Dave Elliott Award for Best Paper in 21012
21/05/13 09:45
I am happy to announce that the paper by Toby Rivers, of Memorial University of Newfoundland, entitled "Upper-crustal orogenic lid and mid-crustal core complexes: signature of a collapsed orogenic plateau in the hinterland of the Grenville Province" which appeared in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 49, 1-42, has been selected as the winner of the Dave Elliott award for best paper, the annual award of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Association of Canada.
Congratulations, Toby. Many thanks to those who read papers and submitted nominations. Without your work this award would not be possible.
John W.F. Waldron, Chair SGTD
Congratulations, Toby. Many thanks to those who read papers and submitted nominations. Without your work this award would not be possible.
John W.F. Waldron, Chair SGTD
Upcoming annual meeting of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, GAC
14/05/13 19:45
The annual general meeting of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Association of Canada will take place on May 23rd 2013, 4:30-5:30 pm, Winnipeg Convention Centre MR 12.
All those who have an interest in structural geology and tectonics in Canada are welcome to attend. Voting is restricted to members of the SGTD of the GAC - that means you checked the SGTD box when you joined or renewed GAC membership, but we welcome input from all. There are a number of things that we urgently need to discuss this time around, and we hope you will attend, whether or not you are a voting member.
At present, the working agenda is as follows. Please let me know if you wish to add anything to this agenda.
1. Minutes of last meeting at CTG, Ottawa (Secretary)
2. Matters arising, not covered below
3. Financial report (Treasurer)
4. Awards (Waldron)
5. Election of new chair and councillors (Nominating Committee)
6. CTG fall meeting 2013: Need a proposal and venue: western Canada
7. Bylaws update (Waldron)
John Waldron
All those who have an interest in structural geology and tectonics in Canada are welcome to attend. Voting is restricted to members of the SGTD of the GAC - that means you checked the SGTD box when you joined or renewed GAC membership, but we welcome input from all. There are a number of things that we urgently need to discuss this time around, and we hope you will attend, whether or not you are a voting member.
At present, the working agenda is as follows. Please let me know if you wish to add anything to this agenda.
1. Minutes of last meeting at CTG, Ottawa (Secretary)
2. Matters arising, not covered below
3. Financial report (Treasurer)
4. Awards (Waldron)
5. Election of new chair and councillors (Nominating Committee)
6. CTG fall meeting 2013: Need a proposal and venue: western Canada
7. Bylaws update (Waldron)
John Waldron
Winners of the Jack Henderson Prizes for best PhD and MSc theses
12/05/13 16:51
I am happy to announce the winners of this year's Jack Henderson prizes for best theses, from the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Association of Canada
The PhD thesis prize goes to: David Moynihan, University of Calgary for the thesis: Metamorphism and Deformation of the Central Kootenay Arc, Southeastern British Columbia, supervised by D. Pattison
The MSc thesis prize goes to: Holly Steenkamp, Dalhousie University for the thesis: A metamorphic history of supracrustal rocks on Harøya and Finnøya, Nordøyane, western gneiss region, Norway, supervised by R.A. Jamieson
I would like to take the opportunity to thank all those who have assisted in the review and evaluation process. We had an unusually large number of submissions this year; without your hard work we would not be able to make these awards.
Congratulations to both winners!
John Waldron
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The PhD thesis prize goes to: David Moynihan, University of Calgary for the thesis: Metamorphism and Deformation of the Central Kootenay Arc, Southeastern British Columbia, supervised by D. Pattison
The MSc thesis prize goes to: Holly Steenkamp, Dalhousie University for the thesis: A metamorphic history of supracrustal rocks on Harøya and Finnøya, Nordøyane, western gneiss region, Norway, supervised by R.A. Jamieson
I would like to take the opportunity to thank all those who have assisted in the review and evaluation process. We had an unusually large number of submissions this year; without your hard work we would not be able to make these awards.
Congratulations to both winners!
John Waldron
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PhD Opportunity at the University of Regina
03/04/13 09:38
Dear Colleagues:
I am looking for talented and motivated students to undertake M.Sc. thesis projects with me in the area of structural and lithostratigraphic controls on ore deposits.
