Science Atlantic Best Paper Award
2021
Kathleen Clark, Dalhousie UniversityTrace element geochemistry of biotite and apatite from the Scrag Lake pluton of the South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia
2020
Joshua Jackman, Saint Mary's UniversityMicroanalysis of quartz and carbonate hosted fluid inclusions associated with polymetallic mineralization (Fe-Co-Ni-Cu-As-Ag-Sb-Au-Pb), of the Cape Saint Mary’s, Lansdowne and Nictaux Falls dam occurrences in the Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia
2019
Miguel Vaccaro, Acadia UniversityPetrology, age, and tectonic setting of the Gunshot Brook pluton, eastern Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia
2018
Liam MacNeil, University of New Brunswick - FrederictonReconstructing Paleoproductivity in the North Water Polynya Employing Diatom Microfossils
2017
Ariel Greenblat, Dalhousie UniversityA high resolution record of sediment deposition, in the Gulf of Aqaba
2016
Sean Murphy, Memorial University of NewfoundlandThree-dimensional morphological characterization of the trace fossil Parahaentzschelinia ardelia, Atoka Formation, Oklahoma
2015
Katie McCulloch, Acadia UniversityPetrology and geochemistry of the Jeffers Brook Pluton, western Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia
2014
Jillian Leigh Kendrick, Dalhousie UniversityThe fate of olivine in the lower crust: the petrology of coronitic metagabbro in the Western Grenville Province, Ontario
2013
Lisa Mundry, Acadia UniversityPetrological comparison of sills and dykes in metasedimentary rocks of the Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia, and the Harlech Dome, Wales
2012
Mariana Joury, Memorial University of NewfoudlandInfluence of Native Newfoundland Sea Cucumber Cucumaria frondosa on Sediment Mineralogy and Texture
2011
Dewey Dunnington, Acadia UniversityTracking late-Holocene environmental change at Long Lake, New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border region, Canada
2010
Travis McCarron, St. Francis Xavier UniversityThe origin and composition of polyphase inclusions in tourmaline from the Greenbushes pegmatite, Western Australia
2009
Matt Stimson, Saint Mary's UniversityEvidence of Fossil Horseshoe Crabs from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs
2008
Luke Hilchie, Dalhousie UniversityChloride in kimberlites? Constraints from diamond oxidation experiments
Imperial Oil Best Poster Award
2021
Nikita Lakhanpal, Saint Mary's UniversitySurvey of porewater geochemistry within deep marine hydrocarbon seep sediments of the Scotian Slope
2020
Marie Flanagan, Memorial University of NewfoundlandMagnetics Study within the Valentine Lake Gold Property, Newfoundland and Labrador
2019
Andrew Wagner, Saint Mary’s UniversityCharacterization of apatite-hosted silicate melt inclusions in magmatic rocks associated with the Cantung (W-Cu-Au) skarn deposit, Northwest Territories
2018
Mattea McRae, Memorial University of NewfoundlandComparing CO2 sequestration experimental methods and investigating CO2 sequestration using Type I and Type II serpentine groundwaters
2017
Mariah Williams, Saint Mary's UniversityDiscriminating multiple mineralization events of the diatremeassociated Cu-Mo-W-Au occurences at the Revenue Deposit, Dawson Range, Yukon Territory, Canada
2016
Christopher Williams, Memorial University of NewfoundlandRifted margin and sedimentary structure of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, outboard of Goban Spur, southwest Ireland
2015
Glen Hodge, Saint Mary’s UniversityFluid inclusion and stable isotope study of gold formation in the Lavoie-Maisie Gold District, northwestern New Brunswick
2014
Haley LeBlanc (centre), Saint Mary’s UniversityPolymetallic Co-Ni-As-Bi-Sb-Ag veins in the Southern Slave Province, Northwest Territories
2013
Siobhan McGoldrick, Dalhousie UniversityPetrology and Geochemistry of ca. 2680 Ma Pillowed Lavas at Sharrie Lake, Southern Slave Province, NWT
2012
Tara Forstner, Dalhousie UniversityBedrock incision and surface uplift rates of the western Hangay Dome, Mongolia
2011
Mariella Nalepa, Acadia UniversityInvestigation of the form and age of the Bloody Creek Crater, southwestern Nova Scotia
2010
Nor Afiqah Mohamad Radzi, Acadia UniversityPetrography of stratigraphic units in the subsurface in the Phetchabun Basin, Thailand
2009
Mary Leaman, Memorial University of NewfoundlandLateral Permeability Differences in the Elgol Sandstone Formation
2008
Morgan Quinn, Dalhousie UniversityMineralogical and chemical characteristics of alteration in the Afton copper-gold porphyry, Kamloops, British Columbia
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) Award
2021
Nikita Lakhanpal, Saint Mary's UniversitySurvey of porewater geochemistry within deep marine hydrocarbon seep sediments of the Scotian Slope
2020
Lindsay Oldham, Memorial University of NewfoundlandPhysical Stratigraphy and Provenance of Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Adventdalen Group sandstones, central Spitsbergen, Svalbard
2019
John Mishael Dooma, Saint Mary’s UniversityPaleoenvironment reconstruction of the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary of Western Newfoundland using petroleum biomarkers and carbon isotope chemostratigraphy
2018
Brant Gaetz, Memorial University of NewfoundlandGeophysically constrained microplate fragmentation model, and terrane-controlled evolution of Mesozoic basins – Rifted North Atlantic borderlands, offshore Newfoundland, Canada (Thesis Progress).
