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Department of Geology Brandon University

Department of Geology Brandon University. Students Programs Facilities Faculty Research. Geology Students at Brandon U 2013-14. 61 Majors 6 Minors. 14 will graduate in May, 2014, with Geology major. Paleontology class field trip to Stony Mountain, MB, 2008.

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Department of Geology Brandon University

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  1. Department of Geology Brandon University Students Programs Facilities Faculty Research

  2. Geology Students at Brandon U 2013-14 61 Majors 6 Minors 14 will graduate in May, 2014, with Geology major Paleontology class field trip to Stony Mountain, MB, 2008

  3. Student Support Undergraduate Scholarships and Bursaries in Geology > $45,000 per year Plus hundreds of Brandon University Scholarships ranging from ~$200 to $10,000

  4. Geology Programs • 3 Year Major • 4 Year Major • 4 Year Honours Major • Professional Registration • Geoscience • Environmental Geoscience • Co-op Work Experience • Minor in Geology

  5. Specialization • Mining/exploration/ hardrock • Petroleum/softrock • Paleontology • Environmental geoscience • Geoscience

  6. Brandon Geology Graduates 22 % Graduate School 34 % Petroleum 34 % Mining 10 % Environmental and other Paleontology class field trip to Winnipegosis, 2006

  7. RESEARCH FACILITIES JEOL JSM-6390LV/GS Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) equipped with an Oxford Instruments INCA x-act Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS) X-ray detector as well as high quality analytical and imaging packages. Brandon University Micro-Analytical Facility (Founded 2009) Manager: Dr. Michelle Huminicki Analytical SEM Imaging Feature analysis Mineral chemistry Mineral ID Element mapping Materials analysis Bio imaging

  8. RESEARCH FACILITIES

  9. RESEARCH FACILITIES Environmental Science Laboratoriesrun by environmental science program Paleoenvironmental Research   Environmental Analysis of soil, water & tissues

  10. Dr. Hamid Mumin, Professor Mineral Deposits Exploration and Development Mineralogy Great Bear Lake

  11. Dr. Simon Pattison, Professor • Reservoir Geology and Paleo-Environments: SW Manitoba • Tectonic vs Eustatic Processes: Western Interior Basin • High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy: WIB Well Log Cross-section West Alumni Teaching Excellence Award

  12. Dr. Rong-Yu Li Associate professor and Chair Palaeontologist Paleozoic brachiopods: taxonomy, paleoecology, paleobiogeography, and evolution. On fossils from Arctic Canada Anticosti Island, Quebec Manitoba Ontario South China

  13. Dr. David Greenwood, Professor, Paleonbotanist Tertiary paleobotany & paleontology: • Paleoclimates & paleoecology; • Fossil plants & insects; • Vertebrate paleontology (with US & Canadian collaborators); • BC, MB (Turtle Mtn), Nunavut, (Axel Heiberg & Ellesmere Is.); • Australia. David Greenwood (far R), and graduate students collecting Eocene fossils from Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, Smithers area, BC.

  14. Dr. Ali Somarin, P Geo Associate professor • Geochemistry and petrogenesis of plutonic and volcanic rocks • Geochemistry of hydrothermal alteration associated with ore deposits • Application of portable XRF in exploration/mining (metallic deposits and oil/gas) • Fluid inclusion studies

  15. Brandon University Micro Analytical Facility Dr. Michelle Huminicki Research and analytical support Instructional associate Titanium

  16. Research Support • Petrography Peter Adamo Instructional associate • Photography • Digital Imaging

  17. Dr. Harvey Young Professor Emeritus Research Focus • Diagenesis of limestone and dolomite of the Williston Basin • Petroleum potential of the Lodgepole, Birdbear and Red River Formations in Manitoba and North Dakota • Geochemistry and diagenesis of siliceous shale in Southwestern Manitoba • Bioerosion of temperate water carbonate deposits

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  19. What’s New at Brandon ? • MSc in Environmental and Life Sciences • First Geology M.Sc. Student starting July 1, 2014, IOCG Deposits in the Northwest Territories, with H. Mumin • Environmental Geoscience • Hydrogeology • Exploration Geophysics Current University priority A new core facility—for research and teaching, construction to be completed in September, 2014.

  20. Department of Geology Brandon University Thank you ! Petroleum Geology class field trip to a drilling rig, 2008

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