Two of the three theses will deal with structural controls and fluid-structural relationships of unconformity-style uranium deposits in the Athabasca (Phoenix/Wheeler River deposit) and Thelon basins (Kiggavik and associated deposits), respectively. The third thesis will deal with structural and lithological controls on gold mineralization in the Glennie domain of the Trans-Hudson orogen, Saskatchewan (Seabee deposit area).
I would appreciate it if you could post the attached notice in your department and/or personally direct interested students to me.
A document providing more comprehensive descriptions of each thesis is also attached.
Thank you.
Regards, Kathy
Dr. Kathryn Bethune
University of Regina
I am looking for talented and motivated students to undertake M.Sc. thesis projects with me in the area of structural and lithostratigraphic controls on ore deposits.
Two of the three theses will deal with structural controls and fluid-structural relationships of unconformity-style uranium deposits in the Athabasca (Phoenix/Wheeler River deposit) and Thelon basins (Kiggavik and associated deposits), respectively. The third thesis will deal with structural and lithological controls on gold mineralization in the Glennie domain of the Trans-Hudson orogen, Saskatchewan (Seabee deposit area).
I would appreciate it if you could post the attached notice in your department and/or personally direct interested students to me.
A document providing more comprehensive descriptions of each thesis is also attached.
Thank you.
Regards, Kathy
Dr. Kathryn Bethune
University of Regina
Two Tenure Track Positions at Laval
29/01/13 08:54
Please direct any questions to Marc
Marc Constantin
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Marc Constantin
Directeur / Head
Département de géologie et de génie géologique
Faculté des sciences et de génie, Pavillon A.-Pouliot
1065 avenue de la Médecine
Université Laval
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6 Canada
tél.: 418 656-2131 poste 3139 ; fax: 418 656-7339 ; http://www.ggl.ulaval.ca/
Marc Constantin
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Marc Constantin
Directeur / Head
Département de géologie et de génie géologique
Faculté des sciences et de génie, Pavillon A.-Pouliot
1065 avenue de la Médecine
Université Laval
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6 Canada
tél.: 418 656-2131 poste 3139 ; fax: 418 656-7339 ; http://www.ggl.ulaval.ca/
Job
28/01/13 09:02
Greetings
Please find attached a job ad which had been forwarded to me by Annie Babic (Annie.Babic@debeerscanada.com). If you additional questions about the position, please contact her.
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Please find attached a job ad which had been forwarded to me by Annie Babic (Annie.Babic@debeerscanada.com). If you additional questions about the position, please contact her.
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Student Grants for Winnipeg GAC-MAC
26/01/13 19:22
I gather that the last message appeared in Greek to some recipients! I am resending as plain text!
Students: apply for a grant to attend GAC-MAC in Winnipeg
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CTG/SGTD will once again provide support of up to $1000 to enable one or more students to attend the GAC-MAC annual meeting. Priority will be given to a student or students who are presenting talks or posters, and who wish to attend either of the sponsored field trips. If you haven't submitted an abstract yet, there is still time as submission has been extended to February 1. For further details, see the GAC MAC website at: http://gacmacwinnipeg2013.ca
Deadline: March 15th 2013.
Students should contact the chair (john.waldron@ualberta.ca), attaching a copy of a submitted abstract, together with a short cover letter and:
• A budget of the costs associated with attendance, including travel, and other sources of funding available;
• A statement indicating why you wish to attend the meeting and how you expect to benefit from it;
• A transcript or transcripts of your academic record.
Sponsored field trips
• C3. The Volcanological and Structural Evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Flin Flon Mining District: The Anatomy of a Giant VMS System
• C4. Metamorphosed Alteration Zones and Regional Metamorphism: Examples from the Trans-Hudson Orogen
John Waldron
Students: apply for a grant to attend GAC-MAC in Winnipeg
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CTG/SGTD will once again provide support of up to $1000 to enable one or more students to attend the GAC-MAC annual meeting. Priority will be given to a student or students who are presenting talks or posters, and who wish to attend either of the sponsored field trips. If you haven't submitted an abstract yet, there is still time as submission has been extended to February 1. For further details, see the GAC MAC website at: http://gacmacwinnipeg2013.ca
Deadline: March 15th 2013.
Students should contact the chair (john.waldron@ualberta.ca), attaching a copy of a submitted abstract, together with a short cover letter and:
• A budget of the costs associated with attendance, including travel, and other sources of funding available;
• A statement indicating why you wish to attend the meeting and how you expect to benefit from it;
• A transcript or transcripts of your academic record.
