Session Listing
(Table Format)

GS2 -

Economic Geology

Time Abstract
Oral Presentations:
9:00 C.X. Quang*, A.H. Clark, J.K.W. Lee and N. Hawkes.  Cenozoic erosional history of the Pacific slope of the southern Peruvian Cordillera Occidental, and its influence on supergene processes

GS5 -

Petrology (Igneous, Metamorphic) and Volcanology

Time Abstract
9:00 C.D.K. Herd*, R.E. Dwarzski and J.M. Karner.  Cobalt and nickel partitioning into olivine from martian, lunar and terrestrial basalts

GS6 -

Precambrian Geology

Time Abstract
9:00 J. David*, M. Parent, R. Stevenson, P. Nadeau and L. Godin.  The Porpoise Cove supracrustal sequence, Inukjuak area: a unique example of Paleoarchean crust (ca. 3.8 Ga) in the Superior Province

GS8 -

Structural Geology, Tectonics and Regional Geology

Time Abstract
9:00 M.A. Cooley*, R.A. Price, J.M. Dixon and T.K. Kyser.  Meteoric fluid isotopic signatures of thrust-fault-related veins in the Livingstone Range anticlinorium and their significance for syn-deformational regional fluid migration

SS1 -

Early Humans and The Evolving Northeastern Pacific Margin

Time Abstract
9:45 M.C. Wilson*, R.J. Hebda and G. Keddie.  Early postglacial fossil bison from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and Orcas Island, Washington: morphology, taxonomy and paleoecological setting

SS2 -

Dangerous Ground: Assessing The Risk of Natural and Man-Made Hazards

Time Abstract
2:30 V.M. Levson* and P.A. Monahan.  Liquefaction susceptibility of late Holocene channel sands in the Fraser River delta, British Columbia

SS3 -

Geohazards In The Marine Environment

Time Abstract
2:45 P.R. Hill* and R.K. Woolley.  The hazard potential of pockmarks at the entrance to Vancouver Harbour

SS4 -

Environmental Studies of Mine Wastes

Time Abstract
9:00 D.C. Peters, P.L. Hauff*, W.A. Peppin, E.C. Prosh, E.D. Dillenbeck, G. Closs, F.B. Henderson and G.A. Borstad.  Mine- and mill-waste characterization in Utah using Hyperspectral Remote-Sensing data

SS5 -

GIS: A Leading Edge For Geoscientists In The 21st Century

Time Abstract
2:45 J. Feng, B. Rivard* and A. Gallie.  Rock type discrimination in a simulated underground environment using 2nd order derivative Thermal Infrared Reflectance spectra

SS6 -

West Coast offshore Oil and Gas Development: Issues, Perspectives and Responsibilities

Time Abstract
9:00 J.R. Dietrich*, P.K. Hannigan and K.G. Osadetz.  Petroleum resource potential of Pacific margin basins, west coast Canada

SS7 -

Beaufort-Mackenzie Region: Unlocking the resource potential of the northern edge of the Canadian Cordillera

Time Abstract
9:00 R.M. Freeman.  Oil and gas potential of North Yukon

SS8 -

Reactivation Tectonics In The Cordilleran Foothills: Glimpses of The Past, Significance For The Future

Time Abstract
9:00 G.F. Hynes* and J.M. Dixon.  Stratigraphy and structural geometry of the Liard, Kotaneelee, and Tlogotsho Ranges, SW Northwest Territories

SS9 -

Massive Sulphides On The Edge: The Formation of VMS and SEDEX Deposits Within Evolving Continental Margins

Time Abstract
9:45 C.D.K. Gauert.  To which degree are proximity indicators to Sediment-Hosted Massive Sulphide (SHMS) Deposits vulnerable to tectonometamorphic processes? - Case studies from Namibia

SS10 -

Tectonic Controls On Paleoproterozoic Mineralization

Time Abstract
9:00 R.L. Carpenter*, H.A. Sandeman and J.A. Kerswill.  Regional controls on Paleoproterozoic lode-gold mineralization hosted in the Hearne domain, western Churchill Province, Nunavut

SS12 -

Applications of Geophysical Inversion For Mineral Exploration: Current Status and Vision For The Future

Time Abstract
9:45 M. Asli, D. Marcotte and M. Chouteau*.  Non-iterative 3-D gravity data inversion using Cokriging

SS13 -

Canadian diamond deposits: History and techniques of their discovery - A Tribute to Hugo Dummett

Time Abstract
9:00 E. Thomas.  The discovery of the Diavik mine by Aber/Kennecott

SS14 -

New Perspectives On The Evolution of The Platinum Group Elements In Magmas and Ore Deposits

Time Abstract
9:45 S.A. Wood* and C. Normand.  The hydrothermal geochemistry of Pt and Pd

SS15 -

Ore-Forming Processes In The Porphyry Copper (Gold) and Epithermal Gold Environments: What Do We Really Know?

