Schedule

The final schedule for AESRC 2012 is presented below.

Friday, March 23

6:00pm	Registration & Poster Set-up in Miller Hall
6:45pm	Opening Remarks, Welcome Reception & Poster Session in Miller Hall
8:30pm	Geo Night Out at Clark Hall Pub

Sponsored by Imperial Oil and the Association of Professional Geoscienctists of Ontario
Location: Miller Hall, Room 105

8:00am	Registration, Coffee & Snacks
9:00am	Keynote Speaker: Dr. Raymond Price
10:00am	Michael Power (University of Ottawa): The “Surface” Expression: What do Geochemical Anomalies in Surface Media and Shallow Sandstones Overlying the Phoenix Uranium Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Tell Us?
10:15am	Travis McCarron (Carleton University): On the rates of metamorphism associated with the Grenville orogensis, Mazinaw Domain, Grenville Province, Southeastern Ontario
10:30am	Karen Chiu (University of Toronto): Neotectonics of Eastern Anatolia: Constraints from a GPS Strain Probe and Interpretation from Geodynamic Modelling
10:45am	Coffee & Snacks
11:15am	Seamus Magnus (Carleton University): The Raglan Hills Gabbro: A Potential Ni-Cu Deposit
11:30am	Carl Nagy (Queen's University): Characterizing the Progression from Arc-normal Mid-crust Extrusion to Arc-parallel Orogenic Extension, NW Nepal Himalaya
11:45am	Jeremy Powell (University of Ottawa): Thermal evolution of the Cordilleran fold-thrust belt (NWT) through integration of noble gas thermochronometers
12:00pm	Lunch (provided)

Sponsored by Imperial Oil and the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
Location: Miller 105

1:00pm	Adam Pugh (Carleton University): Insights into the depositional history of the Boreal Sea
1:15pm	Dylan Johns (Queen's University): Nutrient Induced Lithofacies Variability in Devonian Pinnacle Reefs, Nisku
1:30pm	Colin Mustaphi (Carleton University): Multiple lake sediment records of Holocene forest fire regimes from the Nelson area, southeastern British Columbia, Canada
1:45pm	Garrett Quinn (CSPG): SAGD Well Placement in the Clearwater Formation: A Case Study of Applied Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Geophysics and Geochemistry
2:00pm	Sara Mason (Queen's University): Paleoenvionmental analysis of Ediacaran fossil-bearing formations of the Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland
2:15pm	Ryan Dhillon (Queen's University): Petrographic Evaluation of a Permian-Triassic Erosion Surface and Implications for Causes of the End-Permian Extinction
2:30pm	Coffee & Snacks

Sponsored by Imperial Oil and the Canadian Society of Economic Geologists
Location: Miller 105

3:00pm	Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Gauthier
3:45pm	Gabriel Walton (Queen's University): Simulated Geology in MATLAB
4:00pm	Attieh Eshaghi (Western University): Magnitude Estimation for early warning and rapid response purposes for Japan using strong motion data
4:15pm	Alex Bing (University of Toronto): Investigation of the Temagami Lake Magnetic Anomaly
4:30pm	Coffee & Snacks
5:00pm	Jeffrey Oke (Queen's University): Optimization of Modelling and Determination of Mechanistic Behaviour of Temporary Support Elements Associated with Tunnelling within Weak Rock Masses
5:15pm	Laura Sanchez (Western University): A lattice gas cellular automaton approach to model volcanic eruptions
5:30pm	Dani Delaloye (Queen's University): Dealing with occlusion and near surface anomalies during LiDAR scanning of underground environments
5:45pm	Mike Afanasiev (Western University): Traveltime Tomography, Waveform Inversion, and Anisotropy – A Combined Approach Making Use of Simulated Annealing
7:00pm	Imperial Oil Banquet at The University Club (Dinner included)
9:30pm	Geo Night Out, Round Two at The Grizzly Grill

Sponsored by Imperial Oil and Geofirma
Location: Miller Hall, Room 105

8:00am	Registration, Coffee & Snacks
9:00am	Keynote Speaker: Dr. Heather Jamieson
9:45am	Colin Purdy (Queen's University): Low temperature aqueous mobility of rare earth elements
10:00am	Edward Matheson (Queen's University): Origin of the Anomalous Groundwater Geochemistry of the Niagara Peninsula
10:15am	Ashley Rudy (Queen's University): Integrating field data and remote sensing to detect important geomorphological disturbances associated with permafrost degradation, a Canadian Arctic example
10:30am	Coffee & Snacks
11:00am	Alison Laidlow (Queen's University): Environmental Colloids and the Movement of Trace Metals and Radionuclides in the Environment
11:15am	Susan Varve (Carleton University): Determination of the Volcanic Origin of the Fish Creek Mountains Tuff, Battle Mountain, Nevada
11:30am	Margaret Engelbert (Carleton University): Barite precipitation in submarine hydrothermal vents: Insights from Sr-Isotope ratios
11:45am	Scott Hansen (Queen's University): Plume separation of phenolic and PAH compounds from dissolving creosote: coupled effects of Raoult’s Law and differential sorption
12:00pm	Ann Timmermans (Carleton University): A Geochemical Study of Tertiary Volcanism in West-Central Great Basin, Western Nevada
12:15pm	Awards Luncheon at Miller Hall