Sponsored field trips
• C3. The Volcanological and Structural Evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Flin Flon Mining District: The Anatomy of a Giant VMS System
• C4. Metamorphosed Alteration Zones and Regional Metamorphism: Examples from the Trans-Hudson Orogen
John Waldron
Post Doc Fellowship UNB
17/12/12 12:11
Greetings all
The following message is forwarded at the request of John Spray. - John Waldron
I am seeking a new PDF position and it is in structural geology. See attached pdf file. The position is for 2 years at $50 k/year. I am looking for a strong structural geology background in faulting and folding (not in impact cratering; we can teach the latter).
All the best from Fredericton
John
Details:
Manic-PDFII
The following message is forwarded at the request of John Spray. - John Waldron
I am seeking a new PDF position and it is in structural geology. See attached pdf file. The position is for 2 years at $50 k/year. I am looking for a strong structural geology background in faulting and folding (not in impact cratering; we can teach the latter).
All the best from Fredericton
John
Details:
Manic-PDFII
CTG Workshop Hotel Booking
24/09/12 10:15
Hello all,
For those of you coming to the CTG meeting in Ottawa, at the end of October, and needing hotel accommodation, please see below.
I have made a reservation for a limited block of rooms, some singles ($104+tax) and some doubles ($109+tax) at the nearest hotel to the Geological Survey building:
the Best Western Macies Hotel
1274 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Z 7K8
Tel: (613) 728-1951 or 1-800-268-5531
This is probably the best deal around, and this reservation stands until October 1 (under "Canadian Tectonics Group").
If you want to save a few more dollars, the Webb's Motel further up Carling will be a bit cheaper (Tel: (613) 728-1881 or reservations 1-800-263-4264).
IMPORTANT:
You are responsible for making your own hotel booking, following above information or at any other hotel of your choice. The end of October is barely a month away and I suggest you may want to fix up accommodation in the near future. Please refer to the earlier email below for further information.
Regards,
Wouter Bleeker
For those of you coming to the CTG meeting in Ottawa, at the end of October, and needing hotel accommodation, please see below.
I have made a reservation for a limited block of rooms, some singles ($104+tax) and some doubles ($109+tax) at the nearest hotel to the Geological Survey building:
the Best Western Macies Hotel
1274 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Z 7K8
Tel: (613) 728-1951 or 1-800-268-5531
This is probably the best deal around, and this reservation stands until October 1 (under "Canadian Tectonics Group").
If you want to save a few more dollars, the Webb's Motel further up Carling will be a bit cheaper (Tel: (613) 728-1881 or reservations 1-800-263-4264).
IMPORTANT:
You are responsible for making your own hotel booking, following above information or at any other hotel of your choice. The end of October is barely a month away and I suggest you may want to fix up accommodation in the near future. Please refer to the earlier email below for further information.
Regards,
Wouter Bleeker
2012 Canadian Tectonics Group Fall workshop
26/08/12 19:30
The 2012 Canadian Tectonics Group fall meeting and field trip will be led by Wouter Bleeker and will take place based in Ottawa on the weekend of October 27-28. Please mark these dates in your calendar, and watch this list for further details over the coming days and weeks.
John Waldron
John Waldron
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Surface Processes @ McGill University
26/06/12 10:34
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at McGill University seeks outstanding applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Surface Processes. We encourage applications from scientists investigating surface processes that include (but are not limited to) landscape evolution, on Earth and/or other planets, relationships among climate, tectonics and sedimentation, as well as from those studying the sedimentary record of climate and biogeochemistry through time.
Interested applicants should submit a signed letter of interest, a curriculum vitae (including e-mail address) and the names and contact information for three referees, no later than September 30th, 2012 to: Dr. Andrew Hynes, Chair Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences 3450 University Street Montreal, Quebec H3A OE8 E-mail: andrew.hynes@mcgill.ca Fax: 514-398-4680 McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, visible minorities, women, and others who may contribute to diversification. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply but Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Interested applicants should submit a signed letter of interest, a curriculum vitae (including e-mail address) and the names and contact information for three referees, no later than September 30th, 2012 to: Dr. Andrew Hynes, Chair Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences 3450 University Street Montreal, Quebec H3A OE8 E-mail: andrew.hynes@mcgill.ca Fax: 514-398-4680 McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, visible minorities, women, and others who may contribute to diversification. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply but Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Dave Elliott Awards 2012
25/05/12 20:31
I am happy to announce that the paper:
Elena Konstantinovskaya and Jacques Malavieille: Thrust wedges with décollement levels and syntectonic erosion: A view from analog models. Tectonophysics 502 (2011) 336–350.
is the 2012 recipient of the Dave Elliott prize for best paper published in 2011, selected by the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Association of Canada.
