The University of British Columbia

• origin and evolution of silicate magmas and mineralization potential;
• applications of geochemistry and isotopic geochemistry to problems in petrology and mineral deposit geology;
• physical volcanology and geochemical evolution of Large Igneous Provinces;
• origin of igneous layering and the development of layered igneous intrusions;
• petrologic, geochemical, isotopic, and geochronological aspects of Proterozoic anorthosite plutonic suites;
• origin of magmatic Fe-Ti oxide, Cr, Ni, and PGE deposits

Research Team at UBC:

Current Team

• Anais Fourny, Ph.D. (start Sept 2011)
  • Isotopic systematics of layered intrusions

• Katrin Breitsprecher, Ph.D. (start Sept 2005)
  • Constraining the timing and nature of convergence and crustal assembly in the southern Canadian Cordillera from isotope (Sr, Nd, Hf, Pb, O) geochemistry and U-Pb (zircon) geochronology of Mesozoic intrusions, Quesnel and Stikine terranes, British Columbia
• Corey Wall, Ph.D. (start Sept 2009)
  • Age, duration of magmatism, and cooling history of the Archean Stillwater Complex, Montana, US
• Trent Dell'Oro, M.Sc. (start Sept 2010)
  • Isotope geochemistry of the Franklin large igneous province, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
• Nick Bueckert, B.Sc.H. (start Sept 2011)
  • Petrography and textural relationships of primary silicate, alteration, sulphide and platinum group minerals in the J-M Reef at the East Boulder Mine, Stillwater Complex, Montana
• Tom Ver Hoeve, 3rd-year undergraduate (start Sept 2011)
  • Precambrian rocks of Yellowstone National Park and surrounding areas: metamorphic enclaves and xenoliths

Previous Graduate Students

• Ines Nobre Silva, Ph.D. (May 2011)
  Deciphering mantle source components in basalts from hotspot track and ocean islands
• Andrew Greene, Ph.D. (August 2008)
  • Wrangellia flood basalts in Alaska, British Columbia and Yukon: exploring the growth and magmatic history of a Late Triassic oceanic plateau
• Diane Hanano, M.Sc. (August 2008)
  • Geochemistry of post-shield lavas from Kea- and Loa-trend Hawaiian volcanoes: constraints on the origin and distribution of heterogeneities in the Hawaiian mantle plume
• Caroline-Emmanuelle Morisset, Ph.D. (July 2008)
  • Origin of rutile-bearing ilmenite Fe-Ti deposits in Proterozoic anorthosite massifs of the Grenville Province
• Erik Scheel, M.Sc. (May 2007)
  • Age and origin of the Turnagain Alaskan-type intrusion and associated Ni-sulphide mineralization, north-central British Columbia, Canada
• Rob Mackie, M.Sc. (April 2006)
  • Crustal contamination, sulphide mineralization, and compaction during formation of the marginal zone of the Muskox intrusion, Nunavut, and implications for the evolution of the 1.27 Ga Mackenzie magmatic event
• Heidi Annell, M.Sc. (March 2005)
  • Petrology and geochemistry of the 25 Ma Mt. Marion Dufresne basaltic section on the Kerguelen Archipelago

Previous Honours/USRA Undergraduate Students

• Tessa Loftus, B.Sc.H. (April 2011)
  • Geochemistry of the alkalic Monts Ballons plutonic suite, Kerguelen Archipelago, Indian Ocean

• Corey Wall, B.Sc.H (April 2009) & NSERC USRA (Summer 2009)
  • Uranium-lead geochronology of granophyres from the Archean Stillwater Complex, Montana (USA): characterization of uranium-bearing minerals (zircon, titanite, rutile) and preliminary dating results

