iMAGE-CREATE Seminar: Mapping structural complexity from geophysics and field measurements: A case study from greenstone belts in the Superior Province, Canada Rebecca Montison (Laurentian University, University of Western…
Seminar: Mafic Archean continental crust prohibited exhumation of orogenic UHP eclogite The IGCP 648 Virtual Seminar Series have a seminar scheduled for Thursday, May 13th…
Seminar: Understanding the Planet through Marine Geoscience: Deepest of the Deep The Marine Studies Group of the Geological Society of London have a seminar on…
Seminar: Effects of subduction termination on the continental lithosphere – A geophysical extravaganza on northern Borneo The G&T seminar series have a great seminar coming…
SCIENTIFIC DRILLING Volume 29 The new SCIENTIFIC DRILLING Volume 29, which consists of one Science Report, one Progress Report, three Technical Developments and one Workshop…
World Ocean Floor Map (Heezen & Tharp, 1977) The boundaries of plate modelling There is a great article about the importance of plate boundaries over…
SEG Mentoring Program Discussion Date and Time: Thursday, May 6, 2021 5:00pm MDT (UTC-6) Mentorships are a critical piece of career development for geoscientists in…
Canadian Consortium for Ocean Drilling (CCOD) secures funding for IODP participation The Canadian Consortium for Ocean Drilling (CCOD) and Memorial University are pleased to announce…
Exploration and Mining of Energy Storage Materials: Filling the Gap Date: Thursday, April 29 at 4:00pm EDT This panel discussion will focus on the importance…
Global Ocean Sustainable Development Internship Opportunities with the World Ocean Council – WOC Invites Graduate Students and Early Career Professionals to Apply for 3 Month…
New Commission Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation to further strengthen evidence-based policymaking The European Commission (EC) has launched a Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation, to…
Seminar: A mantle overturn model for the Archaean Earth and a new hypothesis to explain the Meso- to Neo-Proterozoic transition to Plate Tectonics Presenters: Jean…
Seminar: Slab Driven Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Decoupling in Subduction Zones The G&T seminar series have a great seminar coming up. Margarete Jadamec from the State University of New…
Welcome to Halifax for the 2022 GAC-MAC-IAH-CNC-CSPG Joint Meeting Join us in Halifax from May 15 – 18, 2022 for the Annual Meeting of the…
Webinar: Advancing Humanitarian Geoscience Solutions Worldwide Date and Time: 22nd April 2021 – 8am EDT, 5am PDT, 1pm GMT Join us for a free webinar…
UNLV SEG Student Chapter hosting 1-Day Short Course on Epithermal Ore Deposits – April 24th The UNLV SEG Student Chapter will be hosting a day-long…
The SEG 100 Conference is on! A hybrid conference, held September 14-17, 2021, in Whistler, BC, Canada, will have all sessions available online. Please note…
Register for the SMART Summer School 2021 – Understanding marine hydrogeology through groundwater modelling now! During the first part of the SMART Summer School 2021…
Registration for the 2022 Frank Arnott Next Generation Explorers Award is now open! Are you a current earth science student looking for career development, international…
2021 uOttawa EES Honours Presentations The uOttawa EES Honours research projects presentations will be held virtually this year. All of the students’ abstracts and 5…
iMAGE-CREATE affiliates to present their research at the OCGC Graduate Student Geoscience Seminar Mary Besaw and Alexandra Gray will present their research at the OCGC…
Time Management Workshop Date and Time: April 13th, 2021 CREATE and the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto are co-hosting a workshop…
Probing the evolution of oceanic basins through scientific drilling Dr. Philip Brandl (GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany) Date and Time: April 13th 2021 – 17h…
Student Chapter Virtual Field Trip Competition – make a video of your favourite local outcrop! SEG and the University of Toronto SEG Student Chapter would…
iMAGE-CREATE and OCGC host a virtual booth at PDAC 2021 The Ottawa Carleton Geoscience Centre, in association with iMAGE-CREATE hosted a virtual booth at the…
Geological Association of Canada Annual Meeting, London, May 2021, Special Session SS-08 The present-day oceans provide a natural laboratory to observe the structural, kinematic and…
Professor Mark Hannington maps the site of an active volcano in the Atlantic Ocean from a submarine belonging to GEOMAR, a marine research institute based in Germany. Photo: GEOMAR…
Professor Mark Hannington (University of Ottawa), Laurentian University, and the Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research (GEOMAR) The already limited supply of raw materials that are…
Launch of the iMAGE-CREATE Web Site: A Resource for Trainees − In January 2021, iMAGE-CREATE launched its extensive project web site as a resource for its trainees. In addition to the program description and events page, the web site is a one-stop platform for members and affiliates that includes course listings, research project updates, on-line training, recruiting, and links to partner programs and institutions. Mark this page for future opportunities and developments of the program.
