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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Science

September 17, 2026
EES Departmental Seminar: Lord of the Rings: a new interpretation for the origin of ring schlieren in the South Mountain Batholith
Dr. D. Barrie Clarke, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University

September 18, 2026
EES Departmental Seminar: Basement Outcrops as Pathways for Seawater Circulation at the Southern Chilean Trench (Special Seminar)
Dr. Eduardo Contreras Reyes, Department of Geophysics, Universidad de Chile

October 1, 2026
EES Departmental Seminar: Earthquakes as fast cascades over multi-scale fracture networks,
and physics that underpins them
Dr. Dmitry I. Garagash, Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University

October 15, 2026
EES Departmental Seminar: The low-pressure metamorphic gradient along Nova Scotia’s South Shore, revisited
Dr. Jillian Kendrick, Department of Earth Science, Saint Mary’s University

October 27, 2026
EES Departmental Seminar: Geophysics: Combining Technology and Fundamental Science to Improve our World
Dr. Alison Malcolm, Department of Earth Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland

January 15, 2026
EES Departmental Seminar:Flaming tap water revisited: The science behind the occurrence of methane in groundwaters overlying unconventional oil, gas, and coal fields
Dr. Owen Sherwood, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University

January 22, 2026
EES Departmental Seminar: Are We Digging Deep Enough to Get Permafrost Carbon?
Dr. Melissa Schwab, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University

January 29, 2026
EES Departmental Seminar: The Energy Transition and Greening of Nova Scotia
Dr. Grant Wach, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University

February 12, 2026
EES Departmental Seminar: Science Atlantic Lecture Tour Lecture: What is at the bottom of Archean crust?
Dr. Jillian Kendrick, Department of Earth Science, Saint Mary’s University

March 19, 2026
EES Ph.D. Research Seminar: Echoes from the Deep: Seismicity and Whale Call Analysis in Southeastern Canada Using Ocean Bottom Seismometers
Elahe Sirati, EES Ph.D. Candidate

April 2, 2026
EES Ph.D. Research Seminar: Zircon as a tracer of mantle processes and kimberlite magmatism
Alisa Yakimenko, EES Ph.D. Candidate

April 7, 2026
M.Sc. Thesis Defence: Combining cosmogenic nuclide depth profiles and in situ 14C to measure erosion-adjusted exposure ages of sedimentary landforms
Dr. Cody Paige

April 10, 2026
EES Ph.D. Research Seminar: The Effect of Environmental Factors on Mental Health in Nova Scotia
Alexandra Del Favero-Campbell, Ph.D. Candidate

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