2017
Max Chipman, Acadia UniversityThe Bountiful Coprolites of the Joggins Formation
2016
Erin Anderson, Dalhousie UniversityDiagenetic effects and fluid flow along erosional boundaries in the Triassic Wolfville Formation at Rainy Cove, Nova Scotia
2015
Daniel MacLeod, St. Francis Xavier UniversityEvaluation of Nexen interest and competitor land throughout the Corner Property, northeastern Alberta
2014
Dillon White, Saint Mary’s UniversityVariation in style of overpressure in Scotian Shelf wells, Scotian Basin
2013
Daniel Niquet, Memorial University of NewfoundlandPermeability and Porosity of Collapsed Cone Structures Associated with Ophiomorpha Trace Fossils in Offshore Newfoundland Cores
2012
Lianabel Selviz, Memorial University of Newfoundland Oil production enhancement strategy by using integrated simulation and well log dataNorne Field, Norway
2011
Derrick Midwinter, Dalhousie UniversityThe Depositional Regime of Early Triassic Sedimentation in the Bjorne Formation on the Eastern Margin of the Sverdrup Basin, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
2010
Frank Ryan, Memorial University of NewfoundlandEarly Jurassic Gordondale Member — Shale gas potential and XRD, wireline log, and TOC analysis
2009
Jordan Nickerson, Dalhousie UniversityArchitecture and Geometry of a Braided Channel Complex in the Wolfville Formation
2008
Darren Lefort, Saint Mary's UniversityCharacter of the mafic trigger of the Kos Plateau Tuff eruption
The Frank S. Shea Memorial Award in Economic Geology
2021
Amanda Smith, Acadia UniversityPetrology and tectonic setting of the Park Spur pluton, Aspy terrane, Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia
2020
Moya MacDonald, University of New Brunswick - FrederictonEpithermal Gold Mineralization and Associated Alteration at the Golden Ridge Deposit, Poplar Mountain Volcanic Complex, southwestern New Brunswick: Analysis of the Role of Pyrite and Arsenopyrite during Mineralization
2019
Natalie McNeil, Saint Mary’s UniversityThe mineralogy, paragenesis, and petrogenesis of the polymetallic (Co-Ni-As-Au) veins of the Nictaux Falls Dam Occurrence in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
2018
Kali Gee, Saint Mary's UniversityOrigin of epithermal-style gold mineralization in the eastern Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia: constraints from S isotopes and pyrite trace element chemistry
2017
Kate Woods, Dalhousie UniversityAn experimental study of the effect of water on chromite saturation in komatiites
2016
Taylor Chew, Acadia UniversityGeological setting of Au-Cu-Ni-Pb occurrences in the Second Gold Brook area, southwestern Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia
2015
Corwin Trottier, Saint Mary's UniversityPolymetallic Ni-Co-As-Bi-Ag-U veins with co-precipitating bitumen at Copper Pass, southern Slave Province, Northwest Territories
2014
Nikolett Kovacs, Memorial University of NewfoundlandCarlin-style gold mineralization in the Yukon Territory, Canada: Venus zone, Einarson property
2013
Travis White, University of New BrunswickThe Early Devonian, Evandale Porphyry Cu-Mo-(Au) deposit, Southern New Brunswick: Petrologic, Geochemical, Geothermobarometric, and Geochronologic Characterization of the Host Rocks and its Origin
2012
Aaron Bustard, University of New BrunswickEvaluation of the Controls on the Distribution of Scheelite and Wolframite within Mineralized Zones at the Sisson Brook W-Mo-Cu deposit, west-central New Brunswick: a Petrogenetic Analysis
2011
Erin Adlakha, Saint Mary’s UniversityConstraining hydrothermal and magmatic processes beneath the Merensky Reef and UG2 Chromitite, Bushveld Complex, RSA
2010
Sarah Gordon, University of New Brunswick - FrederictonThe petrogenesis of calc-alkaline lamprophyres from Mali, West Africa
2009
