarded the seg canada foundation research grant in support of her m.a.sc. thesis - congrats merve!
For more information about the SEG Canada Foundation awards, visit: https://www.segweb.org/SEG/Foundations/SEGCF/SEG/Foundations/SEGCF.aspx?hkey=cfbf43fa-cce8-4184-a886-1963de07edb8#:~:text=SEGCF%20Undergraduate%20Scholarships,at%20a%20recognized%20Canadian%20university.
9 december 2021 - The Mrt group celebrates jon umbsaar’s msc defense with bowling, food, and laser tag!
Mineral Resources and Tectonics research group: Sheila Bellantyne (incoming Ph.D), Sofia Panasiuk (B.Sc.), Morgan Wolfe (B.Sc.), Octavio Acuña-Avendano (Ph.D), David Summer (Ph.D.), and Jon Umbsaar (incoming Ph.D).
17 november 2021 - sofia panasiuk is awarded 1st place in the bsc category for the 2021 Keating-boyle award in economic geology from the gac mineral deposits division. congrats sofia!
For more information about the GAC Mineral Deposits Division: https://www.mddgac.org/
20 october 2021 - phD students david summer and octavio acuna-avendano successfully completed a personal survivial training course for at-sea research! Great job!
David Summer (far left) and Octavio Acuna-Avendano (far right), along with other members of the iMAGE-CREATE team, completed the 2-day long Personal Survival Training course, which included learning about potential emergencies at sea and practicing survival techniques in case of abandoning the ship. Photo Credit: Jessie Kehew
15 september 2021 - Jonathan umbsaar successfully completes his bsc thesis: Geochemical characterization and comparison of the volcaniclastic-hosted volpa and tinakula seafloor massive sulfide deposits, western pacific - congrats jon!
1-14 august 2021 - research team members Jon umbsaar and katherine bormann complete the southern superior field course as part of image-create training in georesources and geodynamics
Photo of students on the Southern Superior field course near the Noranda deposit discovery site (photo by J. Umbsaar). More information on the iMAGE-CREATE program is here: https://image-create.ca/.
may 2021 - mrt students complete the geomar-create seafloor mapping summer school: https://image-create.ca/technical-training/training-at-sea/geomar-create-seafloor-mapping-school/
19 may 2021 - sofia panasiuk has won the Léopold Gélinas Bronze Medal for best BSc thesis in volcanology and igneous petrology - congrats sofia!
The Léopold Gélinas Medal: Nominated theses are evaluated on the basis or originality, validity of concepts, organization and presentation of data, understanding of volcanology & petrology, and depth of research.
23 april 2021 - sofia panasiuk successfully completes her bsc thesis: Remote Predictive Mapping of the Reykjanes Ridge: Implications for the volcanic and structural evolution of a slow spreading mid-ocean ridge - congrats sofia!
Bathymetry of the study area: the southern 200 km of the Reykjanes Ridge (Image from Panasiuk thesis).
08-11 MARCH 2021 - MRT students present posters of their research at the PDAC SEG student minerals colloquium; sofia panasiuk awarded 2nd place prize!
Congrats to Sofia Panasiuk for her 2nd place price at the SEG-SMC! All of the MRT students did a wonderful job! More info here: https://merc.laurentian.ca/seg-smc-recipients
03 March 2021 - Prof. Anderson is interviewed for the “Leading ladies” blog of the women geoscientists in canada
14 january 2021 - talia moum successfully defends her m.sc.!
Congrats to Talia, who successfully defended her M.Sc. “Geology and geochemistry of the newly-discovered VOLPA seafloor massive sulfide deposit, Niua volcanic arc complex, Tonga, SW Pacific” - Awesome work Talia!
9 january 2021 - “hardrock group” students competed in the inaugral “geo-taskmaster” event, hosted by Profs. anderson, chu, and gregory
Students demonstrated creativity as they completed a series of random tasks for the amusement of the TaskMasters.
25 october 2020 - Prof Anderson joins a roundtable discussion on accessbility and diversity in geoscience field education on the “Earth NEws Interviews” podcast
12 august 2020 - webinar on “Relationships between Geodynamics and seafloor mineralization in modern back-arc basins” hosted by ore deposits hub
A recording of this seminar is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJxfc5fLVB4&feature=youtu.be
For more information about the Ore Deposits Hub and other great talks: https://oredepositshub.com/
21 JUNE 2020 - Prof Anderson discusses the future of economic geology on the “earth news interviews” podcast
2 JUNE 2020 - Deep-sea study of the Earth’s crust receives $1.65 million NSERC-CREATE grant
Prof. Melissa Anderson and a group of Canadian collaborators just received a $1.65-million Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to train dozens of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows over the next six years in Marine Geodynamics and Georesources. The students will take part in expeditions at sea and on land around the world and benefit from the expertise of international leading researchers in geodynamics and georesources, while receiving hands-on training in the application of marine technology.
