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05/13/2025

B.Sc. Earth Sciences (Honours) student Maria O'Neill was selected to participate in the PDAC’s 16th annual Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop (S-IMEW), a two-week all expenses paid geoscience workshop. Maria shares her story and a recap of her time at the S-IMEW below, check it out!

03/20/2025

Graduate students from Dr. David Lowe's Hibernia Tectonostratigraphy Lab, Eric Hutton (PhD) and Chidera Ikechukwu (MSc), represented our department at the Atlantic Geoscience Society (AGS) Colloquium 2025 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia! Check out their research below 💡🗺️

Eric Hutton – Hyperspectral imaging of reservoir cements in the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, NL
Abstract link: https://lnkd.in/d3V2UPqp

Chidera Ikechukwu – A preliminary facies characterization and stratal evolution of the Ediacaran post-glacial redbeds, Bonavista Peninsula, central Avalon Zone, Eastern Newfoundland: Implications for the Neoproterozoic Oxidation Event
Abstract link: https://lnkd.in/dwXf6ihm

$Dr. J. Kim Welford, PhD, PGeo, has published her first sole-author paper in the journal Geology: 'Unusually fracture-fr...$

03/14/2025

Dr. J. Kim Welford, PhD, PGeo, has published her first sole-author paper in the journal Geology: 'Unusually fracture-free seafloor in the southern North Atlantic between Newfoundland and Iberia explained through compounding tectonic inheritance since the Paleoproterozoic.'

Congratulations Dr. Welford on this research milestone! 👏

Read the article here: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/doi/10.1130/G53057.1/652879/Unusually-fracture-free-seafloor-in-the-southern

10/03/2024

Welcome to the Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial University!

We are a community where our excellence in teaching and groundbreaking research come together to shape the future. Our commitment to delivering top-tier academic programs is matched only by our dedication to creating impactful change in the world. We offer our students a dynamic and immersive learning experience, featuring innovative research projects across the classroom, lab, and field. Join us on a journey of discovery and contribution, where your potential meets endless opportunities for growth and achievement.

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