MAIN THRUST - 2001
Newsletter of the Canadian
Tectonics Group (CTG) & Structural Geology and Tectonics Division (SGTD)
of GAC/MAC
In this year's Mainthrust:
* Best theses award winners for 2000 and information on submitting theses for this year's award.
* Information on the CTG Fall 2001 meeting in Sudbury from Bruno Lafrance.
* Annual meeting of our formal sister organization, the SGTD, at GAC/MAC 2001.
* New Website address and contact people for contributions.
* Update from Sandy Cruden on the Structural Atlas project.
* SGTD Financial Statement from Andy Okulitch.
* Call for a new executive.
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Best Theses Awards for 2000
Best Ph.D., Jack Henderson Award:
MARY SANBORN-BARRIE,
"GEOLOGY, GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE HIGH-P GRANULITE-FACIES KRAMANITUAR COMPLEX, WESTERN CHURCHILL PROVINCE".
SUPERVISORS: SIMON HANMER and SHARON CARR, CARLETON UNIVERSITY
Best M.Sc. Award:
STUART R. KNOOP,
"A STABLE ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF SYN-TECTONIC FLUID REGIMES IN THE DOGTOOTH, WESTERN AND MAIN RANGES OF SOUTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA."
SUPERVISOR: LORI KENNEDY, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
2001 theses should be submitted as soon as possible, and before the Oct 8th deadline, to:
Larry Lane
Research Scientist
Geological Survey of Canada
3303 - 33 St., NW, Calgary, T2L 2A7
LLane@NRCan.gc.ca
phone 403-292-7131
Fax. 403-292-4961
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21th Canadian Tectonics Group Workshop, October 27-28, 2001, Sudbury, Ont.
Please indicate to Bruno Lafrance if you plan to attend. His contact
information is given at
the end of his outline of the meeting, which follows.The Canadian Tectonic
Group meeting is being held in Sudbury on Saturday, October 27th, and Sunday,
October 28th, 2001. Sudbury is
located at driving distances from Toronto (4-5 hours), Ottawa (7 hours),
Montreal (8-9 hours), and Fredericton (18 hours for UNB students). Because
of Sudbury's central location, we expect the meeting to be very
well attended. This meeting is an excellent opportunity for all to
catch up on current structural research in Canada, and for graduate students
to meet all members of the Canadian structural community. We invite all
geologists interested in structural geology, and especially graduate students,
to the meeting.
The first day of the meeting will be devoted to posters and talks on
structural topics, ranging from experimental and computer modeling studies
to tectonic and field studies. During the second day of the meeting, Dr.
John Spray (University of New Brunswick) will lead a field trip across
the Sudbury impact structure. John Spray and his students have proposed
interesting new ideas on the evolution of the Sudbury meteoritic impact
structure. Impact-related pseudotachylites, faults, breccias, and shatter
cones will be examined during the trip.
MEETING INFORMATION:
LOCATION:
Cardinal Motor Inn
1500 Regent Street
Sudbury, Ontario
P3E 3Z6
Tel: (705)522-8900
Toll Free 1-800-787-4008
Fax: (705) 522-8400
TIMES & DATES:
Friday October 26th Evening
Informal ice breaker at the bar
of the Cardinal Motor Inn
Saturday October 27th 8:00 am to 7:00 pm Talks and Posters
Sunday October 28th Field Trip
CONFERENCE FEE:
(a) Accommodation and Meals: $121.00
This includes a shared room (two in each room) for two nights, breakfast-lunch-dinner
on Saturday,
and a breakfast and boxed lunch on Sunday.
(b) Registration fee: $74.00
This includes transportation on field trip, airport shuttles, field
trip guide, and setup fee
for conference room.
TOTAL $195.00
Geologists residing in Sudbury must cover only the registration fee.
The conference fee ($195.00) will be collected at the registration desk
on Friday evening Sept. 26th and on Saturday morning Sept. 27th before
the beginning of the talks.
