KEGS Foundation Open for 2023 Scholarship Applications Undergraduates at Canadian universities and colleges, with a major or keen interest in geophysics, are encouraged to apply for a 2023/24 KEGS Foundation Scholarship. Prestigious scholarships for graduate students are available as well. Details along with the scholarship application form and instructions can be found on our website…
Dr. Donald M. Leishman Convention Experience BACKGROUND The Leishman family have created this award in honour of Dr. Donald M. Leishman. Don worked as a family physician in Kirkland Lake, Toronto, and finally Thunder Bay, where he practiced for 42 years, but one of his passions was always geology and mining. Some of Don’s…
iMAGE-CREATE trainee Jessie Kehew reports from the RV Sonne SO294 expedition After four weeks at sea, the R/V Sonne SO294 expedition has just passed its half-way point. The vessel departed Vancouver on September 13th and has been travelling along the western coast of Vancouver Island over the Cascadia subduction zone. Subduction zones are regions with…
Northern Cascadia: Extent of locked zone, prism deformation, slip-to-toe, and the edge of subduction Click here to download the Week 5 Report The aim of the SO294 – CLOCKS cruise is to investigate subduction earthquakes using the Cascadia continental margin off Vancouver Island as an example. Earthquakes at subduction zones with magnitudes M>8.5 are among…
Northern Cascadia: Extent of locked zone, prism deformation, slip-to-toe, and the edge of subduction Click here to download the Week 4 Report The aim of the SO294 – CLOCKS cruise is to investigate subduction earthquakes using the Cascadia continental margin off Vancouver Island as an example. Earthquakes at subduction zones with magnitudes M>8.5 are among…