Many congratulations to both the authors.
John Waldron
Chair, Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
I am happy to announce the winners of this year's Jack Henderson prizes for best theses, from the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Association of Canada
The PhD thesis prize goes to: Grégory Dufréchou, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre - Eau Terre Environnement
for the thesis:
Origine et implications tectoniques de structures transverses profondes interprétées à partir de données de champ potentiel, Province de Grenville, Canada
Supervised by Lyal Harris and Louise Corriveau
The MSc thesis prize goes to: Chris Yakymchuk, Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University
for the thesis: Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Karnali Valley, Western Nepal
Supervised by Laurent Godin
Congratulations to both winners!
John Waldron
Elena Konstantinovskaya and Jacques Malavieille: Thrust wedges with décollement levels and syntectonic erosion: A view from analog models. Tectonophysics 502 (2011) 336–350.
is the 2012 recipient of the Dave Elliott prize for best paper published in 2011, selected by the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Association of Canada.
Many congratulations to both the authors.
John Waldron
Chair, Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
I am happy to announce the winners of this year's Jack Henderson prizes for best theses, from the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Association of Canada
The PhD thesis prize goes to: Grégory Dufréchou, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre - Eau Terre Environnement
for the thesis:
Origine et implications tectoniques de structures transverses profondes interprétées à partir de données de champ potentiel, Province de Grenville, Canada
Supervised by Lyal Harris and Louise Corriveau
The MSc thesis prize goes to: Chris Yakymchuk, Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University
for the thesis: Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Karnali Valley, Western Nepal
Supervised by Laurent Godin
Congratulations to both winners!
John Waldron
John Waldron's ipad
24/05/12 20:32
Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Meeting 2012 May 28 4.40 pm
Salon D Delta Hotel St. John's, NL
Agenda
1 Minutes of last meeting
2 Matters arising (not covered below)
3 Election of new council member(s)
4 Treasurer report
5 Jack Henderson best thesis awards
6 Dave Elliott best paper award
7 Student travel award
8 CTG fall 2012
9 Other business
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John Waldron
Meeting 2012 May 28 4.40 pm
Salon D Delta Hotel St. John's, NL
Agenda
1 Minutes of last meeting
2 Matters arising (not covered below)
3 Election of new council member(s)
4 Treasurer report
5 Jack Henderson best thesis awards
6 Dave Elliott best paper award
7 Student travel award
8 CTG fall 2012
9 Other business
Sent from my iPad
John Waldron
Main Thrust Winter 2012 now available
25/02/12 20:26
The current issue of the Main Thrust - the newsletter of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Association of Canadaca - be downloaded here:
Winter 2012CTG 31 Field Guide and Photos CTG 31 Field Guide and Photos
31/10/11 20:26
The CTG 31 field trip guide is now available (21-23 Oct. 2011). Download it here. We can also offer some photos but are still working on the abstract volume!
2010 CTG/SGTD 30th Anniversary Fall Workshop (British Columbia)
30/09/10 23:02
Hello,
This is additional information for the The 30th Annual Canadian Tectonics Group meeting to be held in Penticton, BC, October 15-17.
If you are planning to attend, and have not yet notified me (lkennedy@eos.ubc.ca), please do so asap.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: October 10.
The meeting will be held at the Days Inn Hotel and Convention Centre in Penticton (http://www.daysinnpenticton.ca/index.asp).
The cost of the meeting, including hotel rooms, food and transportation is $400.
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This is additional information for the The 30th Annual Canadian Tectonics Group meeting to be held in Penticton, BC, October 15-17.
If you are planning to attend, and have not yet notified me (lkennedy@eos.ubc.ca), please do so asap.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: October 10.
The meeting will be held at the Days Inn Hotel and Convention Centre in Penticton (http://www.daysinnpenticton.ca/index.asp).