REGISTRATION:
Name: ___________________________________________
Affiliation/Institution: ________________________________
Phone number: ____________________________________
Fax Number: _____________________________________
E-mail: __________________________________________
Flight Information:
Are you flying in? (Yes/No): ___________________________
Arrival (flight number, date, and time):
___________________________________
Departure (flight number, date, and time):
________________________________
Meal Information:
Would you prefer vegetarian meals (Yes, No, N/A): ________
Room Information:
Smoking or non-smoking: ____________________________
Is there someone you would like to share your room with? If yes, what is
the name of this person?:
Name: __________________________________________
Presentation:
Are you presenting a talk or poster (Yes/No): ___________
Poster: ___________ Talk: __________
PRESENTATION:
Talks are 15 minutes plus 5 minutes for discussion. Two slide projectors,
an overhead projector, and a computer projector will be available. For
computer presentations, please bring your own laptop. Poster boards will
be available for posters. A special session will be set aside for posters.
Tradition dictates that authors must present a 5 minute oral summary of
their posters.
The deadline for submission of abstracts (200-300 words) is Friday October
5th. Submit your abstract via e-mail in MS Word or WordPerfect format.
DEADLINES:
Please confirm your reservation for accommodations and meals ($121.00)
with Cardinal Motor Inn by SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30th. You must guarantee your
reservation by credit card. Please specify that you are attending the Canadian
Tectonic Group Meeting. The toll free phone number for the Cardinal Motor
Inn is 1-800-787-4008. The Cardinal Motor Inn can also be reached at the
following number: 1-705-522-8900. Note that you will only be assigned a
room at the registration desk on Friday evening Sept. 26th.
Please fill in and send in the above registration form to Bruno Lafrance
(contact information below) by SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30th. If you are presenting
a talk or poster, please submit your abstract by e-mail in MS Word or WordPerfect
format to Bruno Lafrance by FRIDAY OCTOBER 5th.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Bruno Lafrance
Mineral Exploration Research Center
Department of Earth Sciences
Laurentian University
Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario
Canada P3E 2C6
Tel: (705)675-1151 extension 2264
Fax: (705)674-4898
Email: blafrance@nickel.laurentian.ca
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ANNUAL MEETING STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS DIVISION (SGTD) OF THE GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, MAY 2001; St. John's NF.
Attendees: Andrew Okulitch (Treasurer), Normand Goulet, Stephen Johnston, Donna Kirkwood and Michael Malo. A quorum of 10 persons is needed so no formal meeting was held.
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New CTG WEB PAGE
The CTG website (http://craton.geol.brocku.ca/ctg.html) is up and running
but is in need of contributions; please contact Jurgen (jkraus@sk.sympatico.ca; kraus@mac.com) or Jim Ryan (jryan@nrcan.gc.ca) with content ideas or
contributions.
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STRUCTURAL ATLAS PROJECT
Here is an abbreviated update from Sandy Cruden (May 23, 2001): I have
received submissions from 17 people plus offers of what is already present
on web sites from another 2 people. These submissions ranged from one image
to sets of up to 20 or so images and/or maps. Not having counted all of
the images yet, my guess is that we
have around 100 images to work with at present.Based on my preliminary
scan of the submissions, I can report that we are heavy on kinematic indicators
(why am I surprised?) and light on general structures (folds, faults, fractures,
fabrics) and ore-deposits specific material (i.e. timing relationships,
vein and breccia types, etc.).Submissions are still welcome and will be
for quite some time.
Sandy Cruden
Dept. of Geology
University of Toronto
22 Russell St
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1
Canada
Tel. (416) 946-7284
Fax. (416) 978-3938
e-mail cruden@geology.utoronto.ca
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SG&T DIVISION, FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 2000
Balance forward 01 JAN 00 $ 6,468.79
Best paper and thesis prizes $ 600.00
Dues $ 900.00
Service charges $ 3.00
Total debits $ 603.00
Total credits $ 7,368.79
Balance 31 DEC 00 $ 6,766.79
Note: The Best MSc thesis prize cheque has not yet reached the recipient and will appear in the financial statement for 2001. The present (ie. 2001 mid-year) status of the account is: $7263.79, which includes most of this year's membership dues and the various awards cheques.
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CALL FOR NEW EXECUTIVE
Finally, Larry, Andy and I have decided to make way for new blood so
we are searching for a new executive. It seems to work well if a team from
one location volunteers together. Please give this some consideration before
the Fall meeting in Sudbury so that we can elect or acclaim a new executive
at the meeting. Andy has volunteered
to stay on if need be.
Cheers,
Larry Lane, Andy Okulitch and Dennis Johnston.