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Alan Baxter

@alantbaxter

Research Associate at the University of Ottawa. Geologist. He/him. 🇮🇪🇦🇺🇨🇦 in 🇨🇦

 Montréal, Québec
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Joined November 2011
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A new geological map of the Lau Basin, work led by @meggie_signe @mountroyal4u was just published in Geosphere with collaborators from @uOttawa, @GEOMAR_en and @MERC_Geoscience. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa…
Geological map of the Lau Basin

ALT Geological map of the Lau Basin

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AGU Session Alert 🚨: @imagecreateca are sponsoring the AGU Session V013. Linking magmatic, tectonic, and hydrothermal processes in arc-backarc and mid-ocean ridge settings. We welcome all submissions from those working along MORs and back-arcs!
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@IAVCEI_official @InterRidge @GEOMAR_en @EarthByteGroup @Ifremer_fr @WHOI @SchmidtOcean @ECORD_IODP @seabed2030
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Ben Mather@BenRMather16 Apr 2024
Just in time for #EGU24 — GPlates 2.5 has just been released, now with subduction teeth! 🦷 This long awaited feature means there’s no more second-guessing your subduction polarity in plate reconstructions. @AuScope @EarthByteGroup @sydneyunigeo
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U.S. InterRidge is launching a brand-new monthly webinar, with everything from mid-ocean ridges to the deep abyss: science above, at and below the #seafloor! Next speaker: Masako Tominaga, @WHOI 6 March | 12pm ET Register: ucsd.zoom.us/webinar/registe… Upcoming schedule 👇
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We reached €10000!!! 😱🎉 Thank you so much!! 🤩 Keep the support coming: kickstarter.com/projects/iri…
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📢The Kickstarter is live!!😱 🚀kickstarter.com/projects/iri… Grab your copy now! 🤩
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⚒️Register now for our #PDAC2024 short course: The influences of tectonics & crustal architecture on gold and base metal endowment in Archean terranes compared with modern oceanic arcs! pdac.ca/convention/programmi… #economicgeology #mineralexploration #gold @HarquailES @ResearchLUL
Short Course Promo: Saturday March 2, 8 am-4pm - The influences of tectonics and crustal architecture on gold and base metal endowment in Archean terranes compared with modern oceanic arcs; PDAC 2024 and MERC logos

ALT Short Course Promo: Saturday March 2, 8 am-4pm - The influences of tectonics and crustal architecture on gold and base metal endowment in Archean terranes compared with modern oceanic arcs; PDAC 2024 and MERC logos

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Fabio Crameri@fcrameri27 Jan 2024
Today, I’ve shipped ** 1 TB ** of Scientific colour maps to the community. 😅 Thanks for using, sharing, and promoting accurate and inclusive #science #visualisation! 🫶 #UseBatlow #ScienceRebels #EndRainbow @ZENODO_ORG zenodo.org/records/8409685

Scientific colour maps

Suite of scientific, colour-vision deficiency friendly and perceptually-uniform colour maps (www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps) that include all readers and significantly reduce visual errors. Book...

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🚨 #PHD #OPPORTUNITY! 🚨 Reminder! Accepting apps for a PhD student who will study #subduction #initiation processes! Application portal is open through 04 January! How to apply - uu.nl/en/organisation/workin… Reach out with questions and visit alissakotowski-geo.com for more! – at Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
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Metal Earth Postdoctoral Fellow Position: Pyrite-hosted fluid inclusions - a window to orogenic Au veins formation - Quebec, Canada - earthworks-jobs.com/mining/l… #jobs #postdoc #economicgeology #metamorphism #geodynamics
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To the #MappingGalapagosVents team on R/V Falkor (too), this expedition was a spectacular success — a deeper understanding of complex ecosystems that can provide scientists & policymakers with powerful tools for protecting Ocean habitats. Full Video: youtube.com/watch?v=m7_I4kYl… 1/2
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We are live again from the seafloor! Today we are exploring unknown territory: submarine volcano Los Huellos East. We are on the hunt for hydrothermal vents! #mappinggalapagosvents @SchmidtOcean @imagecreateca @uOttawa @uOttawaScience youtube.com/live/fcxaav2qacc…
Los Huellos East | SOI Divestream 615

Los Huellos East | SOI Divestream 615

We're back on the bottom to continue where we left off last dive!...

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Keiko Hattori named Distinguished Professor by the University of Ottawa! One of the world’s leading geochemists and the first female Economic Geology Professor in Canada, she has paved the way for many young women in science.
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Discover the landscape of the ocean floor storymaps.arcgis.com/stories… #StoryMaps via @ArcGISStoryMaps
Discover the landscape of the ocean floor

Discover the landscape of the ocean floor

There's more to it than continental shelfes, abyssal plains and mid ocean ridges!

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The Proterozoic Jormua ophiolite - an ancient analogue for modern day Red Sea opening? @justsomeisotope Oceanic and continental lithospheric mantle in the 1.95 Ga Jormua Ophiolite Complex, Finland: implications for mantle and crustal evolution academic.oup.com/petrology/a…
Oceanic and Continental Lithospheric Mantle in the 1.95-Ga Jormua Ophiolite Complex, Finland:...

Oceanic and Continental Lithospheric Mantle in the 1.95-Ga Jormua Ophiolite Complex, Finland:...

ABSTRACT. The ca. 1.95-Ga Jormua Ophiolite Complex (JOC), Finland, is a rare Paleoproterozoic ophiolite that preserves a record of diverse upper mantle mat

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We'll be heading to the Galapagos region to map hydrothermal vent systems. My daily role will be assisting the geology team's operations and working on a geological map of the eastern Galapagos Spreading Centre. Read more about the cruise here: schmidtocean.org/cruise/ultr…
Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping - Schmidt Ocean Institute

Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping - Schmidt Ocean Institute

Seafloor mapping is integral to oceanographic research. Bathymetric data illustrate the seafloor’s depth, contours, and physical features, and it is often the first essential step in planning a...

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Currently exploring hydrothermal vent sites at 85°50W in the Pacific Ocean🌊⚓️. The ROV dive is streaming NOW on Youtube 🛰️ #MappingGalapagosVents @SchmidtOcean @MemorialU @MemorialUSci @UNOceanDecade @challenger_150 youtube.com/watch?v=EjinTQ6u…
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Earth and Environmental Sciences at uOttawa…. youtube.com/watch?v=s-5fAVV4… @uOttawa @uOttawaScience
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I am recruiting for PhD and MSc students to start in Sept 2024 at uOttawa. Project topics to include layered intrusions and upper mantle petrology….with specific focus on ore mineralisation in these settings... Contact me on [email protected] for detail…
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