The cost of the meeting, including hotel rooms, food and transportation is $400.
Read More...
Student Assistance to Attend the CTG
30/09/10 21:42
Hello all
The Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Association of Canada will provide grants to enable students to attend the annual Canadian Tectonics Group meeting. Grants will be made up to a maximum total of $1000 (maximum $500 per eligible student).
The closing date for applications is October 8, 2010, two days prior to the abstract submission deadline. Read More...
The Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Association of Canada will provide grants to enable students to attend the annual Canadian Tectonics Group meeting. Grants will be made up to a maximum total of $1000 (maximum $500 per eligible student).
The closing date for applications is October 8, 2010, two days prior to the abstract submission deadline. Read More...
Draft Minutes of GeoCanada 2010 Business Meeting
30/09/10 20:53
Here the draft minutes of our GeoCanada 2010 business meeting on 12 May in Calgary. To be confirmed at our forthcoming business meeting in Kelowna.
Download Program with Abstracts/Field Trip Guide of 1993 Fall Workshop in Espanola, Ontario
30/09/10 16:52
Download the pdf.
The meeting turned out to be a classic, where young graduate students were warmly welcomed and complimented by Mariette Henderson and her late husband Jack. Even the CTG logo was somewhat futuristic - and never repeated again.
When saying goodbye, Frank gave the UNB students a box of sandwiches left over from lunch for their long way back. ‘’These sandwiches are not even a week old!” commented a non-disclosed insider tongue-in-cheek. And this all happened a year before - to our knowledge - the first geological email attachment was sent from coast to coast across Canada. Read More...
Download Program with Abstracts/Field Trip Guide of 2009 Fall Workshop in Pine Falls, Manitoba
16/05/10 15:03
The combined Field Trip Guide/Program with Abstracts of the 29th CTG/SGTD workshop is now available for download. The meeting was held in Pine Falls, Manitoba, 2-4 Oct 2009. The field trip led into the Rice Lake greenstone belt. Thanks to the guys from the Manitoba survey for a very enjoyable 2 days.
Field Trip GAC/MAC 2011: Late Neoproterozoic-Early Devonian peri-Gondwanan Ganderia in the Northern Appalachians
15/05/10 10:37
The 2011 GAC-MAC Annual Meeting (Ottawa, May 25-27) will feature a fieldtrip exploring the distinct Late Neoproterozoic-Early Devonian tectonic history of peri-Gondwanan Ganderia in the Northern Appalachians. The fieldtrip will be led by Sandra Barr (Acadia University), Les Fyffe (NBGS), Susan Johnson (NBGS), Adrian Park (UNB), Cees van Staal (GSC) and Reg Wilson (NBGS). It is planned as a post-meeting fieldtrip that will provide a five-day transect through one of the best preserved sections of Ganderia in North America starting in Saint John, NB and ending in Bathurst, NB. We aim to address a number of subjects including distinct Neoproteozoic-Early Cambrian basement and its tectonic history (markedly different from adjacent Avalonia); opening and closure of the Cambrian-Tremadocian (514-485 Ma) Penobscot arc/backarc complex and the Penobscot orogeny; development of the Gander margin; opening and closure of the 475-457 Ma Popelogan arc/Tetagouche backarc complex; formation of the 445-423 Ma Brunswick subduction complex including the most extensive blueschsist belt in the Appalachian orogen; inversion of the Fredericton trough and the Salinic orogeny;development of the 440-423 Ma Kingston arc/Mascarene backarc on Ganderias trailing margin; and the 421-395 Ma Laramide-like Acadian orogeny. This trip will be especially interesting to Caledonian-Appalachian-Variscan aficionados and those interested in the Neoproteozoic-Paleozoic tectonics associated with the Iapetus and Rheic oceans in general. To design and plan the preliminary logistics of this trip we would like to know the interest from the community at large.
If you are interested in attending this fieldtrip, please email Cees van Staal.
If you are interested in attending this fieldtrip, please email Cees van Staal.
Business Meeting Calgary, 12 May 2010
12/05/10 21:23 Filed in: Photos
The CTG/SGTD had a joint meeting with the CSPG structure group at the Unicorn Pub in Calgary. The CSPG, which was represented by their chairperson Darcie Greggs, kindly supplied plenty of finger foods. An SGTD business meeting was held under the hockey playoff noise, chaired by John Waldron. The minutes will be posted here soon. In the meantime, here are a few photos. You may recognise some familiar faces.