Darren LeFort, Saint Mary's UniversityFluid Inclusion Evidence for an Epithermal-Porphyry Cu-Au System, Quesnel Terran, British Columbia Canada
2008
April Coombs, Memorial University of NewfoundlandProvenance of Ophiolite to Arc Transition in the Peri-Laurentian realm, Central Newfoundland Appalachians
Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) Best Geophysical Presentation
2021
Joseph de Luca, University of New BrunswickGeothermal potential in New Brunswick: updated maps and databases
2020
Sarah Greene, Memorial University of NewfoundlandGeophysical Characterization Study of Robin Hood Bay Landfill, St. John's, NL
2019
Alex Bugden, Memorial University of NewfoundlandDetailed seismostratigraphy and well log analysis of the Saglek Basin, offshore Labrador, using regional seismic reflection profiles and intersecting wells
2018
Jacob Newman, Memorial University of NewfoundlandNumerical and experimental observation of nonlinear responses from the interaction of two progressing waves at an interface
2017
Joey Pittman, Memorial University of NewfoundlandA geophysical characterization of a Bog in Gullbridge, Newfoundland
2016
Nickolas Lynch, Memorial University of NewfoundlandGeophysical detection of reducing springs: a new approach
2014
Andrew Blagdon, Memorial University of NewfoundlandA ground penetrating radar study of bogs and lakes in the Howley Basin, Newfoundland
2013
Taylor Campbell, Dalhousie UniversitySeismic Stratigraphy and Attribute Analysis of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of the Penobscot Area, Offshore Nova Scotia
2012
Lianabel Selviz, Memorial University of NewfoundlandOil production enhancement strategy by using integrated simulation and well log data, Norne Field, Norway
2011
Andrea Christians, Saint Mary’s UniversityRe-examining Pleistocene tunnel valleys on the Scotian Shelf and their implications for slope sediment delivery
2010
Matthew Vaughan, Dalhousie UniversityHigh resolution seismic stratigraphy (GPR) of braided channel complexes in the Triassic Wolfville Formation — controls on reservoir heterogeneity
2009
Byron Kelly, Memorial University of NewfoundlandOffshore Correlation of the Transform Fault Zone Seperating Cyprus and Hellenic Arcs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
2008
Nicole M. Peters, Dalhousie UniversitySeismic and Core Stratigraphy of a Glaciated Lake, Dartmouth NS
Atlantic Geoscience Society (AGS) Environmental Geoscience Award
2021
Logan Cormier, Saint Mary's UniversityThe first discovery of vertebrate and invertebrate ichnofossils in the Stellarton Basin (Westphalian C), Nova Scotia
2020
Hannah Sharpe, University of New Brunswick - FrederictonBenthic and planktic foraminifera distribution around Southampton Island, Hudson Bay
2019
Kayla Lawrence, Memorial University of NewfoundlandExamining CO2 sequestration potential and subsequent mineral carbonation in ultramafic rocks from the Baie Verte, NL area1
2018
Kazuhito Mizutani, Memorial University of NewfoundlandEffects of solid-to-solution ratio on copper (II) and zinc (II) adsorption onto natural sediment: an experimental and modeling study
2017
Fiona Henderson, Dalhousie UniversityPredicting zones and potential sampling methods for elevated metal concentrations in urban soils, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2016
Kirklyn Davidson, Acadia UniversitySpatiotemporal assessment of metal concentrations of pre-effluent estuarine sediments in a freshwater kraft pulp mill tailings pond using paleolimnological methods
2015
Kayla Lawrence, Memorial University of NewfoundlandExamining CO2 sequestration potential and subsequent mineral carbonation in ultramafic rocks from the Baie Verte, NL area
Challenge Bowl
2011
Ky Hughson and Mike RichardsUniversity of New Brunswick
2010
Matthew Vaughan and Anne BelangerDalhousie University
2009
Leah Chiste and Alex KaulAcadia University