Atlantic Universities Geological Conference
2022 Award Winners
The 72nd Atlantic Universities Geological Conference (AUGC) was held October 27 to 29, 2022, at Acadia University
Thank you to our generous conference sponsors!
Science Atlantic Best Paper Award
Claire Gullison
University of New Brunswick
Microplastic in Beach Sediment from Marys Point, Shepody National Wildlife Area, Southeast New Brunswick
Imperial Oil Best Poster Award
Leila Rashid
Saint Mary's University
Documenting Recent Human Influences Using Remote Sensing Techniques on the Tekes River Alluvial Fan, Xinjiang, China
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) Award
Nikita Lakhanpal
Saint Mary's University
Survey of Porewater Geochemistry within Deep Marine Hydrocarbon Seep Sediments of the Scotian Slope, Canada
The Frank S. Shea Memorial Award in Economic Geology
Taylor Mugford
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mineralogy of the Boundary Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) Deposit of the Tally Pond Group, Victoria Lake Supergroup, Newfoundland Appalachians
The Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) Award
Megan MacDonald
Dalhousie University
Machine-learning Focal Mechanism Inversion for Hydraulic Fracking-induced Earthquakes
Atlantic Geoscience Society (AGS) Environmental Geoscience Award
Julianna Whelan
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Methane Flux, Source, and Lipid Biomarkers of Serpentinite-hosted Groundwater Springs at Contrasting Sites of Terrestrial Serpentinization