DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS ANNUAL REPORT January 1 – December 31, 2000 Earth Sciences Building, February 2000 Photo by Henry Bland Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Calgary 2500 University Dr. N.W. Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Telephone: (403) 220-5841 Fax: (403) 284-0074 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.geo.ucalgary.ca hi 2000 Annual Report Department of Geology & Geophysics University of Calgary TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction.................................................................................1 Personnel....................................................................................3 Academic Faculty.................................................................4 Adjunct Faculty...................................................................13 Support Staff ......................................................................15 Faculty Awards and Honours.............................................18 Research Activities and Funding..............................................19 Gallagher Library of Geology and Geophysics.........................26 Groups Associated with the Department CREWES ...........................................................................27 Fold-Fault Research Project ..............................................28 Lithoprobe ..........................................................................30 Applied Stratigraphy Research Group ...............................31 CARA Project.....................................................................32 Undergraduate Undergraduate Programs ..................................................33 Convocants ........................................................................34 Undergraduate Thesis Topics............................................35 Undergraduate Awards ......................................................35 APEGGA ............................................................................37 Undergraduate Student Societies......................................38 Graduate Graduate Programs ...........................................................39 Graduate Student Listing ...................................................40 Graduate Student Awards..................................................41 Convocants ........................................................................43 Thesis Defenses ................................................................44 Graduate Student Society..................................................45 Statistics Undergraduate Course Enrollment Statistics.....................46 Field Schools......................................................................49 Graduate Course Enrollment Statistics..............................50 Number of Graduating Students, 1983 – 2000..................51 Special Events Visiting Speakers ...............................................................52 Friday Afternoon Talks ......................................................53 Conferences.......................................................................54 Gifts and Donations ..................................................................55 Publications ..............................................................................56 News Clippings.........................................................................81 2000 Annual Report Department of Geology & Geophysics University of Calgary INTRODUCTION It is a great pleasure for me to introduce this report inaugural President’s Circle Award for of the Department of Geology and Geophysics for Achievement in Teaching Excellence, and Dr. the 2000 calendar year. The Department Federico Krause was awarded the Faculty of continues to be in a very strong position, with high Science Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. enrolments at both undergraduate and graduate Larry Lines was honoured by the SEG with levels and an impressive teaching and research Honorary Membership in the society, and Dr. profile, with several faculty members receiving Cindy Riediger was recognized with a CSPG awards of excellence. Service Award. Dr. Charles Henderson and his colleagues received the People’s Choice Award at This year we welcomed two new faculty members. GeoCanada 2000 for their excellent work with In July, Dr. Rudi Meyer was appointed to an students in the Burgess Shale High School Assistant Professor position in Petroleum Geology Research Program. In research, the Fold-Fault for a 3-year term, and in September, Dr. Judith Research Project (FRP) was the recipient of an Potter joined the Department as a Sessional NSERC/Conference Board of Canada University- Instructor. She replaced Dr. Graham Simpson Industry Synergy Award. who returned to the private sector; we wish Graham all the best in his future endeavours. On The recipient of the Faculty of Science award to a the technical side, Dr. Robert Marr joined the graduate student for Excellence in Teaching was Department as the Electron Microprobe and Ph.D. student Katherine Boggs. As in previous Petrology Technician, responsible for the years, several graduate students were rewarded installation and operation of the new Jeol for their outstanding conference presentations: microprobe that was delivered at the end of the Ph.D. student Graziella Kirtland Grech continued year. We bade farewell to Mara Lenz who served to demonstrate her top-calibre presentation style, us well in a general technical support position. winning the Best Graduate Student Presentation Award at the 2000 Canadian International Late in the year, we were delighted to learn that Petroleum Conference. Ph.D student Rachel Dr. Alan Hildebrand was a successful nominee in Newrick scooped the CSEG Best Student Paper the Canada Research Chairs Program. Dr. Award at GeoCanada 2000, and another Ph.D. Hildebrand’s appointment as a Tier II Chair starts student, Jon Downton, won the award for Best in January 2001. Congratulations Alan! Geophysical Paper at GeoCanada 2000 as well as the Best Paper of the Year award from the With the continuing strong student enrolments in CSEG. recent years, it comes as no surprise that a large number of students convocated in 2000. We saw This year, the Department continued its strong 67 students receive B.Sc. degrees (up from 57 research performance, bringing in over last year), with 14 students receiving M.Sc. $4.5 million in external research funding. degrees and 7 graduating with Ph.Ds. I offer best Department members were very active wishes to all graduands! Students receiving participants in several national and international awards and scholarships were recognized at the conferences that were held in Calgary in 2000. Department Awards Ceremony, a very pleasant These included GeoCanada 2000, held on event that was held on November 6 at the campus in June, and the Computational Methods University Club. Applications to our graduate in Water Resources Conference (organized by Dr. program have stayed high in number and we were Larry Bentley, and also held on campus in June). pleased with the intake of 30 new graduate Calgary was also the site of the annual students in 2000. international meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the World Petroleum Congress. A number of faculty members and students In January, the undergraduate students hosted a received awards during the year, and I extend my very successful Western Inter-University congratulations to these individuals. Dr. David Geological Conference (WIUGC) in downtown Pattison was honoured through receiving an Calgary at the Westin Hotel. 1 2000 Annual Report Department of Geology & Geophysics University of Calgary With much change continuing in the University on the Mahram Bilquis archeological discovery in system, the Department held a very successful Yemen, in which Dr. Brian Moorman and Dr. Jean- one-day retreat at Canada Olympic Park in Michel Maillol were involved. January, covering many aspects of curriculum design. A number of changes to the Department’s In the spring, GAGGS (the Geology and programs were discussed and initiated. During Geophysics Graduate Student Society) organized the year, explicit syllabi for both the Geology and a tremendously successful ‘Geology and Geophysics programs were submitted and Geophysics in the Mall’ day at Market Mall, approved by the University. featuring a host of displays that captured much public interest. Thanks to the grads for their work A number of events were held during the year on this important outreach event! Other activities 2000 that were of interest not only to Department of note were the Department Slide show on members, but also to the professional earth November 17; our infamous annual Christmas science community and the public. The second party, organized by the Rundle Club and the ‘Tom Oliver memorial event’, in October, was very Geophysics Undergraduate Student Society successful, with Mr. Terry McCoy giving an (GUSS) held at the Scandinavian Centre on excellent address on the required skills and December 1; and Dr. Dave Pattison’s very popular opportunities for students interested in careers in Burn’s Night Ceilidh in January. At the annual the oil patch. Department members displayed Department slow-pitch tournament on September posters describing their recent research, and the 27, the faculty and staff team avenged their 1999 Tom Oliver Core Examination Laboratory in room thrashing by beating the grads team 21 to 13 (this ES 084 was also unveiled during this special constitutes a geological ‘rare event’). event. Finally,