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2017 Symposium Schedule and Abstracts
Thursday, April 6th
8:30 - Coffee and Snacks with Welcome Address
.: Session Chair: Margo Regier :.
9:00 - Nicole Meyer:
A new look at diamonds from the Koffiefontein Mine employing in situ techniques for trace element analyses
9:15 - Theetso Motsamai:
The compositional structure and thermal state of the lithospheric mantle beneath the western edge of Zimbabwe Craton
9:30 - Matthew Hardman:
New graphical approaches to the discrimination of crust- and mantle-derived low-Cr garnet: major-element-based methods
9:45 - Garrett Harris:
Mantle Composition, Age, and Geotherm beneath the Darby Kimberlite field, West Central Rae Craton
10:00 - Stéphane Poitras:
Evidence for a > 200 km thick diamond-bearing root beneath the Central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada: Diamond indicator mineral geochemistry from the Horn Plateau and Trout Lake regions
10:15 -
Coffee (20 min)
.: Session Chair: Merilie Reynolds :.
10:35 - Mike Belosevic:
A new frontier for the Acasta Gneiss Complex: The oldest evolved crust on Earth
10:50 - Devon Smith:
Trace Element Distributions in Sphalerite from the Anarraaq Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Red Dog District, Alaska
11:05 - Tylor Pollard
:
Mobilization and Mineral Hosts of Gold in Mantle Rocks
11:20 - Tim McIntyre:
Petrography and Geochemistry of the Tuvssaq Ultramafic Complex
11:35 - Federico Rueda Chaparro:
Origin of the Petroliferous dolomite beds in the Uteland Butte Member, Lower Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah, USA
11:50 -
Lunch
12:00 -Dr Koko Warner: Research directions: How can science contribute to sustainable development and climate action?
.: Session Chair: Pedro Waterton :.
13:15 - Zhe Zhang:
Multiple sulfur isotopic insights into 2.7 Ga sulfur cycle
13:30 - Yingzhou Li:
Investigation of Nitrogen variability of silicate rocks in Mica Creek area, BC
13:45 - Yuying Deng:
Experimental determination of nitrogen isotope fractionation for NH4+(aq)–NH3(g) system at low temperature
14:00 - Kan Li:
Revaluating the carbon budget of altered oceanic crust
14:15 -
Coffee (20 min)
.: Session Chair: Simone Booker :.
14:35 - Darrin Molinaro:
From shell to whorling shell: morphological shape change in Tegula funebrale along a known energy and predation gradient.
14:50 - Steven Mendonca:
Is Half Enough? The Validity of Using Single Valves in Studies of Predation on Brachiopods.
15:05 - Donald Prenoslo:
The Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characteristics of the Montney D1 and D2 Horizons in the Greater Pouce Coupe Area
15:20 - Min Ren:
Spatial variations in the properties of Miocene dolomite from Grand Cayman
15:35 - Erjun Zheng:
Environmental controls on alternating aragonite-calcite laminations in notch-speleothems from Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands, British West Indies
16:00 -
Poster Session (Winners announced at 18:00)
Friday, April 7th
8:30 - Coffee and Snacks
.: Session Chair: Arshad Khan Khalafzai :.
9:00 - Nurmaiya Brady:
Female Self-help Groups as an Alternative Public Service Delivery Mechanism in Rural India
9:15 - Henock Asfaw:
Wildfire evacuation and emergency management in remote First Nation communities in Canada: The case of Sandy Lake First Nation, Northern Ontario
9:30 - Ranon Soans:
Promoting sustainable and vibrant retail environments: An investigation of Edmonton, Alberta
9:45 - Ariel MacDonald:
The Alberta Legislature: A Cultural Landscape Analysis
10:00 - Konstantinos Koukouzikis:
Everything flows in Pak Mun dam? From lower Mekong river to human mobilities.
10:15 -
Coffee (20 min)
10:35 - Meryn Severson:
Housing in Transition: The housing choices of Canadian young adults
10:50 - Emma Sanborn:
An investigation of Edmonton's winter patios through the lens of climate-sensitive design
.: Session Chair: Noga Vaisblat :.
11:05 - Manuel Cossio:
Removal mechanism of Hexavalent Chromium using Wheat Straw Biochar
11:20 - Saulo Castro:
Drought effect on carbon sequestration in a Tropical Dry Forest
11:35 - Branko Hilje Rodriguez:
Liana abundance effect on the avian acoustic community in tropical dry forests
11:50 -
Lunch
.: Session Chair: Anja Rutishauser :.
13:00 - Sophie Norris:
Glacial geomorphology of northwest Saskatchewan: inferring deglacial dynamics of the Laurentide Ice Sheet
13:15 - Joe Young:
Quaternary stratigraphy of the lower Athabasca River Valley: implications for glacial Lake Agassiz meltwater drainage
13:30 - Ebberly MacLagan:
Emplacement of the Steen River Impact Structure - Insights into mixed-target impact cratering
13:45 - Aimee Gegolick:
Sedimentology, Ichnology and Biogenic Permeability of the Upper Montney Formation, NE British Columbia.
14:00 - Derek Hayes:
Applications of Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry for Determining the Depositional Architecture of McMurray Formation Outcrops
14:15 -
Coffee (20 min)
17:00 - Dr. Koko Warner:
(ESB 3-27)
Climate migration: trends, knowledge gaps, and how research can contribute to policy
18:30 -
Symposium Banquet at the Faculty Club
(Dinner service starts at 19:00)
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