• Kathleen Booth, B.Sc. (Summer 2008, NSERC USRA)
  • Micro-baddeleyite in mafic-ultramafic rocks
• Samantha Dyck, B.Sc.H. (April 2007)
  • Pb isotopic compositions of sulphides from the Merensky Reef in the Rustenburg Sector of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa
• Nicole Lasanen, B.Sc.H. (April 2007)
  • Application of the mobile metal ion process over known gold mineralization at Goose Lake, Nunavut, Canada
• Selina Wu, B.Sc.H. (April 2006)
  • High-precision trace element concentrations of orthopyroxene, plagioclase, biotite, and zircon from the Merensky Reef (Rustenburg Sector) of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa
• Lisa Swinnard, B.Sc.H. (April 2006)
  • High-precision Pb isotopic characterization of basalts from the Ninetyeast Ridge using MC-ICP-MS
• Lorraine Tam, B.Sc.H. (April 2005)
  • Pb and Sr isotopic compositions and trace element concentrations of plagioclase from the Merensky Reef in the Rustenburg Sector of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa
• Gwen Williams, B.Sc.H. (April 2004) & NSERC USRA (Summer 2003)
  
  • A preliminary investigation into isotopic heterogeneity between crystal phases in the Laramie anorthosite complex, Wyoming
• Diane Hanano, B.Sc.H. (April 2004) & NSERC USRA (Summer 2003)
  
  • Geochemistry of the Baie Charrier basaltic section, Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen Archipelago: implications for the composition of the Kerguelen mantle plume

Research Team at Université Libre de Bruxelles:

• Nadine Mattielli, Research Associate
• Stephanie Ingle, Ph.D. (Feb 2003)
  • Chemical geodynamics of the early Kerguelen plume
• Sonia Doucet, Ph.D. (Dec 2002)
  • Interactions rides-points chauds et originalité du chimisme de l'Océan Indien: apport de l'étude géochimique et isotopique (Hf-Pb-Sr-Nd) des îles Kerguelen et Amsterdam-St. Paul
• Stéphanie Bequet, B.Sc.H. (Sept 2002)
  • Etude pétrologique et géochimique de l'intrusion des Montagnes Vertes de l'Archipel de Kerguelen (sud-est de l'Océean Indien)
• Arnaud Goolaerts, B.Sc.H. (Sept 2001)
  • Mise au point de la technique d'analyse de composition isotopique en Hf dans les zircons par MC-ICP-MS
• Vinciane Debaille, B.Sc.H. (Sept 2001)
  • Etude pétrologique et géochimique des laves basaltiques de l'île de St. Paul, Océan Indien: implications pour l'interaction ride-panache sur le plateau d'Amsterdam-St. Paul
• Mauro Lo Cascio, B.Sc.H. (June 2001)
  • Etude expérimentale du fractionnement polybarique dans les laves basaltiques à tendance alcaline de l'Archipel de Kerguelen et implications pour le volcanisme des îles océaniques
• Anass Rochdi, B.Sc.H. (Sept 2000)
  • Pétrologie et géochimie du complexe granitique de Ploumanac'h, Côte de Granit Rose, Bretagne: implications pour les conditions de cristallisation et le rôle du mélange des magmas
• Patricia Deuse, B.Sc.H. (Sept 1999)
  • Pétrologie et géochimie des basaltes dragués lors de la mission Kerimis (1998): étude de la partie nord du plateau de Kerguelen
• Benoît Darras, B.Sc.H. (Sept 1998)
  • Etude de l'évolution des gisements aurifères de la Province du Chubut: minéralisation et laves encaissantes (Patagonie, Argentine)
• Olivier Steinwehe, B.Sc.H. (Sept 1997)
  • Pétrogenèse de la série basaltique du Mont Bureau (archipel des Kerguelen, Océan Indien)
• Luce Bellefontaine, B.Sc.H. (Sept 1997)
  • Pétrogenèse de la série magnatique du Mont Rabouillère (archipel des Kerguelen, Océan Indien)
• Dimitri Damasceno, B.Sc.H. (Sept 1996)
  • Evolution magmatique de la série basaltique du Mont Crozier (Archipel de Kerguelen, Océan Indien): étude pétrologique et chimique