Department of GeologyBrandon University

Students Programs Facilities Faculty Research

61 Majors 6 MinorsGeology Students at Brandon U 2013-14

Paleontology class field trip to Stony Mountain, MB, 2008

14 will graduate in May, 2014, with Geology major

Undergraduate Scholarships and Bursaries in Geology

> $45,000 per year

Plus hundreds of Brandon University Scholarships ranging from ~$200 to

$10,000

Student Support

•3 Year Major•4 Year Major•4 Year Honours Major•Professional Registration

• Geoscience• Environmental Geoscience

•Co-op Work Experience

•Minor in Geology

Geology Programs

•Mining/exploration/ hardrock

•Petroleum/softrock•Paleontology•Environmental geoscience•Geoscience

Specialization

Brandon Geology Graduates22 % Graduate School

34 % Petroleum 34 % Mining

10 % Environmental and other

Paleontology class field trip to Winnipegosis, 2006

RESEARCH FACILITIES

Brandon UniversityMicro-Analytical Facility

(Founded 2009)Manager: Dr. Michelle Huminicki

Analytical SEMImaging

Feature analysisMineral chemistry

Mineral IDElement mappingMaterials analysis

Bio imaging

JEOL JSM-6390LV/GS Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

equipped with an Oxford Instruments INCA x-act Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS) X-ray detector as well as high quality analytical and imaging packages.

RESEARCH FACILITIES

Environmental Science Laboratoriesrun by environmental science program

RESEARCH FACILITIES

Paleoenvironmental Research  

Environmental Analysis of soil, water & tissues

Great Bear Lake

Dr. Hamid Mumin, ProfessorMineral DepositsExploration and DevelopmentMineralogy

WestWell Log Cross-section

Dr. Simon Pattison, Professor• Reservoir Geology and Paleo-Environments: SW Manitoba

• Tectonic vs Eustatic Processes: Western Interior Basin

• High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy: WIB

Alumni Teaching Excellence Award

Dr. Rong-Yu LiAssociate professor and ChairPalaeontologist

Paleozoic brachiopods:

taxonomy, paleoecology,

paleobiogeography, and

evolution.

On fossils from

Arctic Canada

Anticosti Island, Quebec

Manitoba

Ontario

South China

David Greenwood (far R), and graduate students

collecting Eocene fossils from Driftwood

Canyon Provincial Park, Smithers area, BC.

Dr. David Greenwood, Professor, Paleonbotanist

Tertiary paleobotany & paleontology:

Paleoclimates &

paleoecology;Fossil plants & insects;

Vertebrate paleontology (with

US & Canadian collaborators);BC, MB (Turtle Mtn), Nunavut, (Axel

Heiberg & Ellesmere Is.);

Australia.

Dr. Ali Somarin, P GeoAssociate professor

• Geochemistry and petrogenesis of plutonic and volcanic rocks

• Geochemistry of hydrothermal alteration associated with ore deposits

• Application of portable XRF in exploration/mining (metallic deposits and oil/gas)

• Fluid inclusion studies

Research and analytical support

Titanium

Brandon University Micro Analytical

FacilityDr. Michelle Huminicki

Instructional associate

Peter Adamo

Instructional associate

• Research Support

• Petrography

• Photography

• Digital Imaging

Dr. Harvey Young

Research FocusDiagenesis of limestone and dolomite of the Williston Basin

Petroleum potential of the Lodgepole, Birdbear and Red River Formations in Manitoba and North Dakota

Geochemistry and diagenesis of siliceous shale in Southwestern Manitoba

Bioerosion of temperate water carbonate deposits

Professor Emeritus

Dr.

What’s New at Brandon ?• MSc in Environmental and Life Sciences• First Geology M.Sc. Student starting July 1, 2014,

IOCG Deposits in the Northwest Territories, with H. Mumin

• Environmental Geoscience• Hydrogeology

• Exploration Geophysics Current University priority

A new core facility—for research and

teaching, construction to be

completed in September, 2014.

Department of Geology

Brandon University

Thank you !

Petroleum Geology class field trip to a drilling rig, 2008