Time Abstract
2:45 J.J. Hanley*, T. Pettke, J.E. Mungall, E.T.C. Spooner and C. Heinrich.  Gold solubility in oxidizing magmatic brines at low pressure (1.5 kbar): a synthetic fluid inclusion study

SS16 -

Cutting Edge Exploration Techniques For Concealed Ore Deposits

Time Abstract
9:45 S.M. Hamilton*, B.M. McClenaghan, G.E.M. Hall and E.C.M. Cameron.  The use of partial extraction geochemistry for mineral exploration in areas of thick glacial overburden – results and implications

SS17 -

The Eocene Okanagan Highlands (British Columbia/Washington State): Paleoclimate and Evolutionary Response

Time Abstract
9:00 D.R. Greenwood*, S.B. Archibald and P.T. Moss.  Climates, vegetation and floristics of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands

SS19 -

Truth and Beauty In Metamorphism: A Tribute To Dugald Carmichael

Time Abstract
9:00 H.W. Day* and R.K. Springer.  Algebraic analysis of mineral equilibria in the prehnite-pumpellyite facies, Sierra Nevada, California

SS21 -

New Analytical Developments In Isotope Geochemistry

Time Abstract
9:00 S.R. Smith*, M.E. Villeneuve and F. Quigg.  Applications of UV-laser ablation in Ar-Ar geochronology

SS22 -

4 Billion Years of Tectonic Evolution In NW Canada: Lithospheric Lessons From Multidisciplinary Studies

Time Abstract
10:15 J.M. English*, S.T. Johnston and M.G. Mihalynuk.  Accretionary processes in the northern Cache Creek terrane: What is preserved from a Carboniferous – Lower Jurassic ocean basin?

SS23 -

Paleozoic Evolution and Metallogeny of Pericratonic Terranes At The Ancient Pacific Margin of North America

Time Abstract
9:00 D.C. Murphy*, S.J. Piercey, J.K. Mortensen and M.J. Orchard.  Mid- to Late Paleozoic tectonostratigraphic evolution of Yukon-Tanana Terrane, Finlayson Lake massive sulphide district, southeastern Yukon

SS24 -

Orogenic Hinterlands: Windows Into Mid-Crustal Tectonic Processes - A Special Session To Honour The Career of Richard Brown

Time Abstract
11:00 S.D. Carr*, P.S. Simony and H.D. Gibson.  Insights into the tectonic evolution of the southern Omineca Belt from integrated field and U-Pb geochronology studies

SS25 -

Sequence Stratigraphy: On the Edge of Academic and Industry Research

Time Abstract
9:00 H.L. McDonald* and M.R. Gibling.  Sequence stratigraphy of the Late Carboniferous Sydney Mines Formation at Morien Bay, Sydney Basin, Nova Scotia

SS26 -

New Marine Research Opportunities, Programs and Technologies in the Northeast Pacific

Time Abstract
9:00 P. Phibbs*, A.D. Chave, H. Kirkham, B.M. Howe and D. Rodgers.  Drivers for the selection of technologies for regional and coastal cabled seafloor observatory infrastructure

SY1 -

Earth Matters: Critical Geoscience Issues across Canada

Time Abstract
9:00 D.M. Allen.  Protecting groundwater resources:  Bridging gaps

SY2 -

Sustainable Development in the Mineral Resources Sector: An Oxymoron or Golden Opportunity?

Time Abstract
11:00 R.H. Schmitt*, G.P.E. McLaren and M.A. Finvers.  Towards a mining sustainability strategy in British Columbia

SY3 -

Metals in the Environment

Time Abstract
10:45 E.I. Hozhina*, S.I. Kovalev and M.Y. Kropacheva.  Quantitative estimation of trace-elements penetration into food webs

SY4 -

Paleogeography of the North American Cordillera: Evidence for and against Large-Scale Displacements

Time Abstract
9:00 J.E. Wright* and S.J. Wyld.  Origin and dispersal of Paleozoic terranes of the North American Cordillera:  Is there an Appalachian connection?

SY5 -

Mantle to Magma: Lithospheric and Volcanic Processes in Western North America, in memory of Bill Mathews

Time Abstract
11:00 B.L. Cousens*, J. Prytulak, C.D. Henry and W.S. Wise.  The relationship between Late Cenozoic tectonics and volcanism in the northern Sierra Nevada, California/Nevada:  The roles of the upper mantle, subducting slab, lithosphere and Basin and Range extension

SY6 -

Mantle Plumes and Large Igneous Provinces

Time Abstract
9:00 P.D. Lowman.  Basaltic magmatism;  The dominant factor in the petrologic and tectonic evolution of the earth