iMAGE-CREATE participates on 3 research cruises to the end of 2020 − iMAGE-CREATE trainees spent more than 70 days at sea in 2020, learning the essential elements of seabed mapping and sampling, including a trans-Atlantic geosurvey aboard the R/V Maria S. Merian (MSM88-2), exploration of the Kings Trough north of the Azores aboard the R/V Meteor (M168), and testing of new sonar technology with Kraken Robotics aboard the R/V Atlantic Kingfisher off the Grand Banks. Training at sea will continue in 2021 with the first cruise of the year aboard the R/V Sonne (SO280) starting January 8 on an Iceland-Azores mapping transect.
iMAGE-CREATE at the Geological Association of Canada Annual Meeting, May 2021 − iMAGE-CREATE will host a Special Session at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Association of Canada in London, Ontario, in May, 2021. The session entitled “Advances in Marine Geology and Geodynamics and Their Application to Understanding Modern and Ancient Seafloor Metallogeny”, will showcase the work of the CREATE members and their partners in Metal Earth (Special Session SS-08: https://gacmac2021.ca/). This session will highlight studies of current processes of crustal growth in the oceans using modern marine geophysical datasets, collected during ocean-going expeditions, by regional monitoring and satellite missions, together with sampling of the seafloor, to understand the tectonic evolution of different domains of oceanic and arc crust. We invite contributions that use these datasets to advance our knowledge of marine geological processes and apply what is learned to ancient greenstone belts and accreted terranes. This session is a contribution to ongoing studies in the CFREF Metal Earth and the new NSERC CREATE in Marine Geodynamics and Georesources.
GEOMAR Seafloor Mapping Summer School in Partnership with iMAGE-CREATE, May 2021 −
GEOMAR (Helmhotz Center for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany) is hosting the GEOMAR-CREATE Seafloor Mapping Summer School in May, 20201. 15 members from Canada and Europe will participate in the 10-day program, which includes intensive introductory training in seafloor geology and remote predictive geological mapping techniques essential to explore the 70% of the Earth’s surface under water. Students learn techniques of data compilation and integration, accessing data repositories, how to process different data sets such as multibeam bathymetry and geophysical data, how to set up map projects in ArcGIS, and how to interpret the compiled data in terms of the geological attributes of the seafloor. The main part of the course is delivered as a “virtual sea-going expedition” with simulated real-time data collection and processing, tailored to both in-person and online participation.
Georesources and Geohazards Seminars of the Helmholtz Program Earth & Environment −
iMAGE-CREATE trainees participated in the first workshop on Hazards and Resources of the Earth & Environment Program at the Helmholtz Centers, GEOMAR and GFZ. In addition to the 2-day workshop in December, iMAGE-CREATE members participated in 6 seminars on topics ranging from marine mineral resources (21 September), geothermal energy (19 October), numerical modelling and metal transport (9 November), subduction in early Earth history (19 November), hydrogen storage potential in the crust (23 November), and de-risking geothermal energy (14 December). The virtual workshops on georesources and geohazards were attended by more than 125 participants.
iMAGE-CREATE at PDAC, March 7-10, 2021 − iMAGE-CREATE is partnering with the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Center to host a “virtual booth” at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) meeting in Toronto, which will be attended by 25,000+ professionals from industry and government. This event gives our trainees access to global connections, including leaders in the resources industry, investors and professional colleagues worldwide. In addition, iMAGE-CREATE trainees will present at the Student Minerals Colloquium at PDAC, which is one of the most important industry networking opportunities for our members.