Grant PIs also include:
Mark Hannington (uOttawa, lead PI) - Marine mineral resources and VMS systems: https://science.uottawa.ca/earth/people/hannington-mark
Pascal Audet (uOttawa) - Marine geophysics: https://uottawageophysics.wordpress.com/
Brian Cousens (Carleton) - Igneous petrology/geochemistry: https://earthsci.carleton.ca/people/faculty-members/brian-cousens
Keiko Hattori (uOttawa) - Economic geology/geochemistry: https://science.uottawa.ca/earth/people/hattori-keiko
John Jamieson (MUN) - Marine geology and VMS systems: https://www.mun.ca/earthsciences/Our_People/Faculty/Faculty_Pages/Jamieson.php
Mladen Nedimovic (Dalhousie) - Marine geophysics: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/science/earth-environmental-sciences/faculty-staff/faculty/nedimovis_m.html
Jonathan O’Neil (uOttawa) - Isotope geochemistry: https://uottawaearlyearth.wordpress.com/
Margaret Stewart (Mount Royal) - Marine mineral resources and VMS systems: https://www.mtroyal.ca/directory/departments/2011?page=8
David Schneider (uOttawa) - Tectonics: https://science.uottawa.ca/earth/people/schneider-david
For more information about the NSERC-CREATE program: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsDetail-DetailNouvelles_eng.asp?ID=1157
23 February 2020 - Talia Moum receives the 2020 peter howe award for advancement in the mineral industry - Congrats Talia!
M.Sc. student Talia Moum is the recipient of the 2020 Peter Howe Award. For more information: https://www.csaglobal.com/recipients-2020-joan-bath-and-peter-howe-awards/#talia
13 September 2019 - “Steve Scott Symposium: Collaborative research off canada’s west coast”
The University of Toronto and the Marine Resources and Tectonics group hosted the “Steve Scott Symposium on collaborative research off Canada’s west coast” on Friday, September 13, led by Prof. John Jamieson (MUN). A group of multi-disciplinary researchers met (in person and virtually) to discuss challenges and new opportunities for research on the Juan de Fuca plate, and the future of marine science in Canada.
11 September 2019 - Prof. Melissa O. anderson receives Connaught New Researcher award
Prof. Melissa Anderson is one of 52 winners of this year’s Connaught New Researcher Award, designed to help recipients establish a strong research program and increase their competitiveness for external funding. Her project is “Geodynamic controls on hydrothermal ore formation in the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone: Towards regional exploration models for inactive deposits on the seafloor.” For more information: https://bit.ly/2kPcuyP.
8 September 2019 - Student Sea-Floor Mapping Internship at GEOMAR, Kiel.
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Sofia Panasiuk, the Mineral Resources and Tectonic Group’s Bathymetry Database Assistant, learns MBES data processing techniques and software to create maps of the sea-floor. With this experience under her belt, she will be creating a database with visually informative maps to be used in current and future research. “Das Meer Beginnt Hier - The Sea Begins Here”.
05 September 2019 - Chantal Norris-Julseth successfully defends her m.sc.!
Congrats to Chantal Norris-Julseth, who successfully defended her M.Sc. “Structural evolution of the NE Lau Basin: Links to tectonics and magmatic-hydrothermal systems” - Fantastic job!
01 August 2019 - New publication
A new paper by Anderson et al. has been published in the latest issue of Economic Geology: “Mineralization and alteration of a modern seafloor massive sulfide deposit hosted in mafic volcaniclastic rocks.” This detailed study is one of the few to examine fluid-rock interactions and mineralizing processes in the subseafloor of a modern hydrothermal system, with a focus on a newly-discovered deposit in the Jean Charcot Troughs. This paper is open-access and can be found here: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/segweb/economicgeology/article/114/5/857/572755/mineralization-and-alteration-of-a-modern-seafloor
31 July 2019 - Research cruise success!
Prof. Melissa Anderson (left) and M.Sc. student Talia Moum (right) return from a 5-week expedition to the Reykjanes Ridge, North Atlantic, onboard the R/V Neil Armstrong. They joined a team of American and Icelandic researchers to conduct geophysical surveys on the flanks of the ridge to determine the timing and geometry of the large-scale tectonic reorganizations that occurred there in the Paleogene and continue to the present.