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Read More...Welcome To GeoCanada 2010
09/05/10 13:50
Welcome to Calgary!
Just in time for our semi-annual business meeting, we finally have the whole online business completely re-organised by functionality:
1. Our blog is now the homepage: http://gac.esd.mun.ca/sgtd/
2. It contains a new interactive feature: Comments can be added
3. Our Facebook page has a whopping 16 subscribers, the number is growing annually.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Tectonics-Group/113983265308504
4. I would like to point out the practicality of the RSS feeder:
feed://gac.esd.mun.ca/sgtd/files/blog.xml
Semi-annual SGTD Meeting at GeoCanada 2010
02/05/10 16:49
By John Waldron
Greetings all,
The semi-annual meeting of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division will take place at the GeoCanada meeting in Calgary at 5.30 pm on Wednesday May 12. Rather than hold this in the expensive convention centre, we have located a convenient hostelry, the Unicorn at 304, 8th Avenue SW, which has a room ('the Library') suitable for our meeting. Beer and food will be available from the bar on a cash/card basis. You are encouraged to order drinks or snacks before the meeting; I'd suggest arriving at 5 or 5.15 in case there is a line-up.
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Greetings all,
The semi-annual meeting of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division will take place at the GeoCanada meeting in Calgary at 5.30 pm on Wednesday May 12. Rather than hold this in the expensive convention centre, we have located a convenient hostelry, the Unicorn at 304, 8th Avenue SW, which has a room ('the Library') suitable for our meeting. Beer and food will be available from the bar on a cash/card basis. You are encouraged to order drinks or snacks before the meeting; I'd suggest arriving at 5 or 5.15 in case there is a line-up.
Read More...
Open File Report, Northeastern Alberta
15/04/10 23:39
By Willem Langenberg
Canadian Structural Geologists:
The Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) has recently released an open file report by Dinu Pana on rocks of the Canadian Shield of northeastern Alberta, which may be of interest to all structural geologists working in strained terrains, because it includes a good documentation of rocks, which have previously been described as deformed meta-sediments, but could also include sheared granite protoliths. The rocks of the low-grade Waugh Lake Complex are possibly of similar origin as the rocks of the San Antonio Assemblage of the Rice Lake Greenstone Belt of northern Manitoba visited during CTG 2009.
The report can be down-loaded from: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/abstracts/OFR_2009_22.html. Be patient, the download of the PDF (92 MB) could take between 1 and 3 minutes as it is dependant on your Internet connection.
Dinu Pana (dinu.pana@ercb.ca) will be interested to hear your opinions on these controversial rocks.
Canadian Structural Geologists:
The Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) has recently released an open file report by Dinu Pana on rocks of the Canadian Shield of northeastern Alberta, which may be of interest to all structural geologists working in strained terrains, because it includes a good documentation of rocks, which have previously been described as deformed meta-sediments, but could also include sheared granite protoliths. The rocks of the low-grade Waugh Lake Complex are possibly of similar origin as the rocks of the San Antonio Assemblage of the Rice Lake Greenstone Belt of northern Manitoba visited during CTG 2009.
The report can be down-loaded from: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/abstracts/OFR_2009_22.html. Be patient, the download of the PDF (92 MB) could take between 1 and 3 minutes as it is dependant on your Internet connection.
Dinu Pana (dinu.pana@ercb.ca) will be interested to hear your opinions on these controversial rocks.
Turtle Mountain Field Trip, GeoCanada 2010
05/04/10 13:03
By Willem Langenberg
The GeoCanada 2010 Field trip to Turtle Mountain is the official SGTD sponsored field trip for this conference. The field trip will visit outcrops of the Turtle Mountain Thrust and the main Kootenay Formation coal seam and is completely different from the CTG 2006 field trip.
Good outcrops of thrust faults in the Canadian Rockies are relatively scarce; this field trip offers an opportunity to put your hand on a splay of the Turtle Mountain Thrust and observe fabrics related to the thrust movements.
We hope to see many members of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division (SGTD) of the GAC on this trip next May.
The GeoCanada 2010 Field trip to Turtle Mountain is the official SGTD sponsored field trip for this conference. The field trip will visit outcrops of the Turtle Mountain Thrust and the main Kootenay Formation coal seam and is completely different from the CTG 2006 field trip.
