Faculty Lecturer - ESS
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
3450 University St.
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3A 0E8
Courses
EPSC 181. Environmental Geology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to the relationship of geological processes and materials to the human environment; geologic hazards; hydrogeology; impacts of waste disposal, energy use, land resource development.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EPSC 243
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
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EPSC 340. Earth and Planetary Inference.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to modern techniques for combining geological, geophysical, and geochemical measurements with theoretical knowledge about Earth and other planets. Use of tools from time series analysis and inverse methods to build models and test hypotheses within the Earth and Planetary Sciences.
- Fall
- 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory
- Prerequisites: Completion of U1 year in Earth & Planetary Sciences or permission of instructor
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EPSC 570. Cosmochemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examines the implications of phase equilibria and the compositions of meteorites and the solar system for the formation and internal differentiation of the terrestrial planets and the nature of chemical fractionation processes in both planetary interiors and the solar system as a whole.
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisites: EPSC 220, EPSC 210, or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
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ESYS 104. The Earth System.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Earth system science examines the complex interactions among the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere. It focuses on physical, chemical, and biological processes that extend over spatial scales ranging from microns to the size of planetary orbits, and spans time scales from fractions of a second to billions of years.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken ATOC 104 or GEOG 104 or EPSC 104.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
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Research
Applications of laser ablation ICPMS; Petrology, geochemistry, and tectonics of the Appalachian lithosphere; Experimental petrology, including: Diffusion in and thermodynamics of melts and minerals and the interfacial energies of geologic materials; Use of demonstrations and computers in teaching petrology.
Recent Publications
Coumans, J.P., Stix, J., Clague, D.A., Minarik, W.G., and Layne, G.D., (2016). Melt-rock interaction near the Moho: Evidence from crystal cargo in lavas from near-ridge seamounts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 191, 139-164.
Martin, R.F., Alarie, E., Minarik, W.G., Waczek, Z., and McCammon, C.A., (2016). Titanium-rich magnesio-hastingsite macrocrysts in a camptonite dike, Lafarge quarry, Montreal Island, Quebec: Early crystallization in a pseudo-unary system. Canadian Mineralogist, 54(1), 65-78.
Coumans, J.P., Stix, J., Clague, D.A., Minarik. W.G, (2015). The magmatic architecture of Taney Seamount-A, northeast Pacific Ocean. Journal of Petrology, 56(6), 1037-1067, doi: 10.1093/petrology/egv027.
Kunzmann, M., Halverson. G. P., Scott C., Minarik, W.G., and Wing, B.A., (2015). Geochemistry of Neoproterozoic black shales from Svalbard: Implications for oceanic redox conditions spanning Cryogenian glaciations. Chemical Geology, 417, 383-393.
Maneta, V., Baker D., Minarik, W., (2015). Evidence for lithium-supersaturation of pegmatite-forming melts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 170(1), 1-16.
Sharman, E.R., Taylor, B.E., Minarik, W.G., Dubé, B., and Wing, B.A., (2015). Sulfur isotope and trace element data from ore sulfides in the Noranda district (Abitibi, Canada): implications for volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit genesis. Mineralium Deposita, 50(5), 591-606, doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0559-7.
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