La résolution spatiale horizontale des modèles climatiques régionaux est à l’heure actuelle encore assez grossière, de l’ordre de la dizaine de kilomètres. Cette résolution engendre une sous discrétisation spatiale du cycle hydrologique continental, et donc une estimation approximative des échanges d’eau et d’énergie entre l’atmosphère et la surface continentale. Pour quantifier les erreurs associées à […]

La plus grande partie de l’or exploitée par l’humanité se retrouve dans des roches anciennes qui ont été enfuies et chauffées à des conditions métamorphiques modeste (schistes verts). Le modèle classique repose sur la production de fluides aurifères par la déshydratation métamorphique au faciès amphibolite, soit sous la zone de formation des gisements. Néanmoins, des […]

The GEOIMPACT project aims to study several meteorite impact craters in Canada by using geophysical methods (for example seismic waves, electricity or magnetism). In the Solar System, meteorite impact craters are the most abundant morphologic features on rocky bodies (planets, asteroids) such as the Moon and Mars. However, the Earth has only about 180 known […]

The proposed research will study the rock breakdown on the Moon due to thermal fatigue caused by the thermal stresses arising from diurnal temperature changes. This is done through data analysis, modeling, and physical experiments. This work is important because it fills a key gap in our understanding of the processes by which the lunar […]

La plupart de ces mines utilise une méthode de minage par « chambres vides et longs trous », caractérisée par de grandes ouvertures et, de ce fait, par une dilution opérationnelle importante. Or, les connaissances géologiques, d’ingénierie et économiques adéquates permettent d’établir le tonnage et la teneur moyenne des réserves minérales qui permettent ensuite d’estimer […]

The relationship between the structure of rocks near the Earth’s surface and their geophysical properties is little understood. Rock samples from a large, exposed fault will be collected from Serifos, Greece, a region strongly affected by earthquakes and recent tectonism. These samples preserve varying degrees of deformation and structural complexity. The amountof deformation affects the […]

As the new “bread basket” of the world, Southern Amazonia has seen its agriculture expand rapidly in the previous decade. Soybean production benefits from seasonal precipitation prior to being exported to Europe and China, mainly for feed in the animal supply chain. Such a trade has been illustrated as a “virtual” water trade due to […]

The Red River, flowing from China, runs through the northern border city of Lao Cai, in one of the poorest and most mountainous regions of Vietnam. A new expressway runs through Lao Cai and supports increased trade and investment. The economic growth draws in rural migrants, and also displaces people as it appropriates land to […]

This research project will explore what barriers — economics, policy, or otherwise — exist to restoring unhealthy Douglas-fir forests in central British Columbia. These forests have reached a state where it is currently not feasible for timber companies to make any profit from harvesting timber in those stands, which only serves to worsen the problem. […]

The Sustainability Toolkit has been developed to address the lack of available practical guidance on how to implement sustainability in an organization. In essence, the Toolkit integrates globallyrecognized approaches to sustainability and systems-based management (ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and ISO 26000). The basis for the system-based approach is the Plans-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) process which breaks down […]

As part of the environmental assessment of the prospective Blackwater Mine in British Columbia, New Gold mining company is implementing a ‘Country Foods Monitoring Plan’ to address concerns voiced by First Nations communities over the safety of traditional food sources in anticipation of new mine development and operations. The overall goal of my proposed work […]

Un nouveau style de minéralisations porphyrique en or a été découvert le long et au sud de la faille Cadillac en Abitibi à Malartic. On n’en connait pas les extensions possibles. Dans le secteur New Alger, le stagiaire pourra tester la présence ou l’absence de ce style de minéralisations par des levés géologiques et géochimique […]