Good outcrops of thrust faults in the Canadian Rockies are relatively scarce; this field trip offers an opportunity to put your hand on a splay of the Turtle Mountain Thrust and observe fabrics related to the thrust movements.
We hope to see many members of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division (SGTD) of the GAC on this trip next May.
Photos of the 2009 Pine Falls Workshop
27/03/10 19:26
GeoCanada 2010, Calgary, May 10-14
27/03/10 18:29
The 2010 GeoCanada meeting will be held in Calgary from May 10 to May 14, 2010.
GeoCanada will serve as the Annual Convention for:
• The Geological Association of Canada (GAC)
• The Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC)
• The Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)
• The Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG)
• The Canadian Well Logging Society (CWLS)
• International Association of Hydrogeologists - Cdn. National Chapter (IAH-CNC)
The following sessions may be of particular interest to our division members.
General Structure and Tectonics
Cratons, Kimberlites and Diamonds
Tectonostratigraphy
Interplay between Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Deformation in Metamorphism
Paleoproterozoic tectonic Assembly of the W. Canadian Shield: New Findings &
Implications for Paleocontinental Reconstruction
Cordilleran Magmatism, Tectonics and Resources
Cordilleran Fold and Thrust Belt Structural Geology and Geophysics
Early Crust Evolution
Geological Processes over time in Central Canada
Meteorites
Planetary Evolution
Stress, Strain, Anisotropy and Natural Fractures
Several field trips may also be of interest CTG/SGTD members
CSPG02FT Structures and Hydrocarbons in the “Undeformed” Southern Plains
Leader: Marian Warren. Dates: May 4 - 5, 2010.
GAC010FT Barrovian and Buchan Metamorphism and their Tectonic
Juxtaposition, southeastern British Columbia. Leader: David R.M. Pattison, David
P. Moynihan & Christopher R.M. McFarlane. Dates: May 13 - 16, 2010.
CSPG13FT Turtle Mountain (Crowsnest Pass) Structure trip “The Rise and Fall
of Turtle Mountain” Leader: Willem Langenberg & Tim Hartel. Dates: May 14
(pm) - 15, 2010
CSPG16FT From Turner Valley to the Calgary Landslide: Three Ages of
Deformation Laramide, Pleistocene and Present. Leader: Peter Jones. Dates: May
17, 2010
Additional information and registration are available on the GeoCanada Web site at
http://www.geocanada2010.ca/
GeoCanada will serve as the Annual Convention for:
• The Geological Association of Canada (GAC)
• The Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC)
• The Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)
• The Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG)
• The Canadian Well Logging Society (CWLS)
• International Association of Hydrogeologists - Cdn. National Chapter (IAH-CNC)
The following sessions may be of particular interest to our division members.
General Structure and Tectonics
Cratons, Kimberlites and Diamonds
Tectonostratigraphy
Interplay between Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Deformation in Metamorphism
Paleoproterozoic tectonic Assembly of the W. Canadian Shield: New Findings &
Implications for Paleocontinental Reconstruction
Cordilleran Magmatism, Tectonics and Resources
Cordilleran Fold and Thrust Belt Structural Geology and Geophysics
Early Crust Evolution
Geological Processes over time in Central Canada
Meteorites
Planetary Evolution
Stress, Strain, Anisotropy and Natural Fractures
Several field trips may also be of interest CTG/SGTD members
CSPG02FT Structures and Hydrocarbons in the “Undeformed” Southern Plains
Leader: Marian Warren. Dates: May 4 - 5, 2010.
GAC010FT Barrovian and Buchan Metamorphism and their Tectonic
Juxtaposition, southeastern British Columbia. Leader: David R.M. Pattison, David
P. Moynihan & Christopher R.M. McFarlane. Dates: May 13 - 16, 2010.
CSPG13FT Turtle Mountain (Crowsnest Pass) Structure trip “The Rise and Fall
of Turtle Mountain” Leader: Willem Langenberg & Tim Hartel. Dates: May 14
(pm) - 15, 2010
CSPG16FT From Turner Valley to the Calgary Landslide: Three Ages of
Deformation Laramide, Pleistocene and Present. Leader: Peter Jones. Dates: May
17, 2010
Additional information and registration are available on the GeoCanada Web site at
http://www.